E1558 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 8, 2011 Corps Achievement Medals, Combat Action CELEBRATING THE 100TH BIRTH- Young in the Rose Bowl for the National Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation, two Afghan- DAY OF THE BAY CITY ARMORY Championship. I was there by the way with my istan Campaign Medals, Global War on Ter- BUILDING son, Kurt. What a game, what a memory. rorism Service Medal, and numerous other Most Texans, if you ask them, have at least personal and unit decorations. HON. DALE E. KILDEE one team for which their loyalty lies. One thing Chief Benson is survived by his loving fam- OF MICHIGAN I can say without a doubt is that Texas Tech ily, friends, and teammates. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fans love their football. It is the rich heritage of tradition that sets Texas Tech apart from all His nation owes Chief Benson an enormous Thursday, September 8, 2011 the rest. It is Bangin’ Bertha, the Saddle debt of gratitude. We are honored to have had Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Tramps and the Masked Rider. It’s Raider such an exemplary American fighting for his celebrate the 100th birthday of the Bay City Alley, the Double T Saddle and Raider Red. country. Armory Building. Raider Red fires two 12-gauge shotguns after I wish to extend my condolences to Chief The landmark Bay City Armory building, de- every touchdown and field goal—only in Benson’s family, friends, and teammates and signed by local architects Pratt and Koepke, Texas. hope they continue to find solace in his lasting celebrates its 100th birthday this month. The Mike Leach Era, at Texas Tech, began impact on his grateful nation. Our thoughts Dedicated on September 18, 1911, the Bay in 2000, when he arrived from Oklahoma (OU and prayers are with them. City Armory was first used by the military to Sooners) to take the head coaching position. organize and train local soldiers to chase During his first season, Coach Leach’s offense f Mexican strongman Pancho Villa along the produced records in nearly every passing cat- U.S. border. They later trained soldiers for the egory. In his following nine seasons, the Red IN HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE OF battlefields in France and Belgium during Raiders surpassed each of those passing MS. JANE SCOTT World War I. Their units were on hand to help records and doubled their yards per game. Ev- with disasters, riots and the conflicts of World eryone can agree that Leach has one of the War II, Korea and Vietnam. The building be- greatest offensive minds in football history. HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH came home for Company C of the Peninsulars Leach coaches outside-the-box; he trained OF OHIO militia. The armory also was home to what be- Tech in the art of air assault operations. came the 128th Ambulance Company, later During his subsequent football seasons with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the 121st Ambulance Company and the 207th Texas Tech, he was awarded three national Thursday, September 8, 2011 Engineering Battalion. coach-of-the-year awards: the Woody Hayes, In 1912, the Armory was also the site of the the George Munger and the Howie Long/ Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in Republican state convention, where infighting Fieldturf. He never had a losing season in his honor and remembrance of Ms. Jane Scott, among the delegates, some supporting Presi- nine seasons at Tech. His record speaks for Cleveland’s preeminent voice on all matters dent William Howard Taft and others backing itself. rock ’n’ roll. former President Theodore Roosevelt, was so Seventeen of Leach’s Red Raiders were drafted into the National Football League, and Ms. Scott was born on May 3, 1919 in fierce that fist fights broke out inside and in another twenty-one signed free agent con- Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from Lake- front of the building. The 1912 convention tracts under Leach’s tenure. In addition, while wood High School in 1937 and went on to pur- broke apart the party, with the splintered fac- coaching at Tech, Leach’s graduation rates in- sue English and drama majors at the Univer- tion helping to form the Progressive Party, or Bull Moose, in the November elections. creased and remained over 70 percent. sity of Michigan, from which she graduated in Not only is Mike Leach a great coach but he 1941. During World War II, she was a code The last National Guard units moved out of the building in 1986 and it was acquired by is also a lawyer. He earned his law degree breaker for the U.S. Navy, and afterwards she from Pepperdine, and credits his law school became the women’s editor of the Chagrin the Bay County Historical Society to be ren- ovated as the new historical museum. It education to his successful coaching career. Valley Herald. She also had brief bouts in ad- According to Leach, ‘‘a law degree is a degree vertising and public relations. opened as a museum in 1988 and continues to highlight Bay County’s history. in problem solving. My Juris Doctor has On March 24, 1952, Scott started working at Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the helped me solve a number of problems I have The Plain Dealer as a society writer. However, Bay County Historical Society for preserving faced throughout my coaching career.’’ A law- after the Beatles performed at Public Hall in the Bay City Armory Building, one of Bay yer, who thinks outside-the-box, sounds famil- September 1964, Scott became The Plain City’s architectural jewels, and keeping Bay iar. Dealer’s rock critic, a role which she would County’s rich history alive. In 2009, he was fired from Tech over con- keep for four decades. She wrote music fea- f troversy for allegedly mistreating one of his tures, concert reviews, and was well known for players. Leach denied mistreating the player her long standing ‘‘What’s Happening’’ column GUNS UP—FOOTBALL AND MIKE and is currently working for CBS College in Friday! Magazine. LEACH Sports as an announcer. As legendary Coach Scott, affectionately known as the ‘‘World’s Bum Phillips is credited with saying: ‘‘there are Oldest Teenager,’’ became known for her un- HON. TED POE two types of coaches—those that have been dying passion for rock ’n’ roll and rock musi- OF TEXAS fired and those that will be’’. Leach recently cians, her ability to gain access to areas IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES wrote a book about his path into coaching and he looks forward to getting back on the side- where reporters were usually off-limits, and Thursday, September 8, 2011 her ability to spot talent. In her review of a line. performance by Bruce Springsteen in 1975 at Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in coffee Among Red Raider fans and those who the Allen Theater, she predicted that ‘‘he will shops, barber shops and even in the beauty have met him, played for him and learned be the next superstar,’’ months before he was salons all across Texas, the talk is the same— from him, Mike Leach is wholeheartedly con- featured on the front covers of Newsweek and how’s the team gonna be this year? It’s that sidered a legend in his own time. Time. time of year, a time that folks in Texas and So this weekend, grab the family, put on across the South prepare for all year long, your team colors and head to the game. Grab Ms. Scott was admired by such rockers as Football season. Football in Texas is its own some hot dogs and a coke and take part in Lou Reed, Peter Frampton, David Thomas of religion, where even the preacher cuts the ser- one of Texas’ finest traditions. You will see Pere Ubu, and Michael Stanley. She went on mon short on Sundays to get you home in some of those folks that you went to high to become a celebrity herself, and was profiled time to watch the game. Nowhere else on school with some of the same old guys sitting in the New York Times, the Wall Street Jour- earth will you find a culture so linked with foot- in the same seats as they were in 20–30 nal, Rolling Stone, People Magazine, CNN ball like is in Texas. years ago. I wish all the players, the coaches, and MTV, among others. Texas football is that of both legend and the trainers, the cheerleaders, the drill team Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me legacy. It has spawned countless books, mov- and all those people that volunteer their time in honor and remembrance of Ms. Jane Scott, ies and TV series; providing a look into a way to support our kids the very best luck. Know a woman whose passion for rock ’n’ roll made of life that is so proudly unique. It’s the Junc- that you are all a part of something very spe- her a legendary figure in the Cleveland com- tion Boys, the Tyler Rose, the last minute cial, a Texas religion—Texas Football. munity. touchdown run by Texas Longhorn Vince And that’s just the way it is.

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