[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 145 (Monday, November 13, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2089]
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                          HONORING JANE QUIMBY

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 13, 2000

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, it is with immense sadness that I rise to 
pay tribute to Jane Quimby of Grand Junction, Colorado. Jane recently 
passed away after battling a brain tumor. This remarkable community 
leader served the Grand Valley in immeasurable ways and at this moment 
I would like to honor her amazing life and outstanding service.
  Jane served her community in a number of different capacities, but it 
is her involvement with the Grand Junction City Council that is most 
renowned. In 1973, Jane became the first female elected to the City 
Council. During a tenure in city government that lasted nearly a 
decade, Jane also went on to become the first female Mayor of Grand 
Junction.
  While her work in city government was quite extensive and impressive, 
she also served her community by serving on a number of different 
organizations. She was a founding member of the Western Colorado 
Community Foundation and the Grand Junction/Mesa County Riverfront 
Commission. She served as a board member of the Mesa County Economic 
Development Council and as President of the Colorado Municipal League. 
Jane also served for nearly two decades as part of the Oversight Board 
for the Colorado Energy Impact Assistance Fund.
  Jane worked very hard to ensure that Grand Junction and its 
surrounding communities were a better place for all to live and her 
work will not soon be forgotten. On behalf of the State of Colorado and 
US Congress I would like to honor my friend Jane Quimby for helping to 
make the Grand Valley the outstanding community it is today. She will 
be greatly missed.

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