[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 92 (Tuesday, June 5, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E768]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO RALPH (ED) KERMOADE

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 5, 2018

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Ralph (Ed) Kermoade of Council Bluffs, Iowa on his 
induction into the Thomas Jefferson High School Hall of Fame. Ed is a 
1974 graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs.
  Ed earned his bachelor' s degree from the University of Nebraska 
Omaha and graduated from Drake University with a degree in secondary 
education administration. Ed has been a teacher and coach in the 
Council Bluffs Community School District. His career has taken him to 
Longfellow Junior High School and Wilson Middle School and he has 
taught driver's education for 41 years at 13 different high schools 
across the Council Bluffs metro area. Ed remains active in the Council 
Bluffs community volunteering with the West End Optimist Club and the 
Cobra Optimist Sports Club. Ed said he always tries to pass on to his 
students that, ``it is always the right time to do the right thing and 
if you are early, you are never late.''
  Mr. Speaker, I applaud and congratulate Ed Kermoade as a member of 
the Hall of Fame at Thomas Jefferson High School. I am proud to 
represent him in the United States Congress. I ask that my colleagues 
in the House of Representatives join me in congratulating Ed and 
wishing him nothing but continued success.

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