Floor Statements

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and applaud Jeanne Oliver for her continued commitment to our community.

Jeanne Oliver is an essential member of the executive management team for the Jefferson Center for Mental Health. Her position encompasses many roles including corporate communication, marketing and fund development. Jeanne is the center's Public Information Officer and is a part of its Political Action Network.

Jeanne is an expert in crisis management and presents nationally on crisis communication. Her commitment to aiding members of our community throughout times of crisis was instrumental in helping families after the Columbine shootings, the recent wildfires and the Aurora movie theater tragedy.

Through her concerted efforts to secure private donations and grants, Jeanne has helped the Jefferson Center better serve the mentally ill in our communities during these hard economic times. It is thanks to her commitment and outstanding leadership, the Jefferson Center for Mental Health's donations have grown substantially. Jeanne truly epitomizes every aspect of a selfless steward to the community.

I extend my deepest congratulations to Jeanne Oliver for her well deserved honor by the West Chamber serving Jefferson County. I have no doubt she will exhibit the same dedication and character in all her future accomplishments.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and applaud Lynn Johnson for her service to our community.

Lynn is the epitome of a collaborator. She works hard to ensure bipartisanship and takes pride in her ability to help organizations reach common ground in order to best work together to meet a common goal. In 2009, Lynn collaborated with local county Commissioners around the state to find ways for state and local governments to be less adversarial and more willing to work together to achieve greater results.

As a result of her efforts, Lynn created ``REAL Colorado'' a program now starting to take effect. Also, Lynn is focusing on creating two new initiatives at Human Services to bolster our local economy. She created the Jeffco Prosperity Project which partners with Jeffco Public Schools to address poverty in our community. In her spare time, she also created the AddONE Campaign to generate jobs and boost the economy.

I extend my deepest congratulations to Lynn Johnson for her well deserved honor by the West Chamber serving Jefferson County. I have no doubt she will exhibit the same dedication and character in all her future accomplishments.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and applaud Betty Proctor for her continued service to our community.

Betty Proctor founded the organization, Helping Hearts and Hands, to give thousands of people a second chance. For over 30 years, her organization has helped people in our community who are facing eviction, utility shutoff, life saving prescriptions or other necessities such as car repairs to get to work.

Betty's personal commitment to the community spans for more than 50 years. Betty continues to help those in need find a way out of the proverbial rock and hard place. After retiring from her position as a caseworker, Betty founded the organization Helping Hearts and Hands. Now, at 80 years of age, Betty advocates for seniors in our community.

I extend my deepest congratulation to Betty Proctor for her well deserved honor by the West Chamber serving Jefferson County. I have no doubt she will exhibit the same dedication and character in all her future accomplishments.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and applaud Priscilla Bohl for her outstanding service to our community.

Priscilla's passion for business and economic development is exemplified through her efforts with the Jefferson County Career Center and collaborating with local businesses to match the unemployed with jobs.

Priscilla was instrumental in the development and implementation of the successful AddONE campaign, an initiative to generate local jobs. She worked tirelessly to bring together elected officials, local businesses, and economic development professionals to bolster AddONE's efficacy.

Priscilla serves on the Advisory Council of the Jefferson County Business Resource Center and the Jefferson County Advanced Manufacturing Council. Priscilla also works with various tactical teams related to the Governor's Blueprint for targeted industries in the State of Colorado.

I extend my deepest congratulations to Priscilla Bohl for her well deserved honor by the West Chamber serving Jefferson County and thank her for her commitment to the community. I have no doubt she will exhibit the same dedication and character in all her future accomplishments.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and applaud Margot Zallen for her outstanding service to our community.

Upon receiving her J.D. from the DU College of Law, Margot began working as an attorney for the U.S. Department of Interior (USDOI), representing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Margot rose through the ranks for 33 years until her retirement last year as a senior attorney.

While representing the FWS, Margot worked on many controversial and significant cases passionately protecting wildlife, endangered species and their habitats in Colorado and across the nation. Margot has been tasked with many leadership roles within Colorado such as the creation of the Lookout Mountain Water District, the Jefferson County Open Space Program, and in 1972 helped found Plan Jeffco.

