[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 168 (Thursday, November 1, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H12435]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CHILLICOTHE: ``OHIO'S BEST HOMETOWN''

  (Mr. SPACE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SPACE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with great pride in 
congratulating Chillicothe, Ohio, our great State's first capital, in 
being named Ohio's Best Hometown in the November issue of Ohio 
Magazine.
  A small town rich in history and nestled within the beautiful 
foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in southern Ohio, Chillicothe 
represents the very embodiment of everything that's right about middle 
America.
  In recent years, the city has gone through an impressive 
transformation. It has completed a large expansion of its high school. 
Adena Hospital is consistently ranked as one of the top rural hospitals 
in the country. And the OU-Chillicothe campus has grown by over 25 
percent in the last 2 years.
  More and more people are discovering what we have known for a long 
time, that southeastern Ohio and southern Ohio and towns like 
Chillicothe offer a great place to live and a great place to raise a 
family.
  I would like to congratulate Mayor Joe Sulzer and the rest of my 
friends in Chillicothe on this great honor.

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