[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 137 (Monday, December 6, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2147]
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                     HONORING JEFF AND RACHEL LANCE

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                            HON. SAM GRAVES

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, December 6, 2004

  Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause today to recognize two 
outstanding constituents of Missouri's Sixth Congressional District: 
Jeff and Rachel Lance. Jeff and Rachel will celebrate their 25th 
wedding anniversary on December 1, 2004.
  Jeff and Rachel first met in the spring of 1979, when Rachel was 
working in a grocery store bakery that Jeff frequented. They soon fell 
in love, and were married December 1, 1979. On May 11, 1983 the Lance 
family grew as Jeff and Rachel welcomed their son Joshua into the 
family. Their daughter Kristen followed to complete the family on July 
28, 1989. Today, Joshua is a senior at the University of Missouri-
Kansas City and will graduate with a business degree next year and 
Kristen is a sophomore at Liberty High School. The Lance family has 
regularly attended Pleasant Valley Baptist Church since the early 
1990s, and I know Joshua and Kristen feel fortunate to be raised in a 
Christian home by such fine parents.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in commending Jeff and Rachel Lance 
on their 25th wedding anniversary. Jeff and Rachel truly exemplify the 
qualities of commitment and dedication, and I am honored to call them 
my constituents and represent them in the United States House of 
Representatives.

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