Margot also facilitated the acquisition, settlement and protection of North Table Mountain and was a founding member of the Canyon Area Residents for the Environment (CARE). CARE works to protect the foothills and its mountain backdrops of Jefferson County.

I extend my deepest congratulations to Margot Zallen for her well deserved honor by the West Chamber serving Jefferson County and thank her for her many contributions to our community. I have no doubt she will exhibit the same dedication and character in all her future accomplishments.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and applaud the grand

opening of the Biobusiness Accelerator, the newest addition to the Fitzsimons Life Science District and the Anschutz Medical Campus of Aurora.

The 184-acre Fitzsimons Life Science District is adjacent to the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado. This proximity encourages commercial bioscience companies and academia to collaborate and share amenities. The current business Incubator opened in 2000, and already its 50+ bioscience start-ups have created in excess of 600 jobs.

When these start-ups have demonstrated viability as a commercial entity and received funding to enhance their growth, they graduate to the Accelerator environment for continued growth. The work happening in these incubators and accelerators shows the innovation, risks and cooperation involved in building successful small, medium and large businesses.

The new Accelerator will be a valuable economic engine for Colorado's bioscience industry, and I'm excited to see the creativity and innovative products developed right here in Colorado.

These are the kinds of businesses we need to encourage and to grow here in our state and country.

I extend my deepest congratulations and best wishes to the Colorado BioBusiness Accelerator, the Colorado Biosciences Association and all the startups and businesses involved in the opening of this new center.

Mr. Speaker, I too rise to promote the extension of the production tax credit. Thousands of jobs in Colorado and across the Nation are dependent upon this incentive for good, clean energy here in the United States, thousands of manufacturing jobs made right here, wind production right here in America.

In Colorado, we have substantial manufacturing plants with Vestis; we have vendors who supply these particular manufacturers for this good clean energy. Yet we have the production tax credit that's about to expire.

Bipartisan support is in Colorado where we have virtually every Member, Democrats and Republicans, as well as you heard Mr. Blumenauer say he has a Republican cosponsor for this. But the Republican leadership will not bring it up, and it's been removed from the platform of the Republican Party.

These are good jobs in America. It's clean energy for our country. It's good for national security. If we make these things, these big windmills in America, we will make it in America.

Good morning, Mr. Speaker, and to a fellow softball coach.

The columbine is the State flower of Colorado. It's a beautiful flower found in our mountains with whites and blues and yellows. It's just a gorgeous State flower for us to have.

Thirteen years ago, on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School, we had a terrible tragedy. And I want all of us to remember the names of the kids that were killed at that shooting: Cassie Bernall, Steve Curnow, Corey DePooter, Kelly Flemming, Matt Kechter, Daniel Mauser, Daniel Rohrbough, Rachel Scott, Isaiah Shoels, John Tomlin, Lauren Townsend, Kyle Velasquez, and teacher, Dave Sanders.

Now Columbine, just like this flower, has recovered, sprouted. It's a beautiful school. It has strong academics, strong sports, and good citizens. We're very proud of the kids in that high school. It's near where I live.

We have suffered some scars from Columbine in Colorado, but we've also learned some lessons. We've learned some lessons that were put to good use 10 days ago in Aurora, Colorado.

Aurora, as many of you will remember from your mythology classes, is the goddess of the dawn. And there will be a new day.

We're suffering in Colorado right now. It's a beautiful State. It is a wonderful place. We've had two very difficult, tragic moments. And in these last 10 days, Mr. Speaker, I have had a chance to go to five funerals and visit with some people in the hospital.

I want us to remember the names of the people that were killed 10 days ago:

Jonathan Blunk, Alexander Jonathan (AJ) Boik, Staff Sergeant Jesse Childress, Gordon Cowden, Jessica Ghawi, Petty Officer 3rd Class John Larimer, Matthew McQuinn, Micayla Medek, Veronica Moser, Alex Sullivan, Alex Teves, Rebecca Wingo.

Beautiful people, good people harmed in a very senseless moment in our history.

But in the midst of this tragedy, there were a lot of heroes. And from Columbine, we learned lessons to get in and move quickly to save lives.

