[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2376]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    TRIBUTE TO SERGEANT WILLIAM WARD

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a Hoosier hero 
who may have been overlooked in all of the media coverage about last 
week's capture of two fugitive teenagers suspected of murdering a 
family in New Hampshire.
  I take this opportunity because doing excellent police work happens 
when no one is looking. ``Sheriff Avoids Tragedy'' is seldom a headline 
and ``Captured Without Incident'' does not have the same made-for-TV 
angle that most producers look for, but it is exactly the kind of 
admirable police work that characterizes Henry County Sheriff Sergeant 
William Ward.
  Sergeant Ward was monitoring the citizens band radio and overheard a 
trucker on Interstate 70 trying to find a ride for two teenaged boys 
headed for California. Ward knew about the national search underway 
from two accused killers of New England.
  Using judgment honed by more than 22 years of service, Sergeant Ward 
showed just how Indiana and our county are served by these tremendous 
work-a-day heroes.
  Sergeant Ward and his wife, Candy, together have four children, Sara, 
Paul, Thad, and Matthew. I know that his family and all of us in East 
Central Indiana are proud of his excellent service record. Today, we 
pause to call special attention to his actions last week. This is 
important because it is one small part of a career of excellent 
service.

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