[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 141 (Monday, September 8, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1715]
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                        HONORING MONTE PISTORESI

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 8, 2008

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor the achievements of 
Monte Pistoresi and to congratulate him upon being honored with the 
Lifetime Achievement Award by the Madera Chamber of Commerce. Mr. 
Pistoresi will be honored at a reception on Thursday, August 21, 2008, 
at the Fourth Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards and Board of Directors 
Installation Dinner.
  Monte Pistoresi attended school in Chowchilla, California, and 
graduated from the University of Santa Clara in 1960 with a business 
administration degree. Upon graduating, he entered into the United 
States Army. In 1963, he began to work for his family's Chevrolet 
dealership in Chowchilla. The dealership had one ambulance that was 
used to provide services to the Chowchilla area. Mr. Pistoresi helped 
to drive the ambulance on emergency calls. In 1981, the dealership 
closed, but he was the successful bidder for the city of Madera 
ambulance contract. By 1982, the company had 3 ambulances and 10 
employees. Today, Pistoresi Ambulance has been serving Madera for 26 
years and has 8 ambulances and 45 employees.
  Mr. Pistoresi is always giving back to the community, everything from 
umpiring Little League baseball games to his involvement in the Madera 
Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the Madera Community Hospital 
Foundation from 1990 to 1998, and on the board of trustees for the 
hospital from 1998 to 2008. Mr. Pistoresi is a member of the Madera 
Kiwanis Club, Golden Valley Chamber of Commerce, Madera Elks, Madera 
NAACP, Madera County Emergency Medical Care Community, Women's Prison 
Citizen Advisory Board, and the city of Madera Parks and Recreation 
Advisory Board. Mr. Pistoresi also donates time and money to Children's 
Hospital Central California. Due to his involvement in the community, 
he has received many awards and recognitions including the Madera 
Chamber of Commerce Business Person of the Year, Hispanic Chamber of 
Commerce and Chowchilla Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year, Madera 
Elks and Kiwanis Distinguished Citizenship Award, and the Martin Luther 
King Committee Humanitarian Award.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend and congratulate Monte 
Pistoresi upon being awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award. I 
invite my colleagues to join me in wishing Mr. Pistoresi many years of 
continued success.

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