So beginning with the Aurora police force and the firefighters from Aurora, there were tremendous acts of courage that saved lives, that saved people from bleeding to death. We saw in our medical teams a coordination of efforts, the likes of which none of us

would ever want to go through again, but tremendous efforts on the part of the medical teams to save lives.

Yesterday I had a chance to meet with some of the people still in the hospital, which gave me so much hope and inspiration. I want to start with the family where the husband and the wife--she's 9 months pregnant--decided that they want to go to a movie before they have their first born. They want to get that one last date out.

He's shot. She suffers shots from the shotgun pellets. He's down on the first floor having surgery on his brain. She is up on the third floor of the hospital having a baby--baby Hugo, who is like the biggest kid I have ever seen at that age. His hands, he's definitely going to be a baseball player. And the Rockies came by to visit him and gave this baby two baseballs.

But she was so positive and so optimistic about her son's future and about the future of her husband, who has had great medical care and will have long-lasting injuries, but he will do well. And this wife was so positive, a young woman who is really optimistic about life.

Another young man who was shot in the side, he was in a coma. He has since come out of it, and he is now planning to start his first year of college at Western State in Gunnison, Colorado.

And finally, one guy who had been in a difficult state, the President of the United States came and visited him. He woke up at that moment-- whether it was because of that visit or not, who knows, but he has a huge smile. The Rockies came to visit him, and he said, ``I'm sorry, but I'm a Yankees fan.'' And then, to my chagrin, he also is a fan of the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders, when he should be a Broncos fan. But he is recovering well, too.

These people are recovering. Our community will recover. We live in a great State.

And I want to just finish with these words, if I could, Mr. Speaker. Ordinarily I speak off the cuff, but one of the staff members in my office, who is a Coloradan, wanted me to say this, and I believe it.

Even after these tragedies, we must remind ourselves and the world what it is to be a Coloradan.

We are the cities and the open spaces. We are the mountains and the prairie. We are the mountains and the trees. We are the snow and the sunshine.

We are loving families and longtime friends. We are the welcoming neighbor and the kind stranger.

We are Coloradans. We live in paradise and surround ourselves with loving, wonderful people who enrich our lives. This is what defines our State.

We will always remember the victims, we will always honor the heroes, and we will grow stronger.

I am proud of my State. I'm sorry for what happened. But we will grow from this.

Madam Speaker, it's been a hard summer in Colorado, but we have a lot of bright spots. And I want to focus on three today-- one thing and two people.

The ``thing'' is the patent office. In this country, we've had one patent office. It's been here in Washington, D.C. And now we're going to have three patent offices across the country, and Colorado got one of those. We're going to have a satellite patent office in Colorado, and that will help us continue our innovative and entrepreneurial spirit.

Now, of the two people I would like to highlight, one is Chief Dan Oates. We had tremendous heroes in this recent tragedy that we had in Colorado. But Chief Dan Oates and his leadership of the Aurora Police Department were fantastic, and I want to compliment him on that.

Now, the last person I want to highlight, who is a bright spot and will keep getting brighter, is Missy Franklin who has won a bronze medal and a gold medal in swimming. And she is going to win a lot more.

So even though we've had a tough summer, there are a lot of bright things and a lot of bright people in Colorado, and it's going to be better from here on out.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and applaud David Herman for his service to our community.

David Herman, a native of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is a world-class BMX rider and a

contender in the 2012 London Olympics. David has been passionate about BMX since he was eight years old, and received his first factory sponsor in sixth grade. He is currently taking time off from pursuing his college degree in Denver to focus on his Olympic career.

David has been a household name in the world of BMX since he burst onto the scene in 2007. He is known as one of the fastest starters in the sport, and has two World Cup wins under his belt. After placing 22nd in the 2011 World Championships in Copenhagen, David began pushing himself harder and harder toward his dream of joining Team USA in the 2012 Olympics. His hard work and dedication paid off in the 2012 World Championships in England, where he finished fifth to become the first U.S. BMX rider to book his place in London.

David's dedication to his sport is mirrored by his dedication to his family in Colorado. Though he prepares for the Olympics with his coach Greg Romero at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California, David makes sure to divide his time between California and the Denver area.

