[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 16, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E387]
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                 PAYING TRIBUTE TO EARL AND FLOY YOUNG

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 16, 2004

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
congratulate Earl and Floy Young of Grand Junction, Colorado, on their 
forty-fourth wedding anniversary. At the same time, I would like to 
commend them for their selfless acts of service, for you see, they 
spent their anniversary in an unconventional manner, namely on a 
humanitarian mission to provide dental services to the impoverished 
people of Udaipur, India.
  For the past few years, the Youngs have been traveling with Health 
Teams International, donating their time and efforts and also paying 
their own travel expenses in order to bring dental care to parts of the 
world that are in dire need. They are remarkable individuals, and it is 
my pleasure to recognize their actions before this body of Congress and 
this nation today.
  The Youngs served their Grand Junction community side by side for 
over thirty years in Earl's dental practice, where Floy served in 
various positions, from office manager to chair side assistant. After 
Earl retired from his practice seven years ago, the Youngs discovered 
their passion for travel, and their desire to serve people through 
dentistry leading them to join Health Teams International. In addition 
to India, the Youngs have been to Siberia, Myanmar, and have made 
multiple visits to Cambodia and Ethiopia. It is a testament to their 
courage and perseverance that they continue these trips in spite of 
difficult and sometimes even dangerous conditions. During their recent 
trip to India, the Youngs had to work with limited equipment and 
medicine and also had to travel daily on a rocky one lane road where 
they encountered elephants as opposing traffic and faced the constant 
threat of bandits if they were not back to camp by nightfall.
  Mr. Speaker, I am honored to bring the service of Earl and Floy Young 
to the attention of this body of Congress and this nation, and to 
commend them for the manner in which they have represented their 
community of Grand Junction and the United States. I would like to wish 
the Youngs the best of luck in all their future endeavors, which 
includes another humanitarian mission to Cambodia this July. I 
sincerely thank them for their service.

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