[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 169 (Monday, December 2, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1764]
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                   IN RECOGNITION OF ROBERT BLOMQUIST

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                         HON. JAMES B. RENACCI

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, December 2, 2013

  Mr. RENACCI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mayor Robert G. 
Blomquist who has proudly given 14 years of public service to the 
residents of Olmsted Falls in the great State of Ohio. Mayor Blomquist 
graduated from Olmsted Falls High School in 1973 and served in the 
United States Navy from 1976-1981. Mayor Blomquist is a graduate of 
Baldwin Wallace College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Finance. 
He also is a graduate of Culinary Institute of America. As a public 
servant, Mr. Blomquist served on Olmsted Falls's City Council for six 
years before being elected as Mayor of the city in 1999. Under his 
leadership, Olmsted Falls has made incredible progress. Under Mayor 
Blomquist's direction, the city initiated construction of a railroad 
underpass on State Route 252, installed quiet zones on seven railroad 
crossings on both CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads and construction 
of a new fire station serving the people and businesses of the 
community. Mayor Blomquist has also served as a board member to the 
Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency and Cuyahoga County 
Planning Commission as well as on the Olmsted Economic Development 
Committee.
  I would like to acknowledge Mayor Blomquist's achievements throughout 
his long career of public service and thank him for his outstanding 
contributions to the people of Olmsted Falls and the 16th District of 
Ohio.

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