I extend my deepest congratulations to David Herman for his hard work and perseverance. It is an honor to see a native of Colorado rise to this Olympic level. David embodies the best our country could hope for in the next generation of Americans. I have no doubt he will exhibit the same dedication and character in all his future accomplishments.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and applaud Missy Franklin for her service to our community.

Missy Franklin, of Aurora, Colorado, will compete in seven events at the 2012 London Olympics and will be the first U.S. female to swim that many races at the games. Missy has been a competitive swimmer since an extremely young age, and qualified for her first Olympic trials at the age of 12.

In 2011, Missy competed at the first long-course World Championships of her career, and won a total of five medals, three of which were gold. Shortly after, Missy won the 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke titles at Nationals. Later in 2011, she broke her first world record at a FINA World Cup meet in Berlin.

Missy consistently impresses those around her with her tireless dedication to her sport. As a 17-year old high school student, Missy is faced with the formidable task of balancing high school life with a world-class athletic career. Her ability to stay grounded and focused in both aspects of her life shows incredible strength and maturity. Missy attributes much of her success to her wonderful parents in Colorado, who encourage her to make education a priority even after an exhausting day in the pool.

I extend my deepest Congratulations to Missy Franklin on your hard work and perseverance. It is an honor to see a native of Colorado rise to this Olympic level. Missy embodies the best our country could hope for in the next generation of Americans. I have no doubt she will exhibit the same dedication and character in all her future accomplishments.

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the order of the House of July 25, 2012, I call up the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 134) condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the heinous atrocities that occurred in Aurora, Colorado, and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. Speaker, thank you for the opportunity the other day for us to have a moment of silence. I know it was important to the members of our delegation as well as to the people of our community in Aurora, Colorado, and the whole metropolitan area.

I had a chance to speak on Tuesday. I have a number of things to say, but I know each of us in our delegation bears a heavy heart as a result of all this, and I would like others to be able to share some of their thoughts.

With that, I yield 2 minutes to my friend from Boulder, Mr. Polis.

Mr. Speaker, I'd like to yield 3 minutes to Diana DeGette, my friend from Denver, who had a number of constituents in the movie theater that evening.

I thank my friend Doug for describing in detail one of these injuries.

I'd like to introduce, Mr. Speaker, if I could, for the Record some brief biographical information of each of the victims who was killed: John Blunk, Alexander Jonathan ``AJ'' Boik, Jesse Childress, Gordon Cowden, Jessica Ghawi, John Larimer, Micayla Medek, Veronica Moser, Alex Sullivan, Alex Teves, and Rebecca Wingo, because I want our Record in this Congress to have their names and some information about them. And I appreciate you talking about somebody specifically.

These are hard moments for all of us. These are good people, and some very bad things happened to some very good people. But I want to talk about some of the positive aspects that came out of this dreadful night.

Thirteen years ago--Diana DeGette mentioned Columbine--on the southwest side of my district I have Columbine, on the northeast side of my

district I have this theater. Colorado is a good place. I mean, all of us love where we come from. We've had some violent incidents that have taken our innocence, as Mr. Polis has said. We heal from these things, but you're never quite the same. You're never quite the same. But one of the positive aspects of that terrible incident 13 years ago at Columbine High School was that our law enforcement, our first responders, our police, our firefighters, our medical teams learned some real lessons.

We have, in the Aurora area, a community college called Aurora Community College, where we have gone through a number of exercises to deal with a mass casualty incident such as this, where the police, the fire, law enforcement agencies from across our communities--Denver, Adams, Arapahoe Counties--work together with the CU Medical School to address these kinds of incidents, and the chief of police, Dan Oates, who deserves a higher place in heaven for the way he has managed this terrible time on behalf of law enforcement. They've prepared and prepared and prepared. Unbelievably, this terrible tragedy happened, but because of that preparation, because of what we had gone through before and the terrible lessons we learned, lives were saved. There's no question about it; lives were saved that otherwise would have been lost.

I want to applaud, again, the Aurora police, the Aurora firefighters, the medical teams--casualties were taken to six or seven different hospitals in our area--but they all did an outstanding job. The dispatchers, can you imagine all the 911 calls that came in that night. We want to thank them.

