[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 65 (Thursday, May 12, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2923-S2924]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   FUTURE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I rise today to honor 349 high school 
seniors in 10 northeast Ohio counties for their commendable decision to 
enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces. Of these 349 seniors from 116 high 
schools in 104 towns and cities, 98 will enter the Army, 134 will enter 
the Marine Corps, 42 will enter the Navy, 25 will enter the Air Force, 
and 50 will enter our Ohio Army National Guard. In the presence of 
their parents or guardians, high school counselors, military leaders, 
city and business leaders, all 349 are being recognized on May 12, 
2011, by ``Our Community Salutes of Cleveland.''
  Later this month, these young men and women will join with many of 
their classmates in celebration of graduation. At a time when many of 
their peers are looking forward to pursuing vocational training or 
college degrees, or are uncertain about their future, these young men 
and women instead have chosen to dedicate themselves to military 
service in defense of our country.
  Naturally, many may be anxious about the uncertainties that may await 
them as members of the Armed Forces. But, they should rest assured that 
the full support and resources of this Chamber, and the American 
people, are with them in whatever challenges may lie ahead.
  It is thanks to the dedication of an untold number of patriots like 
these 349 that we are able to meet here today, in the U.S. Senate, and 
openly debate the best solutions to the many diverse problems that 
confront our country. It is thanks to their sacrifices that the United 
States of America remains a beacon of hope and freedom in a fractious 
world. We are grateful to them, their parents and their communities for 
instilling the character, values, discipline and mental and physical 
abilities of these outstanding young men and women.
  Their decision to serve our country will not go unrecognized as we 
thank these 349 graduating seniors for the selflessness and courage 
that they have shown by volunteering to risk their lives in defense of 
others. We owe them, along with all those who serve our country, a deep 
debt of gratitude.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record 
the list of names of the high school seniors.
  There being no objection the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record as follows:

       United States Army--98:
       Albright--Cleveland; Bankston--Ashtabula; Barnes--
     Cleveland; Benz--Lakewood; Bodenski--Sheffield Village; 
     Bradshaw--Akron; Burke--Garfield Heights; Burney--Akron; 
     Carroll--Columbia Station; Chrosniak--Sheffield; Ciano--Kent; 
     Clady--Elyria; Corponoi--Cleveland; Cristarella--Richmond; 
     Dixon--Maple Heights; Dunaway--Brooklyn; Ebanoidze--Parma; 
     Ellis--Kent; English--Geneva; Errington--Clinton; Fioritto--
     Concord Township; Fisher, A--Amherst; Fleischmann--
     Kingsville; Gibbons--Columbia Station; Giles--Cleveland; 
     Gluntz--Parma; Gonzalez--Lorain; Gorham--Ravenna; Grenig--
     Parma; Hadsell--Wayland; Haslam--Akron; Haworth--Kent; 
     Helmick--Norton; Hooks--Euclid; Hooper--Chagrin Falls; 
     Horner--Sheffield; Houdek, L--Bedford; Huertas--Parma; 
     Hutson--Lakewood; Irby-Tinsley--Cleveland; Jackson, C--
     Euclid; Jackson, M--Cleveland; Kantola--Kingsville; Khan--
     Cleveland; Kirby--Ashtabula; Klein--Rock Creek; Kovach--
     Andover; Lanier--Cleveland; Laubenthal--Sullivan; Liubin--
     Mayfield Heights; Lutton--Madison; Mackell--Aurora; Maley--
     West Salem; Malone--Parma; Mamus--Broadview Heights; McCown--
     Akron; McDaniel--Lagrange; McFaul--Chesterland; Meinke--
     Medina; Millhouse--Kent; Miramontes--Chesterland; Mozek--
     Madison; Muska--South Amherst; Oakes--Pierpoint; Pesec--
     Painesville; Petro--Ashtabula; Popek--Independence; Porter, 
     J--Kent; Porter, L--Akron; Prendergast--North Royalton; 
     Price, J--Norton; Rainey--Cleveland; Ray, D--Rootstown; 
     Reese--Wellington; Roberts, T--Akron; Robinson--Euclid; 
     Roper--Akron; Sarota--Elyria: Schwinn--Vermilion; Shelton--
     Lorain; Shumate--Elyria; Stephan--Brecksville; Stephens--
     Euclid; Stocker--Windham; Storms--Akron; Stowers--Vermilion; 
     Sullivan--Lorain; Thomas--Conneaut; Travis--North Ridgeville; 
     Unrue--Mogadore; Vance--Ashtabula; West--Lagrange; White, D--
     Lakewood; White, J--Parma; Witczak--North Royalton; Woods--
     Cleveland; Yarbrough--Cleveland.
