[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 30 (Thursday, March 16, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E334]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    TRIBUTE TO THE LATE JAMES BLISS

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 16, 2000

  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
honor a long time friend and community member. James Bliss served his 
community well as a long time forester for the Department of California 
Forestry.
  James was born in Portland, Oregon. He lived in Monterey County for 
over twenty-five years, during which time he attended Monterey High 
School and went on to study in California Polytechnic State University 
in San Luis Obispo. My father, former State Senator Fred Farr, helped 
to get him his first job as a seasonal firefighter with the California 
Department of Forestry. He then went on to serve for thirty-four years 
with the Department of Forestry, retiring as Deputy Chief for Command 
and Control in the Sacramento headquarters. His loyalty and integrity 
were recognized in an article by the San Francisco Examiner hailing him 
as ``The Cool Field General Whose Enemy was Fire.'' His career did not 
end there. After his retirement he went on to work as general manager 
of R.C.C. Consultants Inc.
  James will be forever remembered by dear family and friends. He is 
survived by his wife, Annette; his son, James Shelby; his daughter, 
Shannon Dudek; his brother, Todd Bliss; his sister, Teri Cotham; and 
his father, Edwin Bliss.

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