[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 52 (Tuesday, May 2, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E598]
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           A TRIBUTE TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT OF MR. JOHN FRIDLEY

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                           HON. JOHN SHIMKUS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 2, 2000

  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, today I praise the human spirit. We have 
become a cynical nation. It has become cliche to say that a good person 
is hard to find. I don't believe that for one minute. I meet good 
people everyday. On this occasion, I would like to commend Mr. John 
Fridley, of New Baden, Illinois.
  John is a member of the Wesclin Community Unit School Board, the 
Kaskaskia Special School District Board and on the advisory board at 
Belleville Area College as well as active in his church. John also is a 
member of the Year 2000 Allocations panel for the United Way of Metro 
East. This father and grandfather, former teacher and retired member of 
the U.S. Air Force, now works as a civilian at Scott Air Force Base. By 
all indications, John is a success.
  He credits has sense of civic duty and volunteerism to his father, 
who instilled in young John what you owe your services to the community 
where you live. Mr. Fridley is a dynamic leader and an inspiration to 
all of us in the 20th District of Illinois.

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