[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 31, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E106-E107]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING THE WALKER COMPANY

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                             HON. ANDY BARR

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 31, 2017

  Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a very special group of 
Kentuckians. They are the Walker family; Arthur, Sr. (Deceased), 
Arthur, Jr., Art III and Bryce Walker. They make up the Walker Company, 
which was created in 1933 and whose corporate office is located in 
Montgomery County, Kentucky.
  The Walker Company has been chosen by Gateway Area Development 
District to receive the Regional Outstanding Business for 2016 Award. 
They have been a major employer over the years, employing hundreds of 
people and enabling them to provide a good living for their families.
  The Walker family has made many philanthropic contributions, mostly 
anonymously, to needy projects over the years, including GED programs, 
scholarships for students, and the recent BuildSmart Campaign of the 
MCTC new Rowan Campus. The Walkers were instrumental in the location of 
the Maysville Community Technical College Satellite location in Mt. 
Sterling.
  The Walkers support recreation and sports in many ways. They have 
been involved since the beginning with Easy Walker Park in Montgomery 
County, where thousands of children

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across many states have enjoyed the park facilities. They also worked 
with Menifee County on their new Little League Baseball field, where 70 
children play every day for most of the year.
  Disaster assistance is no stranger to the Walkers. If a major event 
happens in a surrounding county, they drop everything and will even 
pull off of a job and bring their equipment and operators to help open 
roads, clear debris, just to help their neighbors. Morgan and Menifee 
Counties can both attest to this when the tornadoes hit in 2012.
  The Walkers give of their time to serve on boards on the local, state 
and federal level and share their business expertise and professional 
engineering experience with others. The Walker Company members continue 
to be remembered for their generosity and I am honored to recognize 
them before the United States House of Representatives.

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