[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19926]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     IN RECOGNITION OF CLINTON KIRK

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 26, 2006

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I respectfully ask the attention 
of the House today to pay tribute to Mr. Clinton Kirk, a constituent of 
mine who has dedicated the past 20 years of his life to staying healthy 
and fit.
  Mr. Kirk resides in Valley, Alabama, and is in his eighth decade of 
life. He is known around the area as the Walking Man. Kirk says when he 
began his walking in 1986, he would walk around 5 to 6 miles a day in 
the early morning. Twenty years later, he says he now walks about a 
mile a day and says he attributes his good health to his walking habit. 
Amazingly, Mr. Kirk has walked over 50,000 miles since 1986, the year 
he began keeping a daily log of the distance he covers.
  I salute Mr. Kirk for his continued efforts to exercise and stay 
healthy, and commend him at this milestone for serving as an example 
for us all to take care of ourselves and stay fit.

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