We want to thank the FBI. Jim Yacone, who is our bureau chief, was outstanding on behalf of the Federal response to deal both with the shootings that occurred in the theater and the elaborate booby trap that was set in this apartment--that I drive by at least once a week-- right across from the University of Colorado. This is something that we will heal from, but we will never be the same.

And I just want to thank the Aurora schools, which provided a place of safety for all of these individuals to go at the time of this incident.

I want to thank the ministerial alliance. As Mr. Coffman said, this is a community of great faith, and our churches and our synagogues have responded in a tremendous fashion to the sorrow that we all feel.

There are many stories, some beautiful ones. The President shared one.

Before I go further, Mr. Speaker, can I inquire as to the time on both sides, because I know I have a couple of other speakers that would like to speak.

I would just mention the story, and this is one that I'm so proud of people from Colorado. There were two young women in the back of the theater when the gentleman came in and threw a tear gas canister across the theater. And the taller of the two noticed that it really was something other than a smoke bomb and a stunt, and she stood up to warn people, and she was shot in the neck immediately.

Blood started to spurt out. Her smaller friend pulled her down, compressed that wound, and the older one said something, or the one who'd been shot said something like you need to leave, you need to get out of here. And her friend said, I'm not leaving without you, and continued to press.

The police responded very quickly, but it probably seemed like an eternity. But the young lady who was shot in the neck is on the mend and is going to recover fully, and her friend, basically, saved her life, and the quick actions of the police and the fire department.

So despite these terrible losses that we've suffered, and there are so many heartbreaking stories, there are some heartwarming stories as well.

With that, I reserve the balance of my time.

July 20, 2012 Aurora Theater Shooting Victims

Rebecca Wingo, 32

Steve Hernandez wrote, ``I lost my daughter yesterday to a

mad man, my grief right now is inconsolable, I hear she died

instantly, without pain, however the pain is unbearable.''

Friends said Saturday that Wingo's parents also posted a

message about Wingo's death on Wingo's own Facebook page.

That page shows a picture of two young girls. A friend, Gail

Riffle, brought two teddy bears, one pink and one white, to

the memorial site near the movie theater for Wingo's

daughters, as well as roses for Wingo's parents. ``Everybody

is hurting right now,'' Riffle said. ``She was a gentle,

sweet, beautiful soul.'' Rebecca Wingo listed Joe's Crab

Shack as her employer on Facebook, and a manager at the

restaurant in Aurora confirmed Wingo worked there. He

deferred comment to the restaurant's corporate office, which

is closed on Saturday. Rebecca Wingo had been enrolled at the

Community College of Aurora since fall 2009 and had been

working toward an associate of arts degree.

Memorial Service Information

Funeral: Friday, July 27, 2012--TBD.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the leader, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi).

Mr. Speaker, I again inquire about the balance of time.

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).

I would just like to end, Mr. Speaker, by thanking my friends--and they are my friends--and colleagues from Colorado.

From all of us, Aurora and everybody who has been so affected by this senseless act, we are praying for you. We love you.

This act actually affected people from one coast to the other. A lot of people from all over the Nation were there. In fact, at the time, from a nearby military base, there were 53 members of our military-- Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines--who were in that theater that night. This is something that touches us all, something that we will all remember. We will heal. Let's hope and pray something like this doesn't happen again.

With that, I yield back the balance of my time.

The Sense To Find . . .

(By Albert Carey Caswell)

The . . .

The sense to find . . .

As now we so ask why?

So ask why?

All in our hearts and minds . . .

Hearts and minds!

As the tears we find . . .

We find!

All because of this most evil crime . . .

For all of those most precious lost lives . . .

Lost lives!

And for all of those injured who must now so rebuild their

lives!

The tears we find!

As all of those smiles so come to mind . . .

And all of that pain these families must now so carry until

the end of time!

Of all of those lost loved ones and their most precious lost

lives!

Precious lives!

As it's here we so ask why?

Ask why?

For where does the answer lie?

So lie!

All in that old age question, that rhyme!

Of Good versus Evil, as old as mankind!

Goodness . . . Evil . . . Darkness . . . Light!

This battle, this endless fight!

To bring the light!

