[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 58 (Wednesday, April 9, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2322-S2323]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  COMMENDING OHIO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I rise today to honor 393 high school 
seniors in eight northeast Ohio counties for their commendable decision 
to enlist in the United States Armed Forces. Of these 393 seniors from 
129 high schools in 106 towns and cities, 91 will enter the Army, 104 
will enter the Marine Corps, 47 will enter the Navy, 32 will enter the 
Air Force, 5 will enter the Coast Guard, 100 will enter our Ohio Army 
National Guard, and 14 will enter into the Ohio Air National Guard. In 
the presence of their parents/guardians, and high school counselors, 
military leaders, city and business leaders, all 393 will be recognized 
on May 7, 2014 by ``Our Community Salutes of Northeast Ohio.''
  In a few short weeks, these young men and women will join their 
classmates in celebration of their high school 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 rights, our freedoms and our 
country. They should know that they have full support of this Senate 
Chamber, and of the American people, who are with them in whatever 
challenges may lie ahead.
  These 393 young men and women are the cornerstone of our liberty. It 
is thanks to their dedication and the dedication of an untold number of 
patriots just like them 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 dangerous world. We are grateful to them, and we are grateful to 
their parents and their communities for instilling in them not only the 
mental and physical abilities our Armed Forces require, but more 
importantly the character, the values and the discipline that leads 
someone to put service to our Nation over self.
  I would like to personally thank these 393 graduating seniors for 
their selflessness and the courage that they have shown by volunteering 
to risk their lives in defense of our Nation. We owe them, along with 
all those who serve our country, a deep debt of gratitude.
  I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the names of 
the 393 high school seniors.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:


                         United States Army--91

       Anderson--Cuyahoga Falls; Adang--Conneaut; Adkins--Parma; 
     Ashworth--Akron; Baucco--Brunswick; Boyer--Akron; Brewton--
     Akron; Buchler--Mayfield Heights; Burhoe--Fairlawn; 
     Canfield--Deerfield; Chessar--Mayfield Heights; Clark--
     Wickliffe; Clay--North Royalton; Cordova--Lorain; Curnutte--
     Norton; Dangler--North Olmsted; Detzel--Seven Hills; Elkins--
     Mogadore; Faught--Brunswick; Finn--Akron; Fischbach--Geneva; 
     Ford--Akron; Fuller--Parma Heights; Gadson--Akron; Genovese--
     Tallmadge; Gertz--Solon; Gilbert--Twinsburg; Glas--Norton; 
     Gonda--North Olmsted; Good--Cuyahoga Falls; Griggs Oneal--
     Akron; Gromek--Mentor; Hammond--Brooklyn; Hardy--Parma 
     Heights; Hemerlein--Solon; Herman--Rootstown; Holland-Bell--
     Akron; Hurd--Lakewood; Johns--Cuyahoga Falls; Johnson--
     Eastlake; Kearney--Garrettsville; Keathley--Lorain; 
     Keathley--Lorain; Kenney--Euclid; Kuhn--Madison; Loomis--
     Copley; Lucas--Cleveland; Maldonado--Lorain; Martin--North 
     Olmsted; Mehl--Aurora; Mendez--Cleveland; Messner--Cuyahoga 
     Falls; Milczewski--Brooklyn; Minor--Wadsworth; Moran--
     Litchfield; Morris--Grafton; Nelson--Wadsworth.
       Neuman--Independence; Nobles--Akron; Nordstrom--Maple 
     Heights; Norman--Akron; Ornelas Ramirez--Lorain; Packard--
     Cleveland; Payne--Elyria; Perry--Geneva; Post--Ravenna; 
     Prigmore--Akron; Rees--Brunswick; Rippe--Grafton; Rodriguez--
     Cleveland; Rush--Willoughby; Rutherford--Medina; Sanchez 
     Gonzalez--Cleveland; Sapper--Cuyahoga Falls; Skudrin--
     Cleveland; Smith--Mogadore; St. John--Hudson; Strand--
     Willoughby; Strzala--Middleburg Heights; Sutter--Berea; 
     Sweitzer--Stow; Swisher--Mogadore; Taylor--Cleveland; 
     Thomas--Akron; Tschannen--Wadsworth; Venable--Geneva; 
     Warren--Cuyahoga Falls; Williams--Beachwood; Wilson--Akron; 
     Wray--Akron; Wright--Lakewood.


