[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 15, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1638]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               IN RECOGNITION OF VICTOR A. ``VIC'' POZZI

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 15, 2010

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Victor A. ``Vic'' Pozzi as the Town of Windsor, California honors him 
for 45 years of community service on October 22, 2010.
  Mr. Pozzi has served as a director of the Windsor Volunteer Fire 
Department, which later became the Windsor Fire Protection District, 
for 45 years. He was a volunteer fire fighter for 41 of those years. 
Over those years, he has responded to approximately 220,000 calls for 
service.
  He was the consummate fire fighter and received Windsor's Firefighter 
of the Year Award multiple times. He was further honored when the award 
given annually to the department's most reliable firefighter was named 
the ``Vic Pozzi Award.''
  Mr. Pozzi began his fire service career in neighboring Sonoma Valley, 
where he was born and raised. He joined the Shell Vista Fire Department 
in Sonoma Valley in 1956 and served with that unit until 1963 when he 
moved to Windsor. He was given a gold shield when he left Shell Vista 
and is still an honorary member of that department.
  In addition to his fire fighting duties, Mr. Pozzi has been a member 
of the Farm Bureau for more than 60 years. He grew up on a dairy farm 
and transferred his farming interests to his property in Windsor, where 
he still keeps a dairy herd, ducks, geese, emus, Brahma bulls, sheep 
and a llama.
  Madam Speaker, Vic Pozzi is a true ambassador for Windsor, for 
firefighters, for farmers and for everyone who believes that a good 
citizen is one who participates and gives back to his or her community. 
It is appropriate that we honor him at this time.

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