E326 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 15, 2018 been an honor and privilege to be part of the longevity of Varns and Hoover Hardware lies organization based in Durham, just two years Council Bluffs Police Department. Dan grew in the family’s dedication to serving their ago. Through Warren’s visionary leadership up in northern Iowa and attended Minnesota neighbors and providing high-quality products and the work of dedicated board members State University where he received his Bach- at a friendly and convenient location. and volunteers, AYA currently supports twen- elor’s Degree. Council Bluffs Police Chief Tim The store always addressed the specific ty-two students attending flight simulation Carmody said, ‘‘the scope of Dan’s career is needs of the town with products that served training, five students presently flying, and two a testament of how officers have a true invest- family farmers, small businesses, the large who will take their flight tests to qualify for ment in their communities. It’s been a heart- Amish community, and the growing manufac- their pilot’s licenses within the next few warming experience and an adventure.’’ turing industry. Now more than a century later, months. Mr. Speaker, I applaud and congratulate it remains a central stop for the small town’s On behalf of the people of the Fourth Con- Dan on his retirement and career. Dan has residents to get the products they need as gressional District of North Carolina, I applaud made a difference by helping and serving oth- well as catch up with their neighbors. Its the work of the Airolina Young Aviators Pro- ers. It is with great honor that I recognize him charm and character come from its welcoming gram for empowering young members of our today. I ask that my colleagues in the United and personal feel and the friendly smiles that community and helping move the Research States House of Representatives join me in greet you when you walk in. Triangle toward a future in which all our stu- honoring his accomplishments and in wishing Small businesses are the backbone of the dents can pursue and achieve their dreams. him nothing but the best in his retirement. American economy, and it is a privilege to rep- For these students, the sky truly is the limit. f f resent a family so devoted to the prosperity of their community for so many years. To honor IN RECOGNITION OF THE INSTAL- CENTENNIAL OF THE YEE SHAN Varns and Hoover Hardware is to honor what LATION OF DR. DENNIS FRISCH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, INC. it means to achieve the American Dream. With AS PRESIDENT OF THE AMER- ´ ownership now being passed down to fifth- ICAN PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSO- HON. NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ generation family member Nathan Miller, I am CIATION OF NEW YORK grateful to be able to recognize such a pivotal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES moment in the history of this Hoosier family, HON. BRIAN J. MAST their small business, and the community they Thursday, March 15, 2018 OF FLORIDA serve. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me to recognize and congratulate the Yee Shan in congratulating Varns and Hoover Hardware Thursday, March 15, 2018 Benevolent Society, Inc. on its centennial cele- and in wishing them the best in all the years Mr. MAST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- bration on March 18, 2018. to come. ognize Dr. Dennis Frisch, a podiatric physician Since 1918, the Yee Shan Benevolent Soci- f who practices in his hometown of Boca Raton, ety has been sharing fellowship, support, Fla., for his installation on March 18, 2018, as friendship, benevolence and hope with immi- HONORING THE AIROLINA YOUNG President of the American Podiatric Medical grants from the Pan Yu County of the Canton AVIATORS PROGRAM Association. Province in China. Over the course of a cen- Dr. Frisch has dedicated his life to service tury, it has expanded its services to include HON. DAVID E. PRICE in his profession and his community. After fundraising for local hospitals, health centers, OF NORTH CAROLINA graduating from Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine and completing his resi- non-profits and other initiatives. Today, the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Society is a beloved cornerstone organization dency at the Franklin Boulevard Community Thursday, March 15, 2018 that continues to provide social and commu- Hospital in Chicago, Ill., Dr. Frisch went into nity enrichment to Chinese Americans in New Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, private practice in Boca Raton. 30 years later, York City and the greater NY region. I rise today to recognize and commend the ac- he continues to provide podiatric care in that I am proud that the constituents of my dis- complishments of the Airolina Young Aviators community. trict continue to support the traditions and val- (AYA) Program of Durham, North Carolina. He has been board certified in podiatric sur- ues of this esteemed fraternity along with its Established in 2016, AYA provides opportu- gery by the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons for nearly 25 years and is a partners, the Chinese Consolidated Benevo- nities for high school students—often from dis- founding member of the American Society of lent Association and Lin Sing Association. My advantaged communities—to receive profes- Podiatric Surgeon. Dr. Frisch has also served district is enriched and indebted to them for sional introductory flight training and as president of the Florida Podiatric Medical their service to advance the betterment of the mentorship, engaging them in STEM edu- cation projects and offers classes and pre- Association, winning