       United States Marine Corps--134:
       Aguiar--Medina; Anthony--Akron; Arraj--Cleveland; 
     Atterbury--East Lake; Austin--Garfield Heights; Babusharvey--
     Maple Heights; Baker, B--Kirtland; Beirne--Medina; Benigni--
     Brunswick; Bergdorf--Tallmadge; Biro--Middleburgh Heights; 
     Block--Sheffield Lake; Bohne--Cleveland; Boomer--Hudson; 
     Bowen--North Olmsted; Bozin--North Olmsted; Brabson, G--
     Parma; Brill--Sheffield; Bruner--Willoughby; Bruno--Hudson; 
     Buras--Hudson; Burlinghaus--Middleburgh Heights; Catavolos--
     Rocky River; Chase--Sagamore; Chesek--North Royalton; Clark, 
     J--Shaker Heights; Colon--Broadview Heights; Cool--Wasdworth; 
     Cottingham--Shaker Heights; Cruse--Brunswick; Davis, B--
     Mantua; Davis, E--Cleveland; Dekoning--Avon; Dodd--Cuhahoga 
     Fall; Draughton--Cleveland; Ezell--Lagrange; Fadenholz--
     Elyria; Fink--North Royalton; Fisher, J--Cleveland; Fortner--
     Northfield; Fox--Akron; Gatliff--Wellington; Gerhart--Munroe 
     Falls; Gill--Brunswick; Gonzales--Brooklyn; Graf, T--Ravenna; 
     Graw--North Olmsted; Harmon--Elyria; Harter--Columbia 
     Station; Hartley--Ravenna; Hasan--Cleveland; Heinzman--
     Brunswick; Hicken--Cleveland; Hobart--Akron; Houchins--
     Chesterland; Hufford--Cleveland; Jefferys--Akron; Jordan--Bay 
     Village; Kaczmarek--Mentor; Keeran--Magadore; Kepple--Hiram; 
     King--Cuyahoga Falls; Kinker--Diamond; Koleszar--Painesville; 
     Ksenich--Amherst; Kubasky--Parma; Lang--Avon Lake; Likovic--
     Eastlake; Long--Mogadore; Lorwanphet--Cleveland; Lucas--
     Spencer; Martell--Cleveland; Martin--Lyndhurst; Martinez--
     Cleveland; Martz--Hudson; Mayton--Avon; McComb--Euclid; 
     McKinney--Shaker Heights; Molnar--Chardon; Moran--Cuyahoga 
     Falls; Nichols, E--Cleveland; Nichols, T--Madison; 
     Olexadolyk--Amherst; Palmer--Barberton; Parker--Medina; 
     Parkham--Cleveland; Parr--Ravenna; Peck--Litchfield; Peele--
     Hudson; Perry, D--Euclid; Perry, M--Akron; Peterjohn--Seven 
     Hills; Phillips--Barberton; Poole--Cleveland; Price, J--
     Norton; Pritschau--Perry; Prokop--Mentor; Puelo--Streetsboro; 
     Quella--Strongsville; Quercioli--North Ridgeville; Ray, J--
     Cuyahoga Falls; Reese--Clinton; Reinhart--Wadsworth; 
     Richards, A--Grafton; Richards, M--Sheffield Lake; Riolo--
     Columbia Station; Roberts, K--Akron; Roberts, T--Akron; 
     Robertson--Cleveland; Rogers--North Ridgeville; Rooney--
     Westlake; Rosenkranz--Medina; Salcedo--Cleveland; Shirey--
     Barberton; Slattery--Painesville; Snyder, J--Wellington; 
     Spelic--Medina; Stanton--North Ridgeville; Steinle--Medina; 
     Stephen--Cleveland; Sterk--Wakeman; Swartwood--Norton; 
     Switzer--Brunswick; Venus--Seville; Walters Brunswick; 
     Wayman--Berlin Heights; Weese--Akron; Werdebaugh--Wellington; 
     Westfall--Norton; Willis--Wellington; Wilson, R--Ravenna; 
     Woodyard--Richfield; Zeigler--Medina; Zwegat--Broadview 
     Heights.
