[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16447]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING FIRE CHIEF FRANK WICHLACZ

  (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KAGEN. Mr. Speaker, it has been said that when a man becomes a 
fireman, his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he 
does after that is all in the line of work.
  Well, yesterday in my district in northeast Wisconsin, the Pulaski 
community began to mourn the tragic death of Fire Chief Frank Wichlacz, 
a volunteer firefighter who died in a freak accident on Wednesday. The 
76 year-old Chief Wichlacz gave 50 years of service to the department, 
which serves parts of Brown, Oconto, and Shawano counties. The last 20 
years he served as chief.
  In 2007, Chief Wichlacz was honored as an Everyday Hero by the Green 
Bay Press-Gazette newspaper for his long years of service to his 
community. You know Winston Churchill said, ``You make a living by what 
you get, but you make a life by what you give.'' Frank Wichlacz lived 
those words.
  His service, not only as a volunteer firefighter, but as a fire 
chief, made the Pulaski community a safer and better place to live. On 
behalf of the people of the Eighth District in northeast Wisconsin, 
allow me to express my deepest sympathy to his family and friends and 
to all in the Pulaski community.
  May God bless Chief Wichlacz.

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