the FPMA Podiatrist of Chinatown and Lower East Side community. the Year Award and its President’s Award. In Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the paring them for flight examinations and pilot li- censes. These credentials, enriched by the addition, he has twice been named one of the Yee Shan Benevolent Society in New York for top 150 Most Influential Podiatrists in America guidance of AYA mentors, equip students with its commendable and exemplary work and and was appointed by Governor valuable experience, achievements, skills, and wish it many years of continued success. to the Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine, references as they begin to apply to jobs, col- f serving for 6 years. leges, and aviation university programs. CELEBRATING FIVE GENERATIONS Dr. Frisch has also been an active member The AYA program was founded by Captain of the American Podiatric Medical Association. AND 125 YEARS OF VARNS AND Warren Wheeler, a Durham native who estab- HOOVER HARDWARE He was elected to its Board of Trustees in lished the first African American-owned and 2007 before becoming Treasurer. He is also a -operated air service in the . An member of APMA’s Annual Meeting Com- HON. entrepreneur, aviator, and businessman, War- mittee and Scholarship Committee, as well as OF INDIANA ren paved the way for African Americans and serving as the APMA Barry University liaison. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES others who wished to pursue careers in the Dr. Frisch is also active in the Boca Raton field of aviation. In 1979, he became the first Thursday, March 15, 2018 community. He has served two terms as presi- airline owner to use government employment dent of the Boca Raton Rotary Club and Mrs. WALORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today training programs such as the federal Com- served for eight years as a Commissioner for to celebrate Varns and Hoover Hardware, a prehensive Employment Training Act to train the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Parks Dis- family-owned business that has been a fixture unemployed and low-income people of color trict. Currently, he is an appointed Board in the Middlebury community for more than who sought careers in the airline industry. In member to the City of Boca Raton Parks and 125 years and that will soon be passed down addition to providing his students with practical Recreation Department Advisory Board. And to the fifth generation. instruction, Wheeler served as their employ- last, but most importantly, Dr. Frisch is a In the late 1800s, Ellwsorth Varns moved ment negotiator with regional and national car- proud husband to his wife Jennifer, father to his hardware store to the heart ofMiddlebury, riers to help advance their careers. his two children, Ashley and Daniel, and Pa Indiana, from Michigan. The store started out Captain Warren continued his mission to ex- Pa of two grandchildren. serving farmers and families in this sinall town, pand and support the number of certified mi- Mr. Speaker, I wish Dr. Frisch great success but over time it grew and adapted to the nority pilots by establishing AYA as part of as he takes the helm of the American changing economic times. The success and Airolina Flight & Music Support, a non-profit Podiatric Medical Association.

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Kelly and Mary today to recognize and congratulate Dr. Rob- MCCUTCHEN III Kay live in Atlanta, as Kelly tells the rest of ert Fryzek of Glenwood, Iowa on his retire- Georgia, ‘‘So you don’t have to!’’ Married ment as a practicing physician. Dr. Fryzek has HON. BARRY LOUDERMILK since 1994, the McCutchens have a son, served the Glenwood area for the past 54 OF GEORGIA Kelly, and a daughter, Caroline, both in col- years, practicing general family medicine and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lege; Caroline is the family’s fourth-generation received the respect, trust, and loyalty of his Thursday, March 15, 2018 attendee of Georgia Tech. patients who called him ‘‘a working man’s doc- On behalf of Georgia’s 11th Congressional tor.’’ Mr. LOUDERMILK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today District and the United States House of Rep- Dr. Fryzek graduated from Central High to pay tribute to my friend, Mr. Joseph Kelly resentatives, I commend Kelly McCutchen for School in Omaha, Nebraska in 1952. He re- McCutchen III, a man who has dedicated his his many years of outstanding, dedicated and ceived his bachelor’s degree from Creighton life to serving the people of the state of Geor- effective service. University in Omaha and earned his medical gia. f degree from the University of Nebraska in Kelly was born in Ellijay, Georgia, to Joe HONORING CONGRESSWOMAN 1960. Dr. Fryzek served his internship at Wes- and Betty McCutchen. He graduated from , THE LONGEST ley Hospital in Wichita, Kansas and spent two Gilmer High School and became the third gen- SERVING WOMAN IN THE HIS- years at the Western Shoshone Duck Valley eration in his family to attend the Georgia In- TORY OF THE UNITED STATES Indian Reservation in Owee, Nevada before stitute of Technology, where he graduated HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES moving to Glenwood, Iowa in 1963 to start his with the highest honors. He began his career in the Trust Department of Trust Company local practice. Dr. Fryzek offered weekend SPEECH OF hours, treated patients at the local nursing Bank in Atlanta, where he was a vice presi- home on his days off, served as the County dent before he joined the Georgia Public Pol- HON. EDWARD R. ROYCE Medical Examiner, and volunteered as the icy Foundation in 1993. For many years, he OF CALIFORNIA team doctor for Glenwood High School. He