[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 498-499]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              CAROL WRIGHT

  (Mr. Matheson asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MATHESON. Mr. Speaker, with the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic 
Games just a few days away, today the Olympic torch will pass through 
Parowan, Utah.
  Parowan is the hometown of Alma Richards, Utah's first Olympic gold 
medalist. When it passes through that southern Utah town, it will be 
held by one of Parowan's greatest daughters, my great aunt, 93-year-old 
Carol Wright.
  Aunt Carol has lived in Parowan her whole life and is the second 
cousin of Alma Richards, the 1912 gold medalist in the high jump. She 
made a career in the banking industry and today holds a place of honor 
as the one selected to run the torch to Alma Richards' home. The torch 
will stop at his home for 2 minutes as the community holds a ceremony 
honoring Alma, Aunt Carol and the Olympic spirit.
  Parowan is a small town. In small towns everybody knows everybody. 
Aunt Carol was chosen to run the torch not only because of her relation 
to Utah's first Olympic gold medalist, but also because she is well 
respected and, indeed, beloved in her community.
  So I am proud of my aunt and proud of Parowan, the place where my 
Utah roots began, a city with a long tradition of Olympic spirit, and I 
am very grateful for this honor. I ask that the Members of the House of 
Representatives join me today in honoring Carol

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Wright and the city of Parowan as the Olympic torch passes through that 
city.

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