19740 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 153, Pt. 14 July 19, 2007 He was a soldier’s soldier to the end Mayfield was a magistrate for many years. from 1976 to 1978 she was chair of the 5th Dis- and a true patriot. Petercheff pointed out that those were the trict Republican Party; from 1972 to 1978 she He will be missed. On behalf of the days before state courts were reorganized was a member, state-at-large, Republican United States Senate, I would like to and magistrates performed many official du- State Central Committee; in 1966 she was ties such as marriages, signing birth certifi- campaign chair for the U.S. Senator John extend my deepest condolences to Gen- cates and other legal functions. Sherman Cooper and Tim Lee Carter; and eral Downing’s family, his colleagues ‘‘Everybody came to the store. We were served as campaign chair for now-Congress- and friends. Our nation joins you in (the same as) Somerset at that time. We sold man Hal Rogers for state Young Republican your grief. I am honored to have known everything you couldn’t grow,’’ Petercheff chairman. this great patriot, GEN Wayne Down- remembers. She said Ky. 1675, extending Also, she was campaign coordinator for ing of Peoria, IL. from Ky. 80 to Mt. Victory, was in those days Rogers in his quest for Pulaski County attor- the main route from Crab Orchard to Sub- ney; Pulaski County campaign and head- f limity Springs, at that time a well-known quarters secretary during Louie Nunn’s suc- TRIBUTE TO DORIS G. health resort near Mt. Victory. cessful campaign for governor; 5th District PETERCHEFF ‘‘Stagecoaches passed by here (on the way coordinator for Tom Emberton for governor; to Sublimity Springs),’’ she recalled. and state organizational coordinator for Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, ‘‘We went to Somerset on ‘Burden Road,’ ’’ Huda Jones’s campaign for secretary of I wish to honor a respected Ken- laughed Petercheff. ‘‘It was really (through) state. tuckian, Mrs. Doris G. Petercheff, for Burdine Valley, but we called it ‘Burden Val- ‘‘Also, state campaign primary coordinator the many contributions she has made ley.’ ’’ for Gerald Ford for president of the United to raise the political discourse in the Petercheff is from a strong Republican States; state campaign manager for Hal Rog- Commonwealth of Kentucky. family. Both her Grandpa Mayfield and ers for lieutenant governor; 5th District Doris has spent a lifetime advising Grandpa John Cottongim, a deputy sheriff campaign coordinator for Ronald Reagan, and working for candidates and elected from 1911 to 1916, were dyed-in-the-wool Re- (Senior) George Bush, Mitch McConnell and publicans. Rogers; 5th District coordinator for Jim officials she believes in. She is re- As a professional consultant, Petercheff Bunning for governor; and 5th District cam- spected for the sound judgment she of- would cross the political divide. paign manager for Hal Rogers for Congress fers and the solid reputation she has ‘‘One of my proudest times was working in 1980, 1982 and 1984. established. I have known Doris for with (Democrat) Wallace Wilkinson in 1987,’’ ‘‘Petercheff has served in some position in many years and am glad to call her my Petercheff said. She was organizational coor- every state, district and local election since friend. dinator during Wilkinson’s successful cam- 1962. She started One Acorn and Associates On Thursday, July 5, 2007, the Som- paign for governor, working with the now in 1984 with several stockholders. In April erset Commonwealth Journal published nationally famous James Carville. 1986, she became the sole owner and operator of One Acorn. Her list of clients is like a an article highlighting Doris’s many ‘‘Democrats are a different breed,’’ she re- marked. ‘‘They are more open . . . a phys- ‘‘who’s who’’ in local, state and national pol- years of service to Kentucky. I ask ically touchy, feelie kind . . . they don’t itics. unanimous consent that the full article flout their affluence. ‘‘Like many Pulaski Countians, to make a be printed in the RECORD and that the ‘‘I am a conservative . . . a fiscal conserv- living, Petercheff’s family—her father, entire Senate join me in honoring this ative, not a social conservative,’’ Petercheff Thomas O. Cottongim, and her mother, Mary Kentuckian. said. ‘‘I loved matching my brains against Iva Mayfield Cottongim—left their home in There being no objection, the mate- those big consultants. It’s amazing how Acorn in 1941 and moved to Indianapolis. She rial was ordered to be printed in the those big national consultants (are often off went to high school in the Indiana city and base).’’ married her high school sweetheart, Jimmy RECORD, as follows: ‘‘The key to success in politics, Petercheff Petercheff, now deceased. [From the Somerset Commonwealth said, is to ‘‘get organized, make a plan and ‘‘She and Jimmy returned to Pulaski Journal, July 5, 2007] then work your plan that’s how you win.’’ County in 1959 and took over operation of the A LIFETIME DEVOTED TO THE AMERICAN WAY ‘‘On the other hand, Petercheff believes family’s general store, originally known as (By Bill Mardis, Editor Emeritus) politics must be enjoyed. J.N. Mayfield Mercantile and later Acorn Mercantile. ‘‘It’s been a great ride!’’ ‘‘I’ve told clients, ‘Politics is fun. If it’s ‘‘They closed the store in 1967. ‘‘I had gone ‘‘That’s how Doris G. Petercheff sums up not fun, we won’t do it.’ ’’ to work for Dr. Carter and we had to hire her life in the political arena. In reality, her But an office seeker must be dedicated to somebody to run the store,’’ Petercheff said. life has been molded by politics. the cause. ‘‘Campaigns are hard work,’’ she ‘‘Doris and Jimmy have four sons, 11 ‘‘I can’t remember when politics was not assures. grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. discussed in my home,’’ said Petercheff. If Petercheff has a political hero, it’s the She admits to encouraging her children to be ‘‘Quite frankly, it still is,’’ she added. late Congressman Carter. politically active. ‘‘Petercheff, owner of One Acorn and Asso- ‘‘Tim Lee . . . he was a country doctor. His ‘‘The Petercheff house at 4845 Highway 1675 ciates, a political consulting firm, is slowed first interest and first desire was to help in- at Acorn has a large ‘‘P’’ on the chimney, ap- by health problems, but her telephone still dividual people. If Tim Lee ran across a need parently for identification. But it’s not need- rings with questions about how to manage a for which he couldn’t find an answer, he ed. Doris Petercheff is a household name in political campaign. would dig down in his pocket and come up Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky and ‘‘I interpret politics as people,’’ said with the money. And you didn’t have to vote the nation. Petercheff. ‘‘That’s one of the things we’ve for him to get help. ‘‘As she so eloquently said: ‘‘It’s been a forgotten—people. I love people. God gave ‘‘Tim Lee was the ultimate politician,’’ she great ride!’’ me a talent in politics . . . to help people. I said. ‘‘He knew how to (handle) things politi- never had a doubt that the Lord provided me cally to get people to do what they should f a way to work for Congressman (Tim Lee) do.’’ HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES Carter so I could help people.’’ She was 5th ‘‘Petercheff recalls that she started work- District office manager for Carter for 18 ing for Carter in 1964 ‘‘. . . when women were MAJOR MICHAEL TAYLOR years. not involved in politics . . . maybe they FIRST SERGEANT TOM WARREN stuffed envelopes.’’ ‘‘Petercheff was reared in a political at- SERGEANT FIRST CLASS JOHN GARY BROWN ‘‘But Petercheff never took a back seat. mosphere. Her grandfather, Jacob N. Mrs. LINCOLN. Madam President, Mayfield, owned and operated a country Few people have a more impressive profile of story in the Acorn community. services. today I rise to recognize three Arkan- ‘‘Grandpa was a great patriot. He always ‘‘Among her positions as a volunteer, sans who served our country with dig- displayed a large American flag at the Petercheff served as chair of the Mayfield nity and honor and gave their lives to store,’’ Petercheff recalls. precinct for 30 years; secretary of the Pu- our country in Iraq: MAJ Michael Tay- ‘‘I thought that flag was so beautiful,’’ she laski County Young Republicans Club for lor, 1SG Tom Warren, and Army SFC said. ‘‘I went up to Grandpa and said, four years; treasurer in 1970 for the State John Gary Brown. They will be remem- ‘Grandpa, what is that (flag)?’ And he pulled Young Republican Federation; chair in 1971 bered by their friends and family as me on his lap and told me what the flag was of 5th District Young Republicans; and sec- and how important it was. retary from 1972 to 1976 for the Pulaski Coun- men who lived lives full of passion and ‘‘That was my first love of politics and my ty Republican Executive Committee. love. Their Nation will remember them country,’’ she remembers. ‘‘I was probably 3 ‘‘Also, in 1969 she served as president of the as men who dedicated themselves to or 4 years old at the time.’’ Pulaski County Republican Women’s Club; protection of our freedom.