is offered the state guidance and counsel on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a one-of-a-kind doctor who went above and issues including education, tax, health care Wednesday, March 14, 2018 and economic policy. beyond for his patients and community. Mr. ROYCE of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise Kelly became president and CEO of the Mr. Speaker, I commend and congratulate today to celebrate my good friend from Ohio, Georgia Public Policy Foundation in 2010. He Dr. Fryzek on his retirement and thank him for Congresswoman MARCY KAPTUR. resigned from GPPF recently, after nearly 25 his many years of dedicated and devoted On this historic occasion—as MARCY be- service to the citizens of Glenwood. I am years providing Georgia’s policymakers and comes the longest-serving woman in the his- proud to represent him in the United States lawmakers with the intellectual ammunition to tory of this House—I am honored to stand by Congress and I ask that my colleagues in the embrace policy over politics. He remains ac- her side. United States House of Representatives join tive in Foundation policy as part of the think As Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs me in congratulating him for his many accom- tank’s network of Senior Fellows. Committee, I have seen firsthand the personal plishments and in wishing him and his family At the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, his passion MARCY brings to protecting democracy nothing but the best. service to the state and its people has been and freedom around the globe. exemplary. Kelly helped create the Civic Re- f Nowhere is this more evident than in her newal Project that highlights the work of out- work on behalf of the people of Ukraine and FIRST DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF community-based organizations, the the diaspora here in America. MOLY99 BY NORTH STAR NU- ‘‘No Excuses’’ program to recognize and study As co-chair of the Congressional Ukrainian CLEAR MEDICINE high achieving and high poverty public Caucus, she has been a tireless advocate for schools, and award-winning statewide report the democratic transition in Ukraine—and es- HON. cards on education, crime and taxes. During pecially championing the rights of Ukrainian OF WISCONSIN his tenure, the Foundation was named First women. She has sponsored legislation sup- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES place for highest integrity and Third place for porting freedom and human rights in Ukraine, most knowledgeable among business organi- in addition to promoting the important role that Thursday, March 15, 2018 zations or state associations in Georgia, by women play in Ukraine’s economy. Mr. POCAN. Mr. Speaker, on February 8, James magazine (2004) and, in January 2018, This is because MARCY understands the crit- 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration one of the Best Independent Think Tanks in ical role that Ukrainian women can and must (FDA) approved the first domestic production the 2017 Global Go-To Think Tank Index Re- play in their country’s future—as educators, of Moly99 by North Star Nuclear Medicine, port. leaders, entrepreneurs, and peacemakers. which is located in Beloit, Wisconsin. Moly99 A tireless fundraiser for GPPF and numer- Likewise, she wants to see more opportunity is the key substance used in 50,000 daily pro- ous nonprofit organizations, Kelly was also a for women all around the world. I am particu- cedures using nuclear medicine to diagnose a member of the Leadership Georgia Class of larly grateful for her support for my Commit- variety of illness. 200l. He served on the boards of Leadership tee’s efforts to ensure that women and girls For many years, the United States has been Georgia, the Georgia Tech Alumni Associa- are empowered by, and included in, U.S. dip- dependent on foreign sources using nuclear tion, and the Conservative Policy Leadership lomatic efforts abroad, including legislation to fission offshore. These reactors, located in Institute. He was a founder and Governing promote the inclusion of women in peace ne- Canada, the Netherlands, South Africa, and Board Chair of Tech High, a math, science gotiations and peacekeeping efforts. MARCY Australia, are old and have been the subject and technology-focused public charter school has also long been supportive of the Commit- of many disruptions of supply causing short- in Atlanta. tee’s efforts to promote girls’ access to edu- ages. He co-founded the Georgia Warrior Alliance, cation. Working with help from the U.S. Department a nonprofit with the mission to make Georgia Here in the United States, of course, MARCY of Energy and the cooperation of the FDA, the national Leader in programs supporting has proven her commitment to promoting North Star has developed a system to produce military veterans and their families. He served women’s rights. I am proud to join her in spon- Moly99 without any use of uranium, resulting on the board of the Georgia Chamber of Com- soring the Smithsonian Women’s History Mu- in little waste and no nuclear waste. merce and chaired the board of the seum Act, aptly numbered, H.R. 19. Alongside I want to congratulate George Messina, Healthcare Institute for Neuro-Recovery and our good friend from New York, CAROLYN North Star’s CEO, and his 130 employees, lo- Innovation Foundation. He served on the Edu- MALONEY, we are, as MARCY put it, seeking ‘‘to cated in the cities of Beloit and Madison, on cation Policy Committee and the Health Care record the history of over half of our citizenry their achievement. Nuclear medicine is vital to Policy Committee for the Georgia Chamber of in a way that brings them into full view.’’

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