June 28, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1387 economy as the home for sawmills and the HONORING KEISHA CASON OF Even after leaving the Milwaukee Urban historic and Mackinac Railroad. It also BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA League, Mr. Scott continued to work for racial provided many tales of great lumberjacks from equality. As an advisor to the Metropolitan Mil- the lumber camps. Some local resi- HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE waukee Association of Commerce, he helped dents believe that many stories we tell today OF FLORIDA open new doors for African-Americans in the about the great Paul Bunyan originated from IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES corporate world, ensuring the development of that area. However, by the 1890’s the lum- Tuesday, June 28, 2005 a new class of African-American professionals bering boom had dwindled from depleted re- in Milwaukee. He also worked on behalf of Af- sources and the immense damage to the for- Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. rican-American businesses, advocating for ests. The land resembled that of a wasteland Speaker, I rise today to honor Keisha Cason stronger mechanisms to ensure that disadvan- and farming quickly took over as a top indus- of Brooksville, Florida. taged business enterprises would benefit from try alongside fishing. However, with the inven- Keisha Cason is a high school senior, who the construction of Miller Park. tion of the automotive assembly line, young was recently recognized by the National Fed- Throughout his life, Wesley Scott was a tire- sons of farmers headed downstate to make eration of Independent Business (NFIB) as a less advocate for equality. Earlier this year, quick money leaving hundreds of family farms 2005 NFIB Free Enterprise Scholars Award the Milwaukee Urban League announced vacant. recipient. plans to honor his legacy by transforming its Created in 2002, the award identifies high headquarters into the Wesley L. Scott Senior With its natural resources exhausted, young school seniors from all around the country Living Community. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, people left the Tawas area. The once beautiful who demonstrate scholarship and entrepre- to salute Mr. Scott for his commitment to ad- landside was left naked, polluted and over neurial achievement. From the 2,100 appli- vancing equality and to celebrate the life he fished. Tawas thought it had seen the worst cants nominated by NFIB members, an inde- dedicated to serving our community. but, on July 11, 1911 a fire leveled commu- pendent selection committee selected 378 ris- nities of neighboring Oscoda and AuSable ing scholars to each receive a $1,000 scholar- f with five dead and 2,000 homeless. Tawas ship. PERSONAL EXPLANATION area residents took in survivors and helped Keisha Cason represents the future voice of the two devastated communities rebuild. In the small business in America. As one of these process of rebuilding the communities, they gifted youth, she has displayed a sense of un- HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ had the opportunity to establish six hydro- derstanding of free enterprise far beyond her OF ILLINOIS electric dams in the AuSable River that are years. As she makes the transition to college, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES still in use today. she will continue to perform at the highest Tuesday, June 28, 2005 It was around that time that Tawas City standards. Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, due to a would see nearly 70 years of revitalization and Mr. Speaker, ambitious young men and family emergency, I was absent from this economic opportunity come to the area. In the women like Keisha Cason should be congratu- Chamber on June 24, 2005. 1920’s the United States Army Air Corps lated for their accomplishments. It is truly a I would like the record to show that, had I began a flight training program that would privilege to honor Keisha Cason for her been present, I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on evolve into Wurtsmith Air Force Base. From achievement as a National Federation of Inde- rollcall votes 308, 312, 313, 315, 317 and 321. the mid 1920’s to the 1950’s the Civil Con- pendent Business Free Enterprise Scholar. I would have also voted ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall votes servation Corps planted nearly 500 million f 309, 310, 311, 314, 316, 318, 319 and 320. trees to restore much of the area ravaged dur- ing the lumber years. In 1937, the Tawas Post IN MEMORY OF WESLEY SCOTT f of the Michigan State Police became a perma- PERSONAL EXPLANATION nent part of the Tawas community. Even dur- HON. GWEN MOORE ing the war years, Tawas played an important OF WISCONSIN HON. TIMOTHY H. BISHOP role in protecting America and its soldiers from IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW YORK poisonous attacks with the Tawas plant, Tuesday, June 28, 2005 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES staffed by women, producing up to 42,000 gas Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I Tuesday, June 28, 2005 masks a day. In 1965, Tawas Point State Park rise today to honor and celebrate the life of an was created and provided 175 acres of camp- esteemed advocate for equality, Mr. Wesley Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speaker, due ing sites, picnic areas, beaches and the light- Scott. Mr. Scott, a longtime leader in the civil to a personal conflict on Monday, June 27, I house area which attracts over 250,000 peo- rights movement in Milwaukee, died May 28, was not present in the chamber to cast my ple per year. 2005, at the age of 88. vote on rollcalls 322 and 323. In the 1990’s Tawas City would see another The oldest of 18 children, Wesley Scott Please indicate in the appropriate place in great challenge with the closure of the came of age in an impoverished community of the RECORD that had I been present, I would Wurtsmith Air Force Base. However, after West Virginia coal miners. After earning his have voted ‘‘aye’’ on both measures. nearly a century and a half of rising to meet B.A. from Xavier University in New Orleans in f challenges in the past, the local community 1942, Mr. Scott went on to serve his country, partnered with State, local and Federal re- fighting in the South Pacific during WWII. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND sources to turn the base into a thriving oppor- Upon returning home he continued his edu- THE GROKSTER DECISION tunity. The Wurtsmith redevelopment was so cation, receiving his Masters degree from Ohio SPEECH OF successful in turning the economy around they State University in 1950. By 1951, he was were cited as an example throughout the serving as Executive Director of the Massillon, HON. STENY H. HOYER country on how small towns can overcome the Ohio, Urban League. OF MARYLAND hardships of military base closures. In 1958, Mr. Scott assumed the position of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, the history of Tawas City is deputy executive director of the Milwaukee made up of the tales of brave fishermen, inno- Urban League. Within a year he was pro- Monday, June 27, 2005 vative entrepreneurs, legendary lumberjacks, moted to executive director, a position he held Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in dedicated neighbors, hardworking farmers, for 23 years. At the helm of the Milwaukee support of the Supreme Court’s decision on courageous soldiers, devoted workers, and Urban League, Mr. Scott distinguished himself Monday, June 27 in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer All-American families. The values that extend with a dynamic yet dignified style of leader- Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. from each industry, every challenge, and ship. His contemporaries lauded his unflagging In a rare 9–0 decision, the Court found ‘‘that every triumph have added to the fabric of this commitment to the advancement of African- one who distributes a device with the object of community. I applaud the people of Tawas— Americans and poor people. He is credited promoting its use to infringe copyright, as past and present—for advancing this city to be with building bridges between white and black shown by clear expression or other affirmative the outstanding place it is today. Furthermore, communities, seeking out opportunities for steps taken to foster infringement, is liable for I ask the United States House of Representa- progress in a very difficult and often turbulent the resulting acts of infringement by third par- tives to join me in congratulating Tawas City environment. Under his leadership, the Mil- ties.’’ and its residents on their first 150 years and waukee Urban League became a premier or- Grokster and other companies that in wishing them well through the next century. ganization in the fight for civil rights. proactively enable the theft of creative and

VerDate Aug 04 2004 06:47 Jun 29, 2005 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A28JN8.062 E28PT1 E1388 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 28, 2005 other protected works should immediately table events including the MS Walk, and the just east of the M–39 (Southfield Freeway) cease this activity. Heart Disease Walk. She is involved in the interchange in Allen Park. MDOT was also the MGM Studios v. Grokster is much more student council and through it she has helped World’s first transportation agency to automate than a legal battle involving movie studios, organize student functions such as the spring management and processing of construction record labels and the technology community. musical dance and is involved in peer medi- products from the construction site through Grokster is fundamentally about ensuring that ation. She participates in marching band, con- contractor payment, saving taxpayers more the creative and copyrighted works of millions cert band, and jazz band. She is also a mem- than $20 million per year in 1993. of Americans who enrich our lives—including ber of the school drama team and is active at The national innovations are endless but in- songwriters, musicians, screen writers and her church where she teaches at Vacation clude some of the most significant to our ev- other artists—are appropriately protected in Bible School. eryday living like the nation’s first mile of con- this era of rapid technological advancement. Mr. Speaker, we would like to congratulate crete highway built by the Wayne I acknowledge that artists, as well as movie Miss Alyssa Wilson on her outstanding Road Commission on Woodward Avenue be- studios and record labels, have been the achievements in community service and we tween 6 and 7 Mile roads in Detroit in 1909, beneficiaries of the same creative energy of are proud to have her as one of our constitu- the first painted centerline in 1911 and the first the technology community that has given con- ents. state trunkline in the nation to sport a center- sumers new products, such as DVD players f line from Marquette to Negaunee Road (now and portable music devices. Clearly, techno- US 41/M 28) in 1917. The nation’s first high- logical advancements have fostered the enjoy- 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE way materials testing lab was at the University ment of these creative works. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF of Michigan in 1912 and the nation’s first four There must be a balance between pro- TRANSPORTATION way red/yellow/green electric traffic light was tecting the copyrighted works of artists and at the comer of Woodward and Michigan Ave- ensuring technological innovation. However, HON. nues in Detroit as the invention of Detroit Po- the unbridled theft of copyrighted works must OF MICHIGAN lice Officer William Potts in 1918. be stopped, as the Supreme Court has so IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Other national firsts include the first road- clearly repudiated this activity. The Court side park on US–2 in Iron County, completed Tuesday, June 28, 2005 struck the right balance in protecting copy- in 1919; the first practical highway snowplow righted material and innovators in the tech- Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on was built in Munising in 1922; and the first nology community. It is time for those who