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A few weeks before passion was in flying. He had spent a whose lives were touched by these men. his death, Salazar spoke to his mom lot of time working with computers, SPECIALIST JEREMY STACEY about family and friends and asked for and the relationship between modern PRIVATE FIRST CLASS BRUCE SALAZAR a baseball glove to play catch. Ms. Ruiz helicopters and computers gave him a Madam President, it is with great mailed the glove and a book on becom- leg up when it came time to enter sadness that I also rise to honor two ing a pilot. flight school. He retired from the VA young men with Arkansas ties who Private First Class Salazar was an to become a pilot with the Arkansas died on back-to-back days during the infantryman with the 1st Battalion, National Guard flying Black Hawk hel- July 4 recess. Specialist Jeremy L. 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade icopters. Taylor eventually reached the Stacey was killed on July 5 by a road- Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Bravo Company’s top position and side bomb in Baghdad, and Army PFC based in Fort Stewart, GA. He is sur- commanded the company. Bruce Salazar Jr., was killed on July 6 vived by his mother Suzy father Bruce The second member of the flight by an improvised explosive device, IED, sister Alicia Salazar and 4 half-sisters team was First Sergeant Tom Warren. in Muhammad Sath, Iraq. in Southern California. 1st Sgt. Warren grew up in Jackson- Specialist Stacey spent a large por- The deaths of these two young men, ville, AR, near Camp Robinson. He at- tion of his life growing up in Amarillo, like the thousands who have already tended North Little Rock High School TX, and later moved with his mother, given their lives defending our freedom in 1976 and married his wife Doris on Betty Click, to Bismarck, AR, where in Iraq and Afghanistan, touch many January 17, 1983. He raised five children he graduated from Bismarck High families and many communities across and throughout his life was very active School in 2003. Shortly after grad- our State and throughout this great in church. He was a Mason, including uating from high school, he enlisted in land. Our Nation is grateful for their being past master at his lodge in Levy, the Army. service, and in the days and weeks which was the same position his father Specialist Stacey was remembered by ahead, our thoughts and prayers are had held. He also served as deacon at those in Bismarck as a great guy that with their families and loved ones dur- Lifehouse Christian Fellowship, where everyone loved. He had been called a ing this difficult time. he was an active member. Outside of prankster with a quick wit by those CORPORAL ZACHARY D. BAKER church, Warren loved to golf, but noth- who knew him well, and his death has Madam President, I also wish to re- ing besides his family could match his been devastating for his family and the member a young Arkansan who paid love for aviation. Warren reached the Bismarck community. Specialist the ultimate sacrifice by giving his life position of first sergeant, making him Stacey was the first fatality of the Bis- for our freedom in Iraq earlier this the top ranked enlisted soldier in the marck graduates serving in Iraq. year, CPL Zachary Baker. Coporal company. Specialist Stacey was an M1 armor Baker was 24 years old and is survived Gary Brown hailed from the small crewman with the 1st Cavalry Division by his wife Christina and seven-year- town of Nashville, AR. He was born and stationed in Fort Bliss, TX, and had re- old son Andrew, as well as his mother, raised there and attended Nashville ceived the National Defense Service father, brother, sister, and other rel- High School, where he was on the track Medal, Global War on Terrorism Serv- atives. team. He graduated in 1982 and spent a ice Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, Known affectionately to his family as year at Ouachita Baptist University. and the Army Service Ribbon. He was ‘‘Bubba,’’ Baker was serving his second During his time in Little Rock, he was posthumously appointed to the rank of tour of duty in Iraq. He was originally a member of Agape Church and was ac- corporal and awarded the Bronze Star sent to Iraq in 2005 and volunteered to tive in the church’s children’s bus min- and Purple Heart. go back after completing that tour. His istry and men’s Bible study. His twin After his graduation in Arkansas, family described him as a good Chris- brother said that