                    United States Marine Corps--104

       Adigwe--Cleveland; Adkins--Cleveland; Albertson--Akron; 
     Arnold--Berea; Arrington--Canton; Balcomb, Jr.--Ashtabula; 
     Binkley--Canton; Blackman--Cleveland; Blazick--Cuyahoga 
     Falls; Blunk--Berea; Brunner--North Olmsted; Cale--Madison; 
     Caraballo--Lakewood; Carlisle--Cleveland Heights; Carlton--
     Ashtabula; Carpenter--Barberton; Chandler--Maple Heights; 
     Chasar--Akron; Ciptak--Akron; Colon--Painesville; Corral--
     Cleveland; Csonka--Hartville; Davis--Massillon; De Hoff--
     Mantua; Dibble--Akron; Downing--Brook Park; Finlaw--Akron; 
     Fitzgerald--Massillon; Garber--Akron; Gayheart--Ashtabula; 
     Gilbert--Ravenna; Givens--Hartville; Gooch--Cleveland; 
     Gordon--Lakewood; Green--Silver Lake; Greig--Mentor; Hanzak--
     Madison; Harkenrider--Cleveland; Helsel--Cleveland; 
     Hershberger--Massillon; House--North Olmsted; Imburgia--North 
     Royalton; James--Barberton; Johnson--Canton; Juratovac--
     Madison.
       Knoch-Hawkins--Fairlawn; Koons--Willoughby; Kovats--Rome; 
     Lacy--Copley; Lawson--Lyndhurst; Lemmon--Barberton; Lytle--
     Mogadore; MacMillan--Bay Village; McGrath--Madison; Meadows--
     Akron; Metz--Columbia Station; Miker--Parma; Miller, C--
     Massillon; Miller, R--Massillon; Milton--Westlake; 
     Montecalvo--Akron; Morek--Euclid; Nagle--Columbia Station; 
     Natko--Akron; Nelson--Copley; Novel--Westlake; Osborne--North 
     Royalton; Pare--North Royalton; Patel--Strongsville; Person--
     Painesville; Price--Shaker Heights; Radisek--Bay Village; 
     Reed--Akron; Rhinehardt--Twinsburg; Richmond--Massillon.

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       Ries--Massillon; Rivera--Cleveland; Roney--Chagrin Falls; 
     Ryan, D--Mentor; Ryan, R--Parma; Schnell--Canton; Scott--
     Orwell; Shimek--Ashtabula; Smith, B--Akron; Smith, C--
     Painesville; Smith, J--Deerfield; Spicer--Norton; Strukel--
     Mentor; Sutyak--Madison; Tatarko--Twinsburg; Thomsen--
     Cleveland; Ticherich--Berea; Trevethan--Reminderville; 
     Trump--Canton; Utz--Orwell; Vechik--Brimfield; Wadsworth--
     Akron; Wagner--Canal Fulton; Wallis--Berea; Warlop--Clinton; 
     Weitendorf--Hudson; Winston--North Olmsted; Wood--Fairlawn; 
     Yost--Akron.


                         United States Navy--47

       Beddard--Bedford; Bowers--Avon Lake; Buga--Vermilion; 
     Burns--South Euclid; Cabalu--Parma; Daily--North Olmsted; 
     DeCesare, Jr.--Sagamore Hills; Donze--Akron; East--Brunswick; 
     Elliott--Cleveland; Gantose--Seville; Gordon--Westlake; 
     Harvey--Wadsworth; Herbert--Painesville; Heyduk--Medina; 
     Hill--Hudson; Hill-Ross--Lorain; Howells--Cleveland; Hruska--
     Garfield Heights; Johnson--South Euclid; Kopp--Garfield 
     Heights; Long--Barberton; Madonna--Madison; Marks--Barberton; 
     McNeeley--North Olmsted; Mennell--Rittman.
       Mutnansky--Elyria; Pacheco--Cleveland; Payne--Elyria; 
     Pikula--Willowick; Poorman II--Canton; Rhodes--Willowick; 
     Rodriguez--Elyria; Schlageter--Mentor; Seamon--Medina; 
     Stropko-Jorgenson--North Olmsted; Surbella--Conneaut; 
     Sweeney--Willoughby; Tokar--Wickliffe; Vorndran--Mentor; 
     Wilkerson--Berea; Williams, Jr.--Cleveland; Wilson--
     Cleveland; Witten--Cleveland; Wright--South Euclid; Yates--
     Elyria; Yeager--Barberton.


