[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 22196-22197]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        CHARLES R. FOUQUETTE--2003 JOHNS FELLOWSHIP AWARD WINNER

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                            HON. BOB FILNER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 16, 2003

  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to salute Charles R. Fouquette on 
receiving the 2003 Johns ``Fellowship Award'' in recognition of his 
outstanding contributions to the working men and women of our 
community.
  Charley is a 10th generation Californian who was born and raised in 
the San Diego area. After high school, Charley went to work for the 
Santee Water District, beginning as an installer then serving as an 
equipment operator, running bulldozers, loaders and graders, and 
building Santee Lakes 2 through 6.
  In 1965, Charley took a job as a labor foreman for a union company, 
building tilt-up and lift-slab buildings for the Navy at Camp 
Pendleton. When the job was completed, he worked with a number of 
ironworkers on a job in Port Hueneme, California. Charley admired these 
ironworkers strong work ethic and dedication to delivering the best 
possible product for the contractor and themselves. He went to work for 
Rawlins Steel, a Local 416 company. While at Rawlins, he worked on 
projects in Tehachapi, along the coast from Santa Barbara down to 
Malibu, and on the offshore islands.
  He returned to San Diego in 1967, and for the next dozen years worked 
as an ironworker for Brawley Steel, Wilson Steel, Bechtel Power Corp., 
and finally Saafco Inc. In addition, he taught the Local 229 
Ironworkers Apprenticeship Classes for 18 years, and served as Local 
229 Trustee, Executive Board Member, JATC Committee Chairman, Vice 
President, President and Business Representative. He was the Building 
and Construction Trades Delegate for 16 years and the San Diego and 
Imperial Labor Council Delegate for 12 years. For 18 years, he was one 
of three delegates from Local 229 to the District Council of Iron 
Workers of the State of California and Vicinity, and Contract 
Negotiator until he retired in May 2002.

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  Charley has been a member of Johns for 18 years, working to help the 
Leukemia Society and raising money for medical research. He makes his 
home in Fletcher Hills with his wife, Sue, and shares in the activities 
of their 10 grandchildren. Sue and Charley are active members of the 
San Diego County Orchid Society and the San Diego Horticultural 
Society, and he has written the monthly orchid column in the California 
Garden Magazine for 30 years.
  Charles R. Fouquette exemplifies the high values, standards, and 
principles of the late John S. Lyons. I offer my congratulations to him 
on his recognition as the 2003 Johns ``Fellowship Award winner.''

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