[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19343]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO DR. RICHARD SHOWERS

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                    HON. ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, JR.

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 28, 2005

  Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Richard Showers 
and pay tribute to his thirty-six year educational career in North 
Alabama.
  Dr. Showers has been an outstanding educator in North Alabama. 
Throughout his career, Dr. Showers has held many diverse positions. He 
has been an elementary technology teacher, a middle school earth 
science teacher, a middle school industrial teacher, a vocational 
education teacher, an adult education teacher, and an adult education 
coordinator.
  Additionally Mr. Speaker, Dr. Showers has proudly served the 
Huntsville community as the District One City Council Member since 
October of 1988. In fact, he was the first African-American to be 
elected to the City Council since 1907. As a council member, Dr. 
Showers sponsored the first smoking ordinance in the city, he was 
successful in locating an industrial park in North Huntsville, and he 
supported efforts in naming the Northern bypass in honor of Reverend 
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  Mr. Speaker, Dr. Showers has had a tremendous effect on our community 
as a teacher and City Council member and I would like thank him for his 
lifelong commitment to inspiring our community's children and his 
encouragement of adults to continue their education. I rise today to 
join his fellow teachers, students, family members, and friends in 
celebrating his distinguished career and to congratulate him upon his 
retirement.

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