[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 156 (Thursday, September 26, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H7996-H7997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      EASTERN HANCOCK HIGH SCHOOL WINS COLTS LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Indiana (Mr. Pence) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Eastern 
Hancock High School football team for being one of four Indiana high 
schools to win the Colts Leadership Challenge.
  The Colts Leadership Challenge is a competition that encourages high 
school football teams to host blood drives and encourages donations 
throughout the summer.
  Hundreds of donations are needed each day to meet the needs of the 
Versiti Blood Center of Indiana. We are so proud of the Royals for 
helping to deliver these critical, lifesaving measures.
  I want to thank the Eastern Hancock High School football team for 
their outstanding service to the community and to the State of Indiana. 
Well done.


    Recognizing Bec Wicker's Women In Agriculture Achievement Award

  Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, I want to recognize Rush County resident 
Bec Wicker, who was recently awarded the Women in Agriculture 
Achievement Award. The annual award recognizes Indiana women who have 
contributed significantly to the success of Indiana agriculture.
  Bec joined Wicker Farms in 1976 and has since built a dairy milking 
operation, a calf and cow operation, and produces corn, soybeans, 
wheat, alfalfa, and hay.
  I thank Mrs. Bec Wicker for her outstanding contributions and support 
for the agriculture community.


  Farmers In Indiana's Sixth District Receive Hoosier Homestead Award

  Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, I want to recognize the outstanding 
achievement of 27 family farms in Indiana's Sixth Congressional 
District.
  The Hoosier Homestead Award is given out by the Indiana State 
Department of Agriculture to family farms that have been farming for 
over 100 years, 150 years, and 200 years. I am proud that, in my 
district alone, 15 family farms earned the Hoosier Homestead centennial 
award, 8 earned the sesquicentennial award, and 4 earned the 
bicentennial award.
  Future generations of Hoosier farmers can look up to these family 
farms and know that hard work and dedication pays off.
  Congratulations to all of these families for earning the recognition 
as a Hoosier homestead.


                   Indiana's Beirut Memorial Monument

  Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, this weekend, I joined my fellow veterans 
and Gold Star families in dedicating the Beirut Memorial monument to 
Hoosiers killed in the terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 
23, 1983.
  As a Beirut veteran myself, I understand that our first duty is to 
remember. I am proud that Indiana now has our own memorial to 
commemorate the Indiana servicemen who sacrificed their lives in the 
name of peace, and we will never forget:
  James Baynard, USMC
  Danny Estes, USMC
  Michael Gorchinski, USN
  Maurice Hukill, USMC
  George McVicker, USN; and
  Thomas Thorstad, USMC.
  Madam Speaker, I will always be faithful.
  Semper fi.

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