[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E111]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING RITA PRICE-SIMPSON'S 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO INDIANA HIGH 
                             SCHOOL SPORTS

                                 ______
                                 

                        HON. MARLIN A. STUTZMAN

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 10, 2025

  Mr. STUTZMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise as a proud Hoosier representing the 
3rd district of Indiana. We have beautiful landscapes and many storied 
histories, but above all we have terrific people who make up our 
fantastic district.
  Today, I'm proud to recognize one such Hoosier. Rita Price-Simpson 
has been on WRSW radio for 65 years. On that historic station, she has 
broadcast boys and girls basketball games and football games for 50 
years. That is quite a milestone, and Rita is truly a remarkable woman.
  She has been inducted into the Indiana High School Basketball Hall of 
Fame, the Indiana Broadcasters Hall of Fame, and the Kosciusko County 
Basketball Hall of Fame. She has also received the Indiana Torchbearers 
Award from the Indiana Commission For Women and The Sportscaster of The 
Year Award from the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters 
Association, along with that, she was named the Kosciusco County Woman 
of The Year.
  For her tremendous accomplishments, in fact, WRSW named her studio at 
the station ``The Rita Price Studio.'' Going along with all those 
honors, if you look closely at the basketball court at Tippecanoe 
Valley High School, you will see it has been aptly named the ``Rita 
Price-Simpson Court.'' To this day, she continues working in sales and 
broadcasts 65 basketball games and 10 football games every year.
  She is happily married with 3 daughters and 5 grandchildren. She has 
been president of the Mentone Chamber Of Commerce, and she is an active 
member of the Mentone United Methodist Church.
  But today she is recognized for the work she loves desperately, and 
obviously, Mr. Speaker, she loves and honors high school sports right 
here in her home state of Indiana.
  I'm proud to make her name known throughout our Nation's capitol . . 
. and the fruited plain.

                          ____________________