[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6930-6931]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING JOHN ``FOOTY'' KROSS

  (Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and pay 
tribute to my good friend and constituent, John Kross, who is also 
known to those of us in south Florida as ``Footy,'' the legendary 
morning radio host who will walk away from the microphone at the end of 
this week, ending more than 30 years as a morning radio personality.
  The veteran on-air personality whose name is John Kross will host his 
final segment for the Y-100 Morning Show on Friday, May 5, 2006.
  Footy has been helping south Florida wake up for more than 30 years 
and is a mainstay in the south Florida community. Footy is a passionate 
anti-drug crusader and an incurable chicken-wing junkie.
  Originally, he created Footy's Wing Ding, a chicken-wing eating 
competition, as a fundraiser to aid Here's Help, a not-for-profit 
organization that assists adults and children with substance-abuse 
addictions.
  Although the event began mainly as a competition to crown the maker 
of south Florida's best chicken wings, it evolved over the years into a 
popular spot for pop music's hottest stars.
  Each year, Footy's Wing Ding brought a host of celebrities to south 
Florida to raise thousands of dollars for area charities, including 
Here's Help, the Sun-Sentinel/WB Television Channel 39 Children's Fund 
and many others.
  While thousands of radio listeners will undoubtedly miss Footy's 
voice on their radios each morning, I am confident he has established a 
strong foundation that will help inspire generations of south 
Floridians to make a difference in their community.

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  It is my privilege to honor his service to our community in south 
Florida on the floor of the House of Representatives.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing John for a lifetime of 
achievement in radio broadcasting and charity work to wish him and his 
family many years of happiness, success and new challenges in the years 
ahead.

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