[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21164]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      TRIBUTE TO GEORGE D. TABLACK

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                      HON. JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR.

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 30, 2001

  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I was deeply saddened to hear of the 
passing of a George D. Tablack.
  Mr. Tablack was a lifelong resident and a well-respected leader of 
the Mahoning Valley. He was a Korean War Veteran, a steelworker at 
Youngstown Sheet and Tube and later an accountant with the Ohio 
Department of Taxation.
  Mr. Tablack served in the Ohio House of Representatives from May 1970 
until 1978. In 1979, he was appointed to the Ohio Environmental Review 
Board by then Governor James A. Rhodes and also sworn in as Sheriff 
until 1981. He later went on to pursue a successful career as a 
lobbyist and political consultant until 1995, when he became the Mayor 
of Campbell.
  I would like to take this opportunity to remember Mr. Tablack for his 
outstanding accomplishments while serving as a member of the Ohio House 
of Representatives. He, along with then Ohio Senator Harry Meshel, will 
be regarded as two of the greatest lawmakers in Ohio's history.
  I send my deepest regrets and sympathy to his wife and to his family. 
May God bless them.

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