[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 10, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E5]
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                        LAWRENCE ATENCIO TRIBUTE

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                          HON. SCOTT R. TIPTON

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 10, 2012

  Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of outgoing Pueblo, 
Colorado City Council Representative Lawrence Atencio. Mr. Atencio's 
last day representing Council District 2 was December 31, 2011.
  A man of wide-ranging experience and talents, Lawrence Atencio served 
in the Armed Forces and worked in municipal government, academia, the 
arts, and in private business before his election to the council. He 
served two terms of office, beginning in 2007.
  After graduating from East High School in 1965, Lawrence earned 
associate's and bachelor's degrees from Southern Colorado State 
College, and later a master's in public administration from the 
University of Northern Colorado. He served in the U.S. Army from 1970-
1972, and then returned home to Pueblo and became a Health Inspector. 
Since 1984, he has owned and operated LA Distributing Company.
  Mr. Atencio has also been an instructor of classical ballet since 
1972, as well as director/choreographer for the Colorado State Fair 
Fiesta Committee Scholarship Pageant and an actor in community theatre 
and the film industry. Since 1991, he has taught Business, Macro 
Economics, Sociology, and Chicano Studies at the college level. Mr. 
Atencio is active in the Knights of Columbus and is a private pilot.
  Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to recognize Councilman Lawrence Atencio. 
I rise today to thank him for his work on behalf of the citizens of 
Pueblo.

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