[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13612]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO HENDRICKS COUNTY, INDIANA

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                            HON. TODD ROKITA

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 26, 2016

  Mr. ROKITA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and salute 
Hendricks County, Indiana, as the Indiana Bicentennial Torch is 
scheduled to pass through the county on Friday, September 23, 2016.
  The county sits on the southern part of Indiana's Fourth 
Congressional District. It was named for Indiana Governor William 
Hendricks, who was serving at the time the county was formed in 1824. 
The county seat is located in Danville, which happens to be the 
location of my primary district office. Hendricks County is recognized 
as a logistics and transportation hub in Indiana and for the many 
motorsports companies that are headquartered there.
  In this year of the Hoosier Bicentennial, communities throughout the 
state are celebrating Indiana's past and present through Bicentennial 
Legacy Projects. These projects are generally, culturally inclusive, 
celebratory, engaging and inspiring to youth and young adults and 
create a legacy for the future. The organizations responsible for the 
twenty-five Legacy Projects throughout the county are: Avon-Washington 
Township Public Library, Cascade Middle School, The Porch, Brownsburg 
Educational Foundation, Rotary Club of Plainfield, Indiana, Plainfield 
Chamber of Commerce, Hendricks County Parks and Recreation, First 
Baptist Church of Amo, B&O Trail Association, Inc., Montrose Farms, 
Danville Rotary Club, Friends of Hendricks County Museum, the Town of 
Avon, the Town of Brownsburg, RAHC Committee, Avon Community Heritage 
Festival Board, Wa-Pe-Ke-Way Chapter of the National Society Daughters 
of the American Revolution, Brownsburg Chamber of Commerce, Scrapbasket 
Quilt Guild of Brownsburg, K-Kids Club of Danville South Elementary 
School, Greater Danville Chamber of Commerce and Animalia, Inc. 
Hoosiers look forward to their enduring contribution to our state's 
legacy.
  And on this day, Mr. Speaker, in the year in which we are celebrating 
Indiana's 200th birthday, I am proud to recognize Hendricks County for 
the contribution of its residents to the past, present and future of 
Indiana's history.

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