[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12619]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRIS COLLIER

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                          HON. MELISSA A. HART

                            of pennsylvania

                  in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 14, 2005

  Ms. HART. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
congratulate Chris Collier on being named the 2005 Lawrence County 
Entrepreneur of the Year.
  Chris is the President of S&S Processing, a company that he 
established in 1990, which is located in West Pittsburg. Mr. Collier, 
after acquiring the mining rights to a large plot of land along the 
Little Beaver River, has turned his company into one of the largest 
suppliers of specialty soils in the Tri-State area. S&S Processing 
distributes specialty soils for athletic fields and playgrounds, while 
also providing custom blended soils, premium top-soils and composts to 
architects, engineers and contractors.
  Mr. Collier will be honored at the 2005 Lawrence County Entrepreneur 
of the Year Awards Dinner to be held at the New Englander Banquet 
Center in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Chris was selected as the 2005 
winner because he personifies the entrepreneurial spirit that is so 
prevalent in the Lawrence County Area. Mr. Collier has indeed had a 
significant impact on the community as a whole and has provided the 
young people of Lawrence County a rich example of what it takes to be a 
successful business owner.
  I ask my colleagues in the United States House of Representatives to 
join me in honoring Chris Collier. It is an honor to represent the 
Fourth Congressional District of Pennsylvania and a pleasure to salute 
citizens such as Chris who add so much to the community in which they 
live.

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