[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 199 (Wednesday, December 6, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1664]
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                   IN RECOGNITION OF MR. LARRY SPIKES

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                         HON. DAVID G. VALADAO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 6, 2017

  Mr. VALADAO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank Mr. Larry Spikes for 
thirty five years of dedicated service to the constituents of Kings 
County.
  A Central Valley native, Larry Spikes attended California State 
University, Fresno, where he received his Bachelors of Science degree 
in Accounting in 1981 and later received his Master's degree in Public 
Administration in 1992. He and his wife, Kristine, have been married 
for thirty five years and have three children, their son, Austin and 
twin daughters, Madison and Taylor.
  In 1981, Larry began his career at the County of Kings as an 
Accountant before transferring to the Administrative Office as Deputy 
County Administrative Officer (CAO) in 1986. He served in that capacity 
until November 1993, when he was named County Administrative Officer.
  In 1996, Mr. Spikes served on California Governor Peter Wilson's 
Trial Court Funding Task Force on Court Employees and from 1997 to 
2016, he served as the Representative for the California State 
Association of Counties (CSAC) on the California Law Enforcement 
Telecommunications Advisory Committee.
  Additionally, Larry served as the President of the County 
Administrative Officer's Association of California from October 2002 to 
October 2003. In 2008, he was appointed as a board member for the 
California State Association of Counties Finance Corporation where he 
served until 2015. He was elected to a CAO's position on the County 
Medical Services Program Governing Board in 2012. Today, Mr. Spikes is 
currently serving on the Court Facilities Advisory Committee for 
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil Sakauye.
  Outside of work, Mr. Spikes is a long-time member of the Rotary Club 
of Hanford and serves on the board of the Disabled American Veteran's 
Charities of Central California.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the United States House of 
Representatives to join me in commending Mr. Larry Spikes on his 
retirement, for his service to the people of Kings County and wishing 
him well as he embarks on the next chapter of his life.

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