[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16113]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                PAYING TRIBUTE TO CHARLES KENNY LEAVITT

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                           HON. JON C. PORTER

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 26, 2006

  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my good friend for 
more than 20 years, Charles ``Charlie'' Leavitt. Charlie will be 
retiring from a career in general engineering contracting on August 15, 
2006.
  Charlie was born on ``the old Stewart Ranch'' in Las Vegas, Nevada, 
on August 24, 1942. His class of 1960 was Rancho High School's first 
graduating class. After graduation, he worked as a parking attendant 
for many of the hotel and casinos up and down the Las Vegas Strip, 
including the Stardust Hotel and the Dunes Hotel and Casino, which is 
now the Bellagio Hotel and Casino. He then went to work on the Virgin 
River Gorge Project as an engineer. This project provides a 
transportation route from Las Vegas, through Arizona, and into Utah.
  In 1974, Charlie joined the Warrants Division of the Las Vegas 
Metropolitan Police Department and served until 1979. He then went to 
the Caesar's Palace Hotel and Casino as a doorman and parking 
attendant. After running the front of that hotel for many years, he, 
along with his brother and nephews, moved to the Tropicana Hotel to 
help with their failing parking situation.
  After marrying the love of his life Margaret ``Peggy'' on March 16, 
1984, he started his own excavation company called Charles K. Leavitt 
Excavation in 1987, now known as CLK Incorporated. CKL Inc. serves the 
Las Vegas, Henderson, and Boulder City areas.
  Charlie is very active in the community, serving in the Sunrise 
Rotary, and has served in many leadership positions in the Church of 
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He is an avid and accomplished 
golfer, and has won the Boulder City Men's Club Tournament.
  His greatest accomplishment is being the proud father of his four 
sons Michael Glen, Christopher Keoni, Glen Kaimi, and Charles Kelley. 
He also loves his daughters-in-law, Leanna and Rebecca. However, his 
greatest joy comes from spending time with his six grandchildren Tommy 
(19), Connor (8), Garret (6), Olivia (4), Rory (3), Wyatt (2), and one 
on the way Delaney, who will be born in August.
  Mr. Speaker, I am honored to recognize Charles Leavitt on the floor 
of the House. I commend him for his contributions to southern Nevada 
and congratulate him on his retirement.

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