[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5650]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO TIM COOPER

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                            HON. JASON SMITH

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 10, 2016

  Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the 
hard work and dedication of Tim Cooper. Mr. Cooper went to work as a 
custodian for the North St. Francois County R-1 School District on 
April 8, 1970. He was 20 years old. He retires from that same school 
district on June 30, 2016, just a day shy of his 67th birthday.
  Mr. Cooper has been a custodian who took his job very seriously, but 
at the same time, he took every opportunity to be a friend to the 
students and staff he saw every day. He worked first at Desloge 
Elementary School, then preferred a change of scene at the high school. 
But, a year later, he returned to the elementary students and staff he 
loved so well at the same school, now called Parkside Elementary.
  His Principal, Brandon Gregory, calls Tim ``one of the greatest men I 
have ever worked with who takes care of everyone around here. He seeks 
neither praise nor recognition.'' His coworkers say he is what ``makes 
Parkside.'' Former students say they always looked up to him--and they 
still do. One former student recalls him helping her dig through the 
lost and found until they located her purple winter coat. He is 
respected and loved by all.
  Mr. Cooper has lived the motto that whatever you do, do it well. He 
has loved his work and that has shown through every one of the 46 years 
he's been a part of the North County district.
  For his dedicated service to the students and staff of the North St. 
Francois County School District, it is my privilege to honor Tim Cooper 
today before the United States House of Representatives.

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