[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 144 (Tuesday, September 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H7563]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CONGRATULATING MAYOR DICK CHURCH

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio 
(Mr. Turner) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. TURNER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute and 
congratulate my good friend, Miamisburg Mayor Dick Church on his 
retirement. Dick Church has faithfully served the city of Miamisburg as 
mayor since 1992 and as a Miamisburg city councilman for 4 years prior 
to that. Dick Church is the longest serving mayor in Miamisburg's 
history
  Mayor Church has transformed Miamisburg into an economic powerhouse, 
a thriving downtown, and a safe and stable neighborhood. In addition, 
his legacy has been the cleanup of a former U.S. Department of Energy 
Cold War era defense production and deep space energy site in his 
community known as Mound Laboratories.
  Mayor Church has worked to make the Mound facility viable for 
businesses again continuing the facility's legacy and southwest Ohio's 
spirit of innovation. The Mound Business Park is now home to 15 
businesses that conduct important research and development. The Mound 
Business Park's development could not have come to fruition without 
Dick Church's crucial work.
  Dick Church has been a hands-on mayor. In many communities almost 
everyone can say they know the mayor. In Miamisburg, the mayor can say 
he practically knows everyone. Congratulations, Dick Church, on an 
incredible career as mayor.

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