[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 9, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S5427]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         RECOGNIZING JOE SCOTT

  Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, on September 16, the Boys and Girls 
Club of Central Wyoming will celebrate their 16th Annual Awards and 
Recognition Breakfast. During the event, they will honor a member of 
the community who has significantly contributed to the Boys and Girls 
Club. I am delighted that this year's honoree is Joe Scott, a Casper, 
Wyoming-native, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
  Joe was born and raised in Casper. He attended St. Anthony's Catholic 
School, East Junior High, and Kelly Walsh High School. His uncle, Jack 
Sullivan, put Joe to work on the family's ranch in Wyoming's Shirley 
Basin. Joe collected his first paycheck when he was in the third grade 
and has continued to work hard ever since. As a young man he worked as 
an oil pumper for McMurry Oil Company. The McMurry's could always count 
on Joe to get the job done. Joe stayed with the company through the 
1990s as they discovered and developed the Jonah Field. Following his 
long career with McMurry Oil, he used his tenacity and entrepreneurial 
spirit to found energy ventures, including a water treatment company 
and a mud motor company.
  The Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Wyoming are grateful for Joe 
Scott's contributions to their critically important mission. The club 
offers programs and services that promote and enhance the development 
of our youth. Their activities provide the youth with a sense of 
competence, usefulness and belonging.
  My wife Bobbi joins me in extending our congratulations to Joe and 
thanking him for his dedication to Wyoming and its youth. He is the 
perfect example of a citizen who has truly paid back to his community.

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