[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17576]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    TRIBUTE TO MAYOR EDWARD QUAGLIA

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                          HON. DAVID D. PHELPS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 21, 1999

  Mr. PHELPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Mayor Edward 
Quaglia of Herrin, Illinois. Mayor Quaglia served the people and city 
of Herrin faithfully for more than twenty years; seven of those years 
as an alderman on the City Council, and for 15 years as mayor. This 
year, on May 31, Mayor Quaglia retired as Mayor due to health concerns. 
In honor of his retirement, the City of Herrin, the City Council of 
Herrin, and Mayor Victor Ritter have proclaimed July 18, 1999 as 
``Mayor Edward Quaglia Day.''
  Mr. Speaker, Mayor Quaglia will be long remembered by the good people 
of the City of Herrin, southern Illinois, and the entire State for his 
determined dedication to making Herrin a better place to live and to 
raise a family. Mayor Quaglia will not only be remembered for his 
numerous achievements including improving the city's infrastructure, 
and his hard work on development and construction of the Civic Center, 
the Annual Mayor's Community Wide Thanksgiving Dinner for the poor and 
homeless, the High School Sport's Complex, and planning the city's 
premier annual event Herrinfesta Italiana, but most importantly for his 
compassionate and straight-forward leadership style. He always gave all 
he had for a good cause and put the welfare of the citizens and City of 
Herrin first. When speaking of Mayor Quaglia, it is impossible not to 
mention his family, which is so important to him. His wife JoAnne has 
always stood by his side and been the light of his life. He has five 
loving children and four beautiful grandchildren.
  I know that Mayor Quaglia will be sorely missed by all of Herrin in 
his retirement. But it is a retirement well earned, and one that I am 
sure that Edward Quaglia, and his family and friends, will enjoy with 
him to the fullest. Mr. Speaker, I encourage all my fellow Members to 
share in my wish to extend Mayor Quaglia a long, healthy, and happy 
retirement along with Godspeed.

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