       United States Navy--42:
       Adkins--Ashtabula; Armbrust--Wadsworth; Barchanowicz--
     Ashtabula; Bennett--Wellington; Borelli--Fairport Harbor; 
     Boscalion--Lodi; Brown--Wellington; Coffey--Geneva; Dane--
     Avon; Dickson--Madison; Doniver--Cleveland; Evans--Canton; 
     Fipps--Warrensville; Graham--Geneva; Guthrie--Medina; Hamid--
     Avon Lake; Helderman--North Olmsted; Houdek, A--Geneva; 
     Jackson, A--Ashtabula; Keith--Elyria; Lindak--North 
     Ridgeville; Machesky--Amherst; Minnich--Elyria; Mitchell--
     Warrensville Heights; Montgomery--Litchfield; Mullins--
     Sullivan; Olbrysh--Mentor; Pillari--Strongsville; Reid--Parma 
     Heights; Rice--Vermilion; Richards, J--Warrensville Heights; 
     Roig--Olmsted Falls; Schuler--North Ridgeville; Sidwell--
     Medina; Smith--Warrensville Heights; Squire--New London; 
     Tomaszychi--Elyria; Towell--Spencer; Verdi--Ashtabula; 
     Waites--Concord; Wilson, A--Vermilion; Zappitella--Conneaut.
       United States Air Force--25.
       Baade--South Euclid; Baird--Broadview Heights; Brandt--
     Brookpark; Callahan--

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     Willoughby; Delp--Mentor; Felger--Middlefield; Gorta--Olmsted 
     Falls; Halbrook--Willowick; Hernandez--Cleveland; Johnson, 
     D--Cleveland Heights; Justiniano--Cleveland; Leach--Mentor; 
     McFaul--Chardon; Moore--Nordonia; Munroe--Cleveland Heights; 
     Novak--Brookpark; Nubert--Mentor; Ramsey--Avon; Semrau--
     Mentor; Seufer--Chagrin Falls; Silc--Painesville; Skorupski--
     Mentor; Snyder, A--Lorain; Wagner--Amherst; Williams, J--
     Cleveland.
       Army National Guard--50:
       Amin--Strongsville; Beavers--Cuyahoga Falls; Brabson, S--
     Macedonia; Casper--Mentor; Clark, K--Akron; Cripple--Akron; 
     Cross--Cleveland Heights; Crowder--Clinton; Davey--Akron; 
     Dragony--Brunswick; Ely--Brooklyn; Faulds--Copley; Foster--
     Lagrange; Ganzer--Medina; Garcia--Lorain; Gigliotti--
     Lagrange; Graf, B--North Royalton; Gray--Cleveland; Griffin--
     Cuyahoga Falls; Grimes--Clinton; Harrison--Cleveland; 
     Hasrouni--Brunswick; Heil--Strongsville; Hendrix--Elyria; 
     Hunt--Lorain; Ibarra--Cleveland; Johnson, A--Cleveland; 
     Kelly--Copley; Knafel--Akron; Marksbury--Amherst; Mireles--
     Parma; Morrow--Akron; Ningard--North Royalton; Noble--
     Clinton; Patsue--Olmsted Falls; Riley, A--Amherst; Rotilie--
     Rootstown; Singleton--Cleveland; Slezak--North Royalton; 
     Strouse--Cleveland; Suttle--Akron; Swanson--Cleveland; 
     Toddy--Westlake; Turner--Vermilion; Urbanija--Fairview Park; 
     Walker--Medina; Williams, R--Garfield Heights; Winkleman--
     Fairview Park; Wite--Akron; Young--Cleveland.

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