[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12290]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO BILL KIBBY

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 11, 2008

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Bill Kibby 
and to congratulate him on being inducted into the Iowa Athletic 
Directors Hall of Fame
  Bill Kibby has been a teacher and coach for 44 years, 40 of which he 
has been an athletic director. His educational career began as a 
teacher at Bayard Consolidated School. At Bayard he was involved in 
coaching football, basketball, cross country, and track. He then began 
his tenure at Johnston High School where, in 1967, he became the 
school's athletic director. After his service in Johnston, Mr. Kibby 
moved to Fort Dodge where he was St. Edmond Catholic High School's 
football coach and athletic director for 21 years. For 16 of those 
years he also helped coach track, but resigned when he accepted the 
position of principal at Sacred Heart Junior High School. During his 
time at St. Edmond and Sacred Heart he also made time to coach 
basketball and softball.
  In 1988, Mr. Kibby took his final position in his stellar educational 
career at Jefferson-Scranton. Upon his retirement in 2006, Mr. Kibby 
continued to coach football at Jefferson-Scranton.
  In his long and illustrious career Mr. Kibby can boast of many 
exemplary achievements. During his time as a coach, his football teams 
combined have claimed over 200 victories, including more than 100 wins 
at two different schools, and 11 state football play-off contests.
  Mr. Kibby has also been bestowed with many noteworthy individual 
awards. In 2006 he was named IFCA Coach of the Year and was a finalist 
in 2004 for Iowa High School Athletic Association Athletic Director of 
the Year. In 2001 Mr. Kibby received the IHSAA Bernie Saggau Award of 
Merit.
  I would like to express my appreciation to Mr. Kibby for his 
steadfast dedication to education and congratulate him on the honor of 
being inducted into the Iowa Athletic Directors Hall of Fame.

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