[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 45 (Friday, April 2, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E513]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    PAYING TRIBUTE TO CHRIS JOUFLAS

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 1, 2004

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to rise today and pay 
tribute to Chris Jouflas of Grand Junction, Colorado, for his 
dedication to his community, state, and nation. Chris has spent his 
life as a sheep rancher in the mountains and valleys of Colorado and 
Utah, and has done much to better his Colorado community.
   Chris' father immigrated to the United States in 1907, and was one 
of the first Greek immigrants to arrive on the Western Slope. He 
started the family ranching business in 1910, and it soon grew to 
thousands of acres for ranching and grazing in Colorado and Utah. Soon 
after marrying his wife Connie in 1953, Chris took over the family 
ranching business and successfully guided it until 1992. The family 
still owns a 2000-acre ranch near Wolcott, Colorado, where Chris' 
oldest daughter and family live, and Chris stays actively involved with 
the ranching community.
   For anyone who has skied the beautiful slopes in Vail, Colorado, 
they probably have Chris, and the Greek liqueur Ouzo, to thank in part. 
In the 1960s, and then again in the 1970s, Chris sold parts of his 
sheep herding land to Vail Associates in deals brokered by Chris's 
favorite bargaining tool, Ouzo. These legendary deals allowed for some 
of Vail's most well known runs to be created, and a ski run has since 
been named after the Greek liqueur.
   Mr. Speaker, it is with a great deal of satisfaction that I rise and 
pay tribute to Chris Jouflas before this body of Congress and this 
nation today. It is clear that he has spent his life dedicated to the 
Colorado ranching community and the State of Colorado. It is my 
pleasure to honor Chris here today, and wish him the best in his future 
endeavors.

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