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Congressional Record—Senate S817

Congressional Record—Senate S817

February 6, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S817 2014 OLYMPIANS in freestyle sprint during the 2006 Win- Mr. President, is very proud Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I rise ter Olympics and finished off the 2012– of the athletes who will be competing today to commend the Vermonters who 2013 season ranked as the fifth fastest in , and I would like to join the will be representing the sprinter in the world. Outside of train- citizens of my state to wish them the in the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, ing for this year’s Winter Olympics, best of luck at the 2014 Olympic Winter Russia. Vermont has a long tradition Andy works with kids at the New Eng- Games. Bring home the gold! of excellence in winter sports that we land Nordic Ski Association to intro- f duce the sport to a new audience. owe partly to our State’s cold climate OLYMPIANS and mountainous terrain, but also to , from Belmont, VT, won a gold medal in the halfpipe event Ms. AYOTTE. Mr. President, I join an outdoor spirit that dates back gen- with citizens across the Granite State erations. I would like to acknowledge at the and a sil- ver medal in 2010 in . In true in saying ‘‘good luck’’ to the out- these athletes individually and wish Vermont fashion, Hannah is very ac- standing New Hampshire athletes who them the best of luck in pursuing the tive in her community and charitable will be among those representing the gold. United States in the 2014 Winter Olym- Sophie Caldwell, from Peru, VT, will causes, combining her prize money with proceeds from maple syrup sales pic Games in Sochi, Russia, which be competing for the United States in begin this week. It is an impressive cross-country skiing. Sophie was a to start a charity called ‘‘Hannah’s Gold’’ which builds schools and fresh group that brings great pride to our five-time All-American at Dartmouth State. College, and received a degree in psy- water infrastructure in a village in rural . Nick Alexander of Lebanon is com- chology and plans to go back to school Ida Sargent, from Barton, VT, is a peting in . After his im- to pursue a career in either psychology cross-country skier who is also a mem- pressive performance at the Conti- or education. ber of the Craftsbury Green Racing nental Cup Competitions, we look for- Hannah Dreissigacker, from Morris- Project. After finishing her cross-coun- ward to seeing him soar through the ville, VT, is a member of the try skiing career, Ida hopes to become air in Sochi. Craftsbury Green Racing Project, a a physical therapist. At age 18, Center Conway native group of elite athletes who are com- Liz Stephen, from East Montpelier, Sean Doherty is the youngest member mitted to pursuing an environmentally VT, switched from alpine to cross- of the 2014 U.S. Olympic team. conscious lifestyle. Hannah will be country skiing midway through her Nick Fairall of New London grew up competing in the biathlon in Sochi. tenure at Burke Mountain Academy. enjoying skiing, lacrosse, soccer and , from West Dover, VT, is Liz took first place in two events at many other sports, but his true passion is ski jumping. This year we will get to one of the most successful the 2008 U.S. National Championships. watch him jump for the gold in Sochi. snowboarders to ever compete. She won Since her last trip to the Winter Olym- a gold medal in the halfpipe event at Andover’s Kris Freeman is a veteran pics in 2010, she finished atop the po- Olympian having competed in the 2002, the in Salt Lake dium at the Swiss National Champion- City, and a bronze medal at the 2010 2006 and . This ship in 2012 and finished fifth in the 10k year, we will cheer him on again as he games in Vancouver. In addition to her freestyle at the 2013 World Ski Cham- success on the slopes, Kelly has given competes in the cross-country skiing pionships. Liz enjoys mountain biking event. back to her community by starting a and takes classes at Westminster Col- foundation that provides scholarships Competing in lege. is 2012 world champion to athletes from disadvantaged back- Mikaela Shiffrin, from East Burke, grounds. Chas Guldemond from Laconia. This VT, will compete for the United States will be his first time competing on the Susan Dunklee, from Craftsbury, VT, in . Mikaela is an eight- will be competing for the United States Olympic stage. time World Cup slalom medalist. Sixteen-year-old Hanover native in the biathlon. Susan placed fifth in Mikaela is the first non-European to the World Championship’s Individual Julia Krass grew up skiing at the re- win four World Cup slalom races in one cently reopened Whaleback Mountain race in Ruhpolding, Germany, and tied season. When she isn’t competing, she in Enfield. We wish her the best of luck for the best score of those U.S. female also enjoys playing tennis and soccer. as she competes in Sochi’s inaugural biathletes competing. Susan, like Ms. Ty Walker, from Stowe, VT, has slopestyle skiing event, the newest Dreissigacker, is also a member of the made a significant impact on women’s kind of . Craftsbury