[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 17662-17663]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION OF DAN FULLER

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 16, 2010

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor and recognition of 
Dan Fuller, upon his retirement from the Cleveland Watercraft Division 
of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, ODNR. For twenty years he 
protected swimmers and boaters along the shores of Lake Erie with 
excellence and integrity.
  Mr. Fuller's passion to protect people in harm's way came early in 
his life. When he was 10 years old, Dan and his sister Dee were playing 
by a creek. Dee fell in and Dan pulled her out from the eddy, saving 
her life.
  A quarterback for his high school football team and an honors student 
at Hocking Technical College, Dan went on to start his career with the 
ODNR as a college intern and then

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as an entry level watercraft officer in 1980. Mr. Fuller went on to 
become a watercraft specialist, a self defense instructor and an area 
supervisor. He diligently worked to improve methods and programs in 
water safety; he led the effort to implement the first certified self-
defense course for the Lake Erie Division of Watercraft Safety. He 
enforced boating laws, taught boating safety and was instrumental in 
bringing together law enforcement agencies to work toward the common 
goal of keeping Lake Erie waterways safe and secure.
  Mr. Fuller established the Central Lake Erie Law Enforcement Agency 
and facilitated regularly scheduled meetings for the past ten years. 
For the past decade, he served as the Supervisor of the Cleveland 
Watercraft Office, where he was in charge of staff coordination, 
educational efforts and waterway law enforcement. Mr. Fuller's work has 
been recognized with several honors and awards, including the Mothers 
Against Drunk Drivers Award, National Water Safety Congress Award and 
Officer of the Year Award.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in honor of Dan Fuller, whose longtime 
service to our community is framed by expertise, integrity and 
unwavering dedication to keeping boaters educated and protected along 
the waterways of Lake Erie. As he embarks on a new voyage, I wish Mr. 
Fuller, and his family, an abundance of health, happiness and peace.

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