[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 37 (Monday, March 15, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1513-S1514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO MARILYN ROBERSON

  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. President, I rise today to honor Marilyn 
Roberson of Massillon, OH, a proud grandmother of five Eagle Scouts. 
This year, the Boy Scouts of America celebrates its hundredth 
anniversary of service to our Nation. Already this year, I have 
attended Boy Scout celebrations and Eagle Scout Courts of Honor across 
my State.
  Around Ohio and our Nation, families and friends, community and 
business leaders, are celebrating Scouting's commitment to service, to 
protecting the outdoors--some of the original environmentalists--and to 
instilling the values of faith and fellowship.
  Growing up in Mansfield, OH, a city of 50,000 in north central Ohio--
an industrial town--my parents instilled in my brother and me our own 
values of compassion and commitment to community. My two brothers and I 
are Eagle Scouts and my mother wore a charm bracelet representing each 
of her Eagle Scout sons. I always claimed my Eagle Scout emblem was 
larger than my brothers'. She always denied that.
  In many ways, Scouting's commitment to family and community laid the 
groundwork for my years in public service--as it has for the Eagle 
Scouts now in elected office in this body--I think there are 6 others 
in the Senate--or executives in boardrooms, teachers in classrooms, or 
just model citizens everywhere in our country.
  On March 20, 2010, the Boy Scouts of America, Venture Crew 10 of 
Massillon, OH, will hold an Eagle Court of Honor for five young men who 
will become Eagle Scouts. Among the Eagle Scouts will be Andrew and 
Timothy Bushman, who will become the fourth and fifth grandsons of Mrs. 
Marilyn Roberson to become Eagle Scouts.
  Marilyn Roberson is now 86 years old, and like many of our role 
models she has taught her grandchildren the capacity for selflessness, 
and to have the confidence to serve with humility and honor. I knew 
Marilyn's late husband Al 25 years ago, when I first met Al and Marilyn 
and several of their children. Al grew up in Tupelo, MS, across the 
street from Elvis Presley, then moved north, started a business, was 
very successful, and always--always--Marilyn and Al and their children 
gave back to the community.
  I congratulate Andrew, Timothy, their fellow Eagle Scouts, Ian 
Christopher McKinney, Mathew Michael McKinney, and Michael David 
Ternaux, for earning this important honor. I congratulate Eagle Scouts 
across Ohio--there are hundreds of New Eagle Scouts every year--for 
earning this

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honor and taking part in a great American tradition, which asks you to 
live with honor and loyalty and act with courage and service.
  It is a creed of common purpose and community service based on the 
Scout oath, ever present in the 12 points of the Scout law.
  While each of you as Eagle Scouts will forever be an Eagle Scout, 
your accomplishments are not easily defined by the number of badges 
earned but, rather, the character and dignity you show in earning them. 
For Andrew and Timothy, that dignity has been shaped by your remarkable 
grandmother, Mrs. Marilyn Roberson. Thank you, Mrs. Roberson, for your 
dedication to your family and for your service to our great State and 
for the legacy you have created for so many.
  I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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