[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 15, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1648]
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                     IN REMEMBRANCE OF DAVE NEWMAN

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 15, 2010

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise to remember Dave Newman who died 
on September 2, 2010. Most people in the Cleveland area will remember 
him as Cousin Dave Wilson, the host of the long-running show ``When the 
Roses Bloom Again'' every Thursday night on WRUW, 91.1 FM in Cleveland, 
the radio station of Case Western Reserve University.
  Cousin Dave has hosted the country music show since 1975 which has 
featured all manner of American roots music, including folk, blues, 
bluegrass, country & western, rockabilly, twang and many other similar 
genres. Cousin Dave was not only popular with college music listeners, 
but he also had a wide and diverse global audience which grew from the 
early days when WRUW operated around the campus at 10 watts, through 
power increases to 1000 watts and 15,000 watts, and in recent years as 
the station webcast at www.wruw.org. Cousin Dave, along with deejays 
Dan Ewry and Jim Gilliland who adopted the names Cousin Dan and Cousin 
Jimmie, took on the ``Wilson'' surname to honor and remember one of 
their early listeners and supporters, Rose Wilson, who could not find 
other sources in Cleveland for the beloved music of her native West 
Virginia. Cousin Dave changed the name of his show from ``Mather 
Jamboree'' to ``When the Roses Bloom Again'' after Rose Wilson died. 
Besides playing the music from vinyl and CDs, Cousin Dave featured live 
performers on an almost weekly basis with the help of his assistant 
James E. Guyette, also known as Mr. JG. Together, Cousin Dave and Mr. 
JG featured little-known performers who later developed large local, 
regional and national followings, such as Stacie Collins, Colette, 
David Childers, Charlie Christopherson, Hillbilly Idol, Al's Fast 
Freight, and Crossties, to name just a few.
  Dave Newman, Dave was his given name, David was a nickname, was born 
in Dayton and moved to the Cleveland area as a child. He graduated from 
Warrensville Heights High School in 1962 and Kent State University with 
a degree in Sociology in 1968. In 1969 he began his career as a 
caseworker for the Cuyahoga County welfare department and went on to 
become a casework supervisor before he retired in 2003. In his 
retirement, he started working at Sokolowski's University Inn in 
Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood until he was diagnosed with cancer in 
2005. Surviving the cancer, Dave went on to serve as a liaison between 
the welfare department and the county Bureau of Developmental 
Disability, running a successful experimental program which enabled 
clients with disabilities to receive all the services and benefits to 
which they were entitled.
  Dave married Denise Kassoff in 1970 and they celebrated their 40th 
wedding anniversary on June 14 of this year. Together they had 3 
children, Amanda, Zachary, and Benjamin Adon, who survive him. He is 
also survived by his mother Mary Newman and sister Joyce Norman. Madam 
Speaker and colleagues, please join me in remembering Cousin Dave and 
giving our condolences to his family and his many friends in the 
Greater Cleveland community and beyond.

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