Green Racing Project, slopestyle snowboarding. Ty has won World renowned alpine skier Bode which promotes sustainability and en- the Burton European Open Junior Jam Miller of Franconia will be competing durance sports. three times in a row from 2009–2011. In in his fifth Winter the , from Stratton, 2013, when she was just 16, she finished sixth American athlete to do so. This VT, started competing in snowboard fifth at the FIS World Snowboarding year, the decorated Olympian will go cross competitions when she was 11 and Championship. Off the snow, Ty is a for his sixth alpine skiing Olympic has risen to become a dominant force straight-A student and loves to jump medal. in the sport. Lindsay won a silver on trampolines. North Conway resident Leanne medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Alex Deibold, from Manchester, VT, Smith, who competed in the 2010 Olym- , and is an eight-time champion will compete in his first Olympics as a pics in Vancouver, is returning to the in snowboardcross at the Winter X snowboardcross competitor. Alex fin- Olympics to compete in several alpine Games. ished second in the 2013 World Cup skiing events, including downhill, sla- , from Norwich, VT, championship in Sochi, Russia. Alex lom, giant slalom, super G, and super is one of the top freestyle mogul com- also made finals at four out of five combined. petitors in the world, having won a World Cup starts in 2013. When he is off The University of New Hampshire’s gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics the slopes, Alex enjoys rock climbing, head hockey coach, Katey Stone, will in Vancouver. I wish her the best of surfing, and mountain biking. make history in Sochi as the first luck in defending her Olympic title. Jacqueline Hernandez, from London- woman to lead a U.S. Olympic hockey Devin Logan, from West Dover, VT, derry, VT will compete for the United team. We will be rooting for her to lead is a freeskier who will be competing in States in snowboardcross. Jacqueline is her players to victory. the slopestyle and halfpipe events. Dur- a seven-time World Cup top-10 finisher. D.J. Montigny, who grew up in ing her rookie season, she finished sec- In her spare time, she enjoys riding Dover, will coach three U.S. athletes in ond in the halfpipe event at the U.S. motorcycles, swimming, and boating. women’s slopestyle skiing. Good luck Championships and earned her first Nolan Kasper, from Warren, VT, will to D.J. as he advises members of Team U.S. halfpipe skiing title at the age of compete for the United States in alpine USA before they head down the slopes 15. skiing. Nolan competed in the 2010 to compete. Andy Newell, from Shaftsbury, VT, is and placed 24th Additionally, several athletes from a cross-country skier who has been rac- in men’s slalom. In addition, Nolan en- around the U.S. who have been edu- ing since the age of five. He placed 16th joys ice skating and playing soccer. cated and trained in New Hampshire

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It they found it, and they pursued this Weibrecht; cross country skiers Ida gave him the chance to expand his ho- goal without pretension. In fact, Art Sargent and Sophie Caldwell; freestyle rizons and dream of opportunities and and Liz could often be found down at skier Hannah Kearney; and Hannah lives that he had never before imag- the Windbag Saloon in Helena, quietly Dreissigacker, Susan Dunklee and Sara ined. eating cheeseburgers in an old frontier Studebaker, who will compete in the Art, with his wife of almost 50 years, brothel. biathlon. Liz Claiborne, built a Fortune 500 fash- Liz is buried at the Triple 8 Ranch in Each of these world-class athletes ion empire—the first to be headed by a Montana, in an unmarked gravesite in and coaches has made it to Sochi as a woman. Art was utterly devoted to Liz. a ‘‘Liz Red’’ urn. Art planned to be bur- result of hours of dedication, persever- They were deeply in love and they were ied next to her, returning to rest in the ance and hard work. They have put in inseparable. Together, they made high State where they both gave so much to long hours at the gym, on the slopes or fashion affordable and revolutionized so many. I know he will be missed.∑ the ice, hoping that one day their the fashion industry. While Art and Liz ∑ Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, today I Olympic dreams come true. may be known for their exploits in the wish to honor the life and legacy of Ar- I know all Granite Staters are so in- fashion world, Montanans know, and thur ‘‘Art’’ Ortenberg, an apparel man- credibly proud of this talented group of love, them for their unassuming gen- ufacturer and conservationist, who athletes and I look forward to cheering erosity and deep sense of community. passed away yesterday in New York them on as they go for the gold in Art and Liz first came to Montana City. Sochi. seeking a respite from the rigors of the Art and his late wife, designer Liz f business world in Montana’s wide-open Claiborne, founded Liz Claiborne in spaces. Once there, they made Montana 1976. After incredible early success, the REMEMBERING STEPHEN their home. company went public and soon ap- MACHCINSKI AND JAMES Art and Liz loved Montana as deeply peared on the Fortune 500 list of Amer- DICKERMAN as any Montanan. And, as John ica’s biggest industrial firms. Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, today Steinbeck famously recognized, it’s dif- Fourteen years after the creation of I wish to honor the service and the ficult to analyze love when you are in Liz Claiborne, Art and Liz retired from memory of two Ohio firefighters, Pri- it. To Art, the slow, switchbacking day-to-day management of their fash- vate Stephen A. Machcinski and Pri- country highway on the way to his Tri- ion company and chose to start a foun- vate James Dickman of the Toledo ple 8 Ranch was ‘‘a glorious, intoxi- dation dedicated to conservation. The Fire Department. Like so many of the cating drive,’’ the road ‘‘traversing Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foun- men and women who serve as first re- [the] landscape in serpentine coils.’’ dation supports projects in the United sponders in our country, these two men I don’t think anyone has so lovingly States, Europe, and Central and South knew that every day, they were putting described Route 279’s slow crawl over America, but their main focus is on Af- their lives on the line to keep their the Continental Divide, and it shows rica. To this day, the foundation con- community—their friends and neigh- the depth of Art’s affection for Mon- tinues to support efforts to save the bors—safe. When things were at their tana. jaguar, the tiger, and the African ele- worst, they were at their best. When But Art’s deep love for Montana phant. others needed help, they were there to didn’t stop at mere admiration for our Art also had a particular passion for give it. When others ran out, they ran outdoors—it spawned action. Indeed, the American West, spending much of in. Art and Liz were philanthropists in the his time over the past 25 years on his Tragically, Private Machcinski and true sense of the word: They loved the ranch in Condon, MT. Art and Liz pro- Private Dickman gave their lives in people and communities of Montana. vided assistance to the Seeley Lake El- the line of duty, doing the job they They adopted Montana as their home, ementary School, helped Pyramid loved, the one they were trained and and they gave generously of their time, Lumber in Seeley Lake convert to a prepared to do, while fighting an apart- their energy, and their resources. more efficient mill operation, and sup- ment complex fire in Toledo, OH, on Art and Liz wanted to open doors for ported public radio, Humanities Mon- January 26, 2014. But although they are young Montanans in the way that the tana, the Canyon Creek Fire Depart- gone, we will not forget them. Today, local library did for Art. Together, ment, the Helena Public Library, and we honor their sacrifice and remember they started preschools and music pro- the Montana Wildlife Federation. these fallen heroes who put themselves grams in small mountain towns, saved As we bid farewell to Art, we recog- in harm’s way for the good of their local libraries from closure, and loaned nize that he was a true pioneer for the family, their friends, their neighbors, money to a local timber mill so that it fashion industry and a leader in the and the entire Toledo community. could make downpayments on new conservation community. Mr. President, for their commitment equipment. They encouraged our young My thoughts and prayers are with to saving lives, protecting the public, people to take pride in their home- Art’s partner, Cathy Horyn; his son, and willingness to make the ultimate towns through the Montana Heritage Neil; daughter, Nancy; stepson, Alex- sacrifice, I would like to recognize Pri- Project, fostering a sense of commu- ander Schultz; and all of his family and vate Stephen A. Machcinski and Pri- nity in a generation of students. many friends.∑ vate James Dickman. We will continue Art and Liz recognized the impor- f tance of providing our young people to keep these two men and their fami- TRIBUTE TO JEFF NELSON lies in our thoughts and prayers. with an opportunity to dream and grow, just like that Newark library had ∑ Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. f done for Art. President, today I wish to congratulate ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS Art and Liz also cared deeply about Jeff Nelson on his well-earned retire- conservation, funding projects to re- ment after nearly 40 years of service at store the Blackfoot River, reintroduce East River Electric Cooperative in REMEMBERING ARTHUR ‘‘ART’’ endangered species, and conserve valu- Madison, SD, including 23 years as ORTENBERG able habitat and public lands. They General Manager. ∑ Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, today I recognized that Montana’s public lands Jeff’s wealth of knowledge and wish to remember the life of a dear are our greatest assets and the impor- friendly demeanor have helped him de- friend of mine, and Montana’s, Art tance of preserving our outdoor herit- velop close relationships with his col- Ortenberg. age for future generations. leagues and with community leaders

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