[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 62 (Friday, April 27, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E682]
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                          JOHN CASSIDY TRIBUTE

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                          HON. SCOTT R. TIPTON

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 27, 2012

  Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of John Cassidy of 
Montrose, Colorado, who is celebrating his 30th anniversary as a 
volunteer for the Civil Air Patrol.
  A man of wide-ranging experience and talents, John Cassidy served in 
the U.S. Navy before obtaining his bachelor's and master's degrees, and 
becoming a highly respected Montrose High School teacher. John was 
active in Habitat for Humanity where he helped with numerous projects, 
including his students in many home renovations.
  As an aircraft owner, John looked for an additional way to serve the 
community, finding it when he joined the Civil Air Patrol (CAP). He is 
a superb mountain search and rescue pilot, flying countless missions 
searching for lost hikers, hunters, snowmobilers, and crashed aircraft.
  During the course of his 30 years with the Civil Air Patrol, John has 
held every leadership position in the Montrose squadron, and is a role 
model for the hundreds of cadets who have known him. Many of those 
cadets have gone on to successful careers in law enforcement, the 
military (including USAFA, USMA and USNA), teaching, engineering, 
technical and medical fields.
  Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to recognize not just John's 30 years as 
a volunteer for the Civil Air Patrol, but all of the ways that John 
Cassidy has added to the quality of life for those who live and work in 
Montrose County.

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