[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 28591]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  CONGRATULATING MINISTER ARTHUR E. CASSELL, OF SIKESTON, MO, ON HIS 
               RECOGNITION BY THE ``DAUGHTERS OF SUNSET''

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                          HON. JO ANN EMERSON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, November 4, 1999

  Mrs. EMERSON. Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, November 13, 1999, Minister 
Arthur E. Cassell is being honored by the Sikeston, MO ``Daughters of 
Sunset'' at their 15th Annual Recognition Program. I would like to 
extend my congratulations to Minister Cassell who is being recognized 
on this day for his community involvement.
  Minister Cassell is an associate minister at the Opportunity Church 
of God and Christ in Charleston, MO, and has been employed as a letter 
carrier at the Sikeston, Missouri Post Office since December 1981. He 
is married to Lucille (Richardson) Cassell who is president of their 
diaper company. The Cassells are the parents of four sons.
  Minister Cassell is a former marine who has been an active worker in 
the Southeast Missouri area since his discharge. He is the president of 
the Charleston Branch of the NAACP, chairman of the Weed & Seed 
Steering Committee in Charleston; has served as an executive board 
member of Southeast Missouri Legal Services since 1989, and served on 
the Community Outreach Center board in Sikeston, MO.
  Minister Cassell also has cosponsored job preparedness classes, youth 
services, and activities. In his own words, ``Through helping others 
and trying to meet people's needs, I have found that even more needs to 
be done.'' Minister Cassell's philosophy is, ``If you're going to do 
it, go all out.''
  Congratulations, Minister Cassell, on your recognition by the 
``Daughters of Sunset.'' By ``going all out'' for your family, church 
and community, you have touched the lives of so many others, and have 
helped them discover the possibility of brighter futures.

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