[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 25417]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING ARSENIO P. ``SAM'' SANCHEZ FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO 
                      THE PEOPLE OF CLEARLAKE, CA

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 19, 2004

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
and honor Arsenio P. ``Sam'' Sanchez for his outstanding service on the 
City Council of Clearlake, California. His outstanding leadership and 
commitment has significantly benefited the people of Clearlake and he 
will be sorely missed upon his retirement.
  Mr. Sanchez has dedicated 18 years and 10 months of his life to 
serving on the City Council. He has achieved the status of the longest 
tenured council member in the city's history. In 1984 he was first 
elected and served until 1990 and because of his efforts on behalf of 
the community he was again elected in 1992 and served until 2004. 
During this time he has served as Mayor for three terms and also as 
Vice Mayor for three terms.
  Mr. Sanchez's expertise is matched only by his dedication to 
improving his community and his tremendous work ethic. He has served as 
a longstanding member on the Lake County Coordinated Resource 
Management Committee and on the Area Planning Council (APC). He has 
shown his devotion as a longstanding member of the Lake Transit 
Authority Board of directors. In appreciation for all of his 
contributions over the years, a new transit building in Lower Lake will 
be named after him. The building will be known officially as ``The 
Lamkin-Sanchez Transit Operations Center.''
  While serving our community for numerous years on the City Council, 
Arsenio has also served in Army Intelligence. He committed over 25 
years of his life to Army Intelligence before retiring.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, because of the many contributions he has 
made to the city of Clearlake, it is proper for us to honor Arsenio P. 
``Sam'' Sanchez as he retires from the City Council and extend our very 
best wishes to him in his retirement.

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