[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17006]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO FRANK DENZINGER AND JOEL WHITE

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                           HON. BARON P. HILL

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 21, 2007

  Mr. HILL. Madam Speaker, on Monday evening, June 18, 2007, the 
community of Floyd County, Indiana, experienced a tragic event that 
resulted in the loss of 2 lives. Two members of the Floyd County 
Sheriff's Department, Frank Denzinger and Joel White, were shot when 
they arrived on the scene at a home to which they had been called. 
Deputy Sheriff Denzinger did not survive the shooting, Deputy Sheriff 
White was seriously injured, and later that evening, police discovered 
that the teenage boy who shot them had also fatally shot himself. This 
small, southern Indiana community has not experienced a tragedy of this 
proportion in decades, and is still reeling from it. I would like to 
first of all commend the noble work, day in and day out, of the Floyd 
County Sheriff's Department and all of our local law enforcement in 
Indiana. I would like to offer my sincere condolences to Deputy Sheriff 
Denzinger's family and friends. Frank Denzinger, 32, of Lanseville, 
Indiana, leaves behind a loving wife, Tara, and young daughter, Avery 
Grace. Frank was known as not only a loyal peer to his fellow law 
enforcement agents, but also to his family. He was taken much too soon 
from his wife and daughter. I want to thank Deputy Sheriff Denzinger 
and his family for their service to our community, as well as remind 
all Hoosiers to pray for both the Denzinger and White families.

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