[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11353]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         IN HONOR OF TOM REEFE

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 1, 2004

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, it is with great honor and pleasure that I am 
able to rise today to recognize Tom Reefe, the Executive Director of 
Leadership Santa Cruz County. Tom has held the position of Executive 
Director for twelve years, and will retire this coming June.
  Leadership Santa Cruz County, an organization that promotes civic 
participation of emerging community, political and business leaders, 
has grown tremendously under the tutelage of Tom. He has, for the past 
twelve years, dedicated a tremendous amount of strength and energy into 
this noble endeavor.
  More than 500 people, including some of my staff, have graduated from 
Tom's program during his tenure as Executive Director. These graduates 
come from all walks of life, yet they came to Tom for a common reason: 
they had a desire to approach the problems, issues, and needs facing 
our community in a matter of fact and head-on manner.
  Indeed, Santa Cruz has benefited greatly from Tom's contributions. 
His dedication, dynamism and spiritedness have rubbed off onto everyone 
who has the opportunity to work with him. Our central coast community 
is truly indebted to Tom Reefe.

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