[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 106 (Thursday, June 28, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H7411-H7412]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  IN MEMORY OF HANNAH CONGDON, BAILEY GOODMAN, MEREDITH McCLURE, SARA 
                      MONNAT AND KATHERINE SHIRLEY

  (Mr. KUHL of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. KUHL of New York. Madam Speaker, we have been doing some serious 
work here. While the Members are departing for a district work period, 
I want to inform the rest of the House that 2 nights ago, a horrible 
accident happened in my district, in Canandaigua, New York, that took 
the lives of five young women from Fairport who were on their way to 
spend time on Keuka Lake, which is where I live.
  All five of these young women were cheerleaders at Fairport High 
School and had just graduated from high school a week ago. They were 
all looking forward to a bright, fun summer together on the lake with 
friends, four of

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whom were riding in a car behind them and were, thankfully, uninjured.
  Madam Speaker, I am here to mourn the loss of Hannah Congdon. Hannah 
was known by friends as ``constant sunshine.'' She never said a 
negative word about anyone and was always smiling.
  Bailey Goodman. The girls were headed to Bailey's family cottage on 
Keuka Lake. Bailey was the team's entertainment, according to her 
friends, and could always make her teammates laugh.
  Meredith McClure. Meredith was known as the team's hardest worker, 
always the first one to try a new jump or a stunt.
  Sara Monnat. Sara was jokingly referred to as the team ``boss.'' She 
would motivate and encourage her team in an amiable way, and was a born 
leader.
  And Katherine Shirley. Katie loved her friends. She would spend hours 
putting together scrapbooks and surrounding herself with photos of her 
and her friends.
  I offer my prayers and condolences to the families, friends and 
neighbors of these beautiful young women who were so violently taken 
from us.
  I also rise, Madam Speaker, to ask that the House pause for a moment 
of silence in remembrance of Bailey, Hannah, Katie, Sara and Meredith.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members will rise and the House will observe 
a moment of silence.

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