[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5931]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 IN HONOR OF ELAINE AND LARRY MYERS UPON RECEIVING THE 2011 GRINDSTONE 
                                 AWARD

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 13, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Elaine and Larry 
Myers for winning the 2011 Grindstone Award which recognizes their 
devotion to the Berea community. Both Elaine and Larry will be honored 
at the 44th annual Grindstone Award Dinner.
  The list of benefits the Myers have bestowed upon the Berea community 
is long. Larry established the Berea Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981. 
Both Larry and his wife have served on the Athletic Booster committee 
year after year. Elaine has held numerous positions on organizations 
such as the Committee for Good Schools, the Coe Lake Nature Trail 
Committee, the Education Foundation Auction Committee and she worked 
for the Suicide Prevention Education Alliance, an extremely noble 
cause.
  Within the community, Larry and Elaine are known as Mr. & Mrs. 
Pancake, since both co-chair the Annual Kiwanis Pancake Festival and 
the Committee for Good Schools Pancake Breakfast.
  As one member of the Berea community has said, ``Larry and Elaine 
Myers truly make Berea a better city in which to live and give truth to 
the line, a small city is like a big family.''
  Mr. Speaker and Colleagues, please join me in honor and recognition 
on these two truly remarkable individuals. Through their devotion and 
love for their community both Elaine and Larry have truly made their 
mark and improved the Berea community.

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