As we so ask why?

Ask why?

All in your hearts this night!

Take these words of hope to but bring the light!

That still, the darkness is but no match for The Light!

For The Light!

For hope and love, will ever so rise above all of this

blight!

This blight!

Let not all in your pain and heartache, let not escape!

The strength to so find!

For hate is hard!

It makes me cry!

When, I see those tears in your families' eyes!

As we so try to the sense to find . . .

To find!

But, take comfort all in your hearts and minds . . .

Hearts and minds!

All in your souls now so very deep down inside!

As up to Heaven, all of these twelve innocent souls have now

so taken flight!

Taken flight!

To Heaven find, to become Angels with our Lord on high!

As all in our Lord's arms they now so lie!

This very night!

As from your most swollen eyes the tears you now so wipe!

So wipe!

So find the sense to find!

And say a prayer for all of them,

and all of those, and their loved ones who now so cry!

So cry!

Whose pain shall not so die!

So die!

And somehow find the strength,

all in what their short lives so meant!

All in the hope and light,

that over evil . . . the goodness so burns bright!

Burns bright!

To the sense to find,

upon this very night!

The sense to find!

As we lay their sacred bodies so down to rest!

Amen!

Mr. Speaker, I stand here with a lot of sadness with my friends from the Colorado delegation. We Democrats and Republicans are a pretty tight-knit group. We had a terrible incident in Aurora, Colorado, on Friday, you all are well aware of, where 12 people were killed and 58 were wounded. It is with sadness and grief that we come before you today. As our Governor said at the vigil on Sunday night, we will remember these 12 and those who were shot.

But there was a silver lining in this very, very dark moment in the history of Colorado. We saw bravery and selflessness and heroism among the people who were in the theater that night. Any one of us can tell you stories of how complete strangers were willing to give up their own lives to save the lives of the strangers next to them. In times when it is difficult like that, you want to find bright spots--and there were many. Another bright spot was the courage demonstrated by the Aurora police and the fire department and the FBI and the ATF in the face of what was a monstrous action by this guy.

In Colorado, we consider ourselves to be pretty tough. Aurorans, where this act took place, are pretty tough. It hurts--we all hurt--but we are resilient and we will get through it, and the stories being shared of some of those who were injured actually really do lighten the day. I know any one of us would be happy to talk to you all about that.

There has been a tremendous outpouring of sympathy and condolences and compassion from all of you. I know I speak on behalf of our entire delegation when I thank you for thinking about us and where we live and our community, because we are in this together. We just thank you very much.

Moment of Silence

So I ask that all of you stand with me and our delegation in a moment of silence to honor the memory of those who were killed, the wounded victims and all Americans during this time of healing. As I said once before and as our Governor said, we will remember these people who were hurt, and we will help them all along the way.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to correct an error I made in voting recently.

Rollcall vote 430, the twelfth Broun amendment, proposed to reduce the Public Housing Operating fund by $56 million. Because that particular series of votes included six successive amendments by Representative Broun of Georgia, and these votes were shortened to two minutes in length, I mistakenly lost track of the order of amendments and voted ``yes'' on rollcall 430. I ask that the Record reflect I intended to vote ``no'' on rollcall 430.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and applaud Katherine Anne Crouse and Peter Crouse, owners of myPie Inc., for receiving the Golden Rotary Ethics in Business Award.

myPie opened in 2010 with Katherine delivering pizzas subway style via her bicycle, which she rides to and from work every day. myPie is the first delivery service in the U.S to sell pizzas in a subway sandwich style. This entrepreneurial eye carries forth in their community outreach as well.

myPie initiated the 31.4% day where it awards 31.4% of all sales to local charitable organizations and schools. So far myPie has donated more than $3,000 to Wheat Ridge High School and Middle School, the Action Center of Jefferson County, 40 West Arts in Lakewood, and Wheat Ridge 20/20.

myPie is a model for outstanding ethics in business. It is an example for all businesses in America to emulate.

I extend my deepest congratulations to Katherine Anne Crouse and Peter Crouse for their well deserved recognition by the Rotary of Golden. I have no doubt Katherine and Peter will exhibit the same dedication and character in all their future accomplishments.