behalf of the Michigan Congressional Delega- ‘‘super highway’’ was an eight-lane divided created a business model dependent upon in- tion consisting of Senators and highway with a 40–foot median built in 1923 fringement to adjust to this new legal stand- , Congresswomen CAROLYN along Woodward Avenue between Detroit and ard. CHEEKS KILPATRICK and , and Pontiac. MDOT was the first highway depart- f Congressmen , , ment to use yellow centerlines to designate , VERNON EHLERS, PETER HOEK- RECOGNIZING MISS ALYSSA ‘‘no passing’’ zones in 1927. Michigan has the STRA, , , SAND- WILSON nation’s first state operated information center ER LEVIN, THADDEUS MCCOTTER, MIKE ROG- which opened in 1935 near New Buffalo. ERS, JOE SCHWARTZ, and me. We Michigan was the nation’s first state to com- HON. BILL SHUSTER pay tribute today to an agency in Michigan plete a toll free border-to-border interstate on OF PENNSYLVANIA that has spent the last 100 years improving I–94 running 205 miles from Detroit to New IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the means by which those in the far reaches Buffalo in 1960. In 1977 US–31 in Oceana Tuesday, June 28, 2005 of our beautiful peninsulas utilize our most County won the national ‘‘most beautiful high- Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to well-known state product, the automobile. way’’ by the U.S. Department of Transpor- recognize Miss Alyssa Wilson, from Altoona Today, we in the Michigan Congressional Del- tation. The nation’s largest concrete segmental Pennsylvania, as one of twenty national win- egation would like to honor the 100th Anniver- bridge opened up in 1988 when the Zilwaukee ners in a new award program called The Alex- sary of the Michigan Department of Transpor- Bridge opened carrying I–75 over the Saginaw ander Hamilton Citizenship Achievement tation also known as MDOT. River. Recently, in 2003, Gloria Jeff was Award. The award is sponsored by a new 501 It all began with the innovative spirit of a bi- named the director of MDOT becoming the (c)3 non profit organization, The Alexander cycle enthusiast and entrepreneur, Horatio first female and African American State Trans- Hamilton Friends Association (AHFA) of Se- ‘‘Good Roads’’ Earle, when he became Michi- portation director in the nation. attle, Washington. Fourteen States were rep- gan’s first highway commissioner. He began a Mr. Speaker these are only a few of the resented and amongst the twenty winners, movement by aligning the professional road facts, figures and historical moments that are Pennsylvania had three, all whom happened builders and engineers to improve road trans- seemingly infinite examples that mark the sig- to be from Altoona Area High School. Over portation throughout the state. On July 1, nificant influence this agency has had on 200 candidates were considered for the award 1905, the voters in the State of Michigan over- transportation in our country and the world. In and it is a remarkable achievement for these whelmingly approved state spending for roads fact much of this information and a detailed three students and the Altoona Area school making Michigan the 18th state in the Union to outline of MDOT’s history can be found district. establish an agency to oversee transportation. through the resources of MDOT’s centennial The Alexander Hamilton Friends Association Since that day that the State Highway Depart- website at www.michigan.gov/mdot100. How- is a non profit organization incorporated under ment was established, Michigan has not only ever, the greatness and innovation displayed the laws of the State of Washington. The led the world in automotive advancements but by MDOT throughout this past 100 years is AHFA’s goal is to preserve Alexander Hamil- has achieved many firsts in the state, country not limited to our history and evolution as a ton’s legacy by recognizing and honoring and world for transportation initiatives. modern state. The recent state accomplish- young people who share Hamilton’s strong There were many transportation firsts in ments and the goals laid out for the future sense of integrity, achievement, pragmatism, Michigan including the construction of the first show the numerous advancements this de- and service. For a student to win the award international underwater railroad tunnel (Port partment continues to make on behalf of it the student needs to exhibit a high degree of Huron-Sarnia Tunnel) in 1891; the first inter- residents. personal integrity and receive an outstanding national underwater automobile tunnel (De- Horatio ‘‘Good Roads’’ Earle would be rating in two of the five areas, which are: com- troit-Windsor Tunnel) in 1930; and the first proud of the efforts to make our roads, high- munity service, school-related extracurricular freeway-to-freeway interchange on Jan. 18, ways and bridges better each year. According activity, entrepreneurial skill, scholastic record, 1955 at I–94 (Edsel Ford) and M–10 (John to MDOT, since 1999, they have completed and personal achievement. George Cox, presi- Lodge) in Detroit, permitting motorists to make more than 93 percent of the road and bridge dent of AHFA said, ‘‘The key question we turns ‘‘simply by moving in the direction they preservation programs announced in the asked ourselves, was this: If a young Alex- wish to go.’’ Both the Ambassador Bridge in fiveyear program making 88 percent of the ve- ander Hamilton were placed in a situation like Detroit in 1929 and the Mackinac Bridge in hicle miles traveled on Michigan freeways this student, would he have responded in a 1957 were the world’s longest suspension done so on good pavement. In the last three similar manner? In the case of our winners, bridges when they were built. The world’s larg- years, the capitol preventative maintenance we think the answer is yes.’’ est automobile tire, utilizing the Ferris wheel program increased the life span of 3,710 miles Miss Alyssa Wilson is a junior at Altoona ride from the World’s Fair in New York from of highway by up to seven years with a spe- High School and has organized several chari- 1964, can be found next to eastbound I–94 cial treatment. Additionally, MDOT has made

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