[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 78 (Thursday, June 13, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1033]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING LUTHER KHACHIGIAN

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 12, 2002

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Luther Khachigian 
for his many years of service as a board member of the California Grape 
Rootstock Commission and the California Grape Rootstock Research 
Foundation. In January, Mr. Khachigian retired from his service on 
these boards, but remains an active member of the organizations and the 
agriculture community.
  Luther graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a 
degree in pomology and a minor in viticulture. In 1962, he founded Cal-
Western with a one acre nursery and has expanded to a farming and 
nursery operation, which is now known throughout California's Great 
Central Valley. Cal-Western specializes in table grapes, wine grapes, 
walnuts, and the production of grape rootstock.
  Mr. Khachigian has dedicated his time, efforts, and finances to the 
improvement of more than just the agriculture industry in California. 
In addition to the Commission and the Foundation, Luther is a member of 
the College of Sequoias Board of Trustees, the University of California 
Ag Issues Center, and the University of California, Davis, Foundation.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank Luther Khachigian for his many 
years of devoted service to agriculture and his participation on the 
Boards of the California Grape Rootstock Improvement Commission and the 
California Grape Rootstock Research Foundation. I invite my colleagues 
to join me in wishing Luther many years of continued success.

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