[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 23, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E11]
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                        A TRIBUTE TO KEN SHULTZ

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 23, 2002

  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life 
of Ken Shultz, 54, a journalist who lived on the Central Coast of 
California for many years. He died recently while vacationing in 
Redding.
  Mr. Schultz's career in journalism spanned more than 30 years, 
including a stint with Stars and Stripes during which he covered the 
Vietnam war.
  I first became acquainted with Ken when I served on the Monterey 
County Board of Supervisors. He moved to Salinas in the early 1970s, 
after he earned a Bronze Star for valor during his term of duty in 
Vietnam. Ken had been wounded himself while carrying a wounded New York 
Times correspondent from a battle at Quang Tri.
  Ken worked first as a reporter at the Salinas Californian and later 
as a reporter, editor and bureau chief at the Monterey County Herald. I 
remember him fondly as an affable, kind-hearted, enthusiastic soul; a 
man with great integrity who always made time to take interest in the 
welfare of others.
  While he lived on the Central Coast, Ken covered a wide range of 
issues and topics, including city and county politics. He covered 
appearances and speeches by nearly every U.S. president since Gerald 
Ford and interviewed numerous celebrities, including Ansel Adams and 
Elaine Steinbeek, the third wife of author John Steinbeck.
  Born in Denver in 1947, Ken grew up in Southern California and worked 
as a part-time sports editor while attending San Fernando Valley State 
College. He was an avid baseball fan, railroad enthusiast and history 
buff. He and his wife of 31 years, Diane, had three children, Jennifer, 
Paul and Sarah.
  Ken left the Monterey County Herald in 1997, opting for a new career 
in teaching. After earning a teaching certificate from Chapman 
University in Salinas, he moved to Lancaster and began teaching fourth 
graders at Mesquite Elementary School in Palmdale.
  I know those young students were fortunate that Ken touched their 
lives. They no doubt benefitted--as did we all on the Central Coast for 
so many years--from Ken's kindness, and the enthusiasm he brought to 
the world around him.

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