                      United States Air Force--32

       Adamczyk--Medina; Begin--Walton Hills; Cox--Wadsworth; 
     Dyer--Norton; Erb--Fairport Harbor; Estrada--Olmsted Falls; 
     Fitzpatrick--Lorain; Friedrick--Medina; Frye--Parma; Gabel--
     Stow; Gioiello--Sheffield Lake; Graf--Medina; Gregory--
     Elyria; Hayes--North Ridgeville; Howard--Wellington; Julius--
     Avon; Konokpa--Parma; Lane--Cuyahoga Falls; Lomax--East 
     Cleveland; Matheny--Stow; McEntire--Avon Lake; Morgan--Akron; 
     Prukey--Madison; Robbins--Uniontown; Rocazella--Chardon; 
     Saunders--Akron; Sincere--Cuyahoga Falls; Suire--Lakewood; 
     Swit--Cleveland; Todd--University Heights; Turney--Amherst; 
     Wagner--Wellington.


                      United States Coast Guard--5

       Adams--Norton; Bowen--Berea; Milam--Olmsted Township; 
     Montgomery--Fremont; Mozik--Copley.


                     Ohio Army National Guard--100

       Acaba--Cleveland; Anderson III--Wellington; Angell--
     Vermilion; Applegarth--Mogadore; Barker--Norton; Bartch, 
     Jr.--Middleburg Heights; Bohnsack--Concord; Brochu--Avon 
     Lake; Brown--Lorain; Burgess--Wellington; Champe--Amherst; 
     Clements--Cleveland; Collins--Oberlin; Coyne--Thompson; 
     Creakman--Parma Heights; Cuckler--Barberton; Dorrer--
     Lyndhurst; Dorrough--Cleveland; Duncan--Brook Park; Dungan--
     North Ridgeville; Dunning--Chardon; Edwards--Cleveland; 
     Fofana--Euclid; Foltz--Grafton; Ford--East Cleveland; Gold--
     Medina; Gruszka--Macedonia; Harkins--Grand River; Harris--
     Akron; Hayes--Cleveland; Heath--Akron; Hildreth--Lorain; 
     Hill--Westlake; Holley--Akron; Holzwarth--Twinsburg; 
     Hrusovsky--Seven Hills; Hunt--Brooklyn; Jennings, J--
     Cleveland; Jennings, S--Akron; Jennings--Akron.
       Johns--Brunswick; Kasperski--Independence; Kawkabani--
     Mentor; Kerrigan--Fairview; Kucho--Akron; Kurzinger--Mentor; 
     Lahetta--Amherst; Lansdale--Akron; Lantz--Uniontown; La 
     Rosa--Berea; Lemley--Cleveland; Lewis--Ravenna; Macklin--
     Bedford; Manu--Tallmadge; Marek--Brunswick; McClary--Avon; 
     McMillion--Olmsted Falls; Mellone--Chagrin Falls; Milbrandt--
     Ashtabula; Miller, A--Parma; Miller, M--Chardon; Montgomery--
     Uniontown; Muckley--Hartville; Mugongo--Cleveland; Munger--
     Diamond; Naro--Rome; Nazario--Cleveland; Nervo--Stow; 
     Novilla--Northfield; Otto--Ashtabula; Paden--Brunswick; 
     Parker--Willoughby Hills; Perkins--Cleveland; Pyatt--Fairview 
     Park; Remenyi--Uniontown.
       Riegelmayer--Berea; Rivera--Cleveland; Robinson--Cleveland; 
     Sabol--Cleveland; Sammon--Parma; Scott-Alston--Lorain; 
     Shull--North Ridgeville; Slitor--Lakewood; Smith, A--Akron; 
     Smith, B--Ashtabula; Smith, J--Euclid; Smith, R--Cleveland; 
     Spickard--Akron; Stewart--Cleveland; Strader--Vermilion; 
     Tarter--Rootstown; Taylor--Andover; Terry--Ravenna; Todt--
     Broadview Heights; Waleri--Vermilion; Washington--Cleveland; 
     Waterhouse--Akron; Williams--Akron; Wolf--Wadsworth; Wright--
     Cleveland.


                           Ohio Air Guard--14

       Benson--Rootstown; Craft--Rootstown; Fix--Akron; Gearhart--
     Wadsworth; Head--Novelty; Kociuba--North Royalton; Koltas--
     Sheffield Lake; Nutter--Norwalk; Steiner--Medina; Stilley--
     Cuyahoga Falls; Todd--Deerfield; Tyler--Canton; Varnis--Avon 
     Lake; Velez--Lorain.

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