[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 42 (Tuesday, April 16, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E541]
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                      HONORING BOB AND JOAN HINES

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 16, 2002

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Bob and Joan Hines 
for receiving the 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Farmer of the Year Award from the 
Sanger District Chamber of Commerce.
  Bob received a degree in agronomy from California State University, 
Fresno, and became an agronomist for J.G. Boswell Company in 1957. He 
left J.G. Boswell Company in 1961 and became manager of the Clovis-
Sanger Cooperative (cotton) Gin. He was chosen by the Agricultural 
Council of California to be ``Co-op'' Man of the Year in 1997. Mr. 
Hines also served as Director of both the Federal Farm Credit System 
and of the Allied Grape Growers.
  Joan made contributions through her church as an elder, Sunday school 
instructor, and Youth Club Worker. She was a 4-H leader, a member of 
the Parents' Club, and of the PTA. Mrs. Hines is a charter member of 
Los Rancheros Valley Children's Hospital Guild, Clovis Branch, and of 
the Fresno Kings Cattle Women Organization. Both Joan and Bob have been 
citrus and grape growers along the Kings River and Trimmer Springs area 
near Sanger. Together, they have made enormous contributions to their 
community.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Bob and Joan Hines, for 
their dedication to agriculture and the community. I invite my 
colleagues to join me in thanking Bob and Joan for their tremendous 
community service and wishing them many more years of continued 
success.

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