everything Brown did Stacey’s mother moved to Los Chavez, tian man who thought about others be- in his life meant something to him, NM, and although he reenlisted in De- fore himself. whether it was easy or hard, and he cember for another 3-year term, he He was killed with 5 other members could always be found with a smile on talked of moving to New Mexico to be of the First Cavalry Division based out his face. near his mother once his service was of Fort Hood, TX, when a roadside To him, serving his country meant complete. A talented writer who wrote bomb exploded near the Bradley fight- something, and he served for 20 years fiction, Stacey also dreamed of going ing vehicle they were in. His team was in the National Guard. Most recently to college one day. He is survived by responding to a helicopter that Iraqi Brown was the crew chief of the Arkan- his mother and 4 sisters: Jessica insurgents shot down north of Baghdad sas National Guard’s 77th Aviation Bri- Stacey, Shaila Stacey, Lisa Close, and after 2 crew members radioed for help. gade. He pursued perfection and was Erica Close. Both crew members died in the crash. truly dedicated to his job. Just one day after Specialist Stacey I extend my deepest sympathy to his The UH–60 Black Hawk helicopter was killed, Arkansas lost another one family. My thoughts and prayers, as that First Sergeant Warren flew was of its sons when Army PFC Bruce well as those of so many Arkansans, what he called a limousine service. Salazar was killed. Salazar moved to are with you during this difficult time. They ferried others around Iraq as part Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 2003 when he STAFF SERGEANT JUSTIN ESTES of ‘‘Task Force Dragon,’’ but they be- followed his best friend Ronnie Jacques Madam President, Arkansas lost a came known as the ‘‘Catfish Air.’’ from Davis, CA, to Northwest Arkan- fine young American this past year Serving their fellow soldiers, these sas. Salazar’s father, Bruce Salazar Sr., when SSG Justin Estes of Sims was men risked their lives every day to lives in Springdale, and the younger killed while trying to assist a wounded make sure people got to and from dan- Salazar worked in Springdale while soldier near Samarra, Iraq. According gerous areas as safely as possible. completing his general equivalency de- to reports, Sergeant Estes was in the Tragically these three men’s lives gree. third vehicle of a convoy when another intertwined on January 20, 2007, when The 24-year-old joined the Army and vehicle was struck by an improvised their helicopter crashed in the area planned on being a career solider, ac- explosive device, IED. Without regard northeast of Baghdad in one of the cording to his mother and his friend. for himself, Sergeant Estes left his ve- deadliest moments of the war for our After the war, Salazar planned on help- hicle and rushed to pull an injured

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Based on soldier from the explosion. his fellow soldiers.’’ Robb’s dedication to excellence and his Sergeant Estes was remembered as a At a Memorial Day service in mechanical ingenuity it came as no fine soldier, ‘‘The Best of the Best,’’ Trumann, just 2 days after his passing, surprise that Robb served as the spe- who put others before himself. He was Mayor Sheila Walters read a proclama- cial forces engineer for his unit, Bravo serving his second tour for the 82nd tion recognizing the sacrifice of Spe- Company, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Airborne and was set to return to the cialist Smallwood. It read: ‘‘We honor Forces Group, airborne. Special forces United States after his first tour. How- all soldiers and their commitments to engineers are skilled at construction ever, he gave his slot to a fellow soldier this great country by their legacy of projects, building field fortifications, so that he could see his newborn son. patriotism and sacrifice. We honor our and using explosive demolitions. Look- Family and friends also recalled his very own Erich Smallwood for giving ing back over Robb’s life, it seems that fun-loving spirit. his life in the cause of freedom. He is his whole experience was designed to Sergeant Estes was awarded three one of the many heroes who have pro- culminate in gaining the coveted Army medals: The Bronze Star, the Purple tected and inspired us all.’’ Green Beret that is recognized the Heart, and the Combat Infantryman Madam President, Specialist world over. Badge. He is survived by his parents, Smallwood was a unique person who Green Berets are commonly called Don and Kathy Estes of Kentucky and paid the ultimate sacrifice in serving quiet professionals and referred to as a John and Diane Salyers of Sims. He his country and protecting our free- special breed of man. Robb was both also has 2 older sisters, Norma and doms. My thoughts and prayers are these things and truly lived the Green Kelli, in addition to other family. My with his fiancee, Amanda; father, Beret motto, De Oppresso Liber, To thoughts and prayers go out to the James; mother, Pamela; sister, Terah; Liberate the Oppressed. Estes family during this trying time. brother J.T., who is also currently Mr. President, I truly mourn the loss SPECIALIST ERICH SMALLWOOD serving in Iraq; and the rest of the of SGT Robb Rolfing and I extend my Madam President, it is with great Smallwood family during this trying thoughts, prayers, and best wishes to sadness that I also rise today to pay time. his family, friends, and loved ones. tribute to a Arkansan who served his SERGEANT ROBB ROLFING f country with honor, SPC Erich S. Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I Smallwood of Trumann, AR. Specialist mourn the loss and celebrate the life of MRAP Smallwood died on May 26, 2007, from Rob Rolfing. Robb died on June 30 Mr. BIDEN. Madam President, I want injuries suffered when an improvised while engaging enemy insurgents in to explain an amendment I hope to get explosive device detonated near his ve- Baghdad. He was the 23rd South Dako- adopted when we return to the Defense hicle outside of Balad, Iraq. Erich was tan to make the ultimate sacrifice in authorization bill and that I have filed a member of Company B of the 87th the war on terror. My deepest sym- today. Troop Command’s 875th Engineer Bat- pathies go out to Robb’s family, in par- Let me be very frank. This is a very talion based in Marked Tree, AR, and ticular, his mother Margie, his father expensive amendment. It is also, lit- served with the battalion’s Company A Rex, his brother TJ, and his sister Tif- erally, priceless. It makes good on this based in Jonesboro, AR. He was the fany. With Robb’s tragic death, South commitment: So long as a single Amer- first loss for the 875th during Operation Dakota has lost one of its finest sons ican soldier or marine remains in Iraq, Iraqi Freedom. we will provide him or her with the A 2002 graduate of Trumann High and the Army has lost a dedicated pro- best protection this country can pro- School, Smallwood was a beloved mem- fessional. vide. ber of his community. He was selected Robb was from Sioux Falls and grad- Let me start with the basics. There ‘‘Mr. Trumann High School’’ by his uated from O’Gorman High School in are two critical issues facing our sol- classmates and was a good athlete who 1996. His love of science and ingenuity diers and marines today: Improvised played football, baseball, and ran track was inspired by television’s MacGyver. explosive devices, or IEDs, and explo- for THS. He was also selected ‘‘Most Those who remember Robb from high sively formed penetrators, or EFPs. Involved’’ his senior year in high school like to recount how Robb was IEDs are planted in roads and on the school and was a member of Future never without duct tape or a Swiss side of roads to hit the bottom of vehi- Farmers of America and the Spanish Army knife. Another of their favorite Club. stories is how Robb rigged up a make- cles with powerful explosives. EFPs are In the days following his death, shift parachute for his graduation cap shaped charges that come into the side friends and loved one remembered so that when he threw it in the air it armor of vehicles at high speeds. Smallwood for the person he was and glided back down to the ground. We know that IEDs now cause about the examples he set. In an interview in As Robb grew it was clear that he 70 percent of all American fatalities. the Trumann Democrat, his high was a gifted scholar, athlete, leader, Since 2003, in any given month, IEDs school principal, Jim Montgomery, re- and coach. He dedicated himself to the have caused between 30 and 76 percent called that Specialist Smallwood had a pursuit of excellence in every aspect of of American fatalities. For every great sense of humor. ‘‘He liked to kid his life. He was a passionate soccer death, there are usually 2 to 10 Ameri- around, but he never got into any trou- player who excelled on and off the field cans wounded. Over the past year, we ble. . . He was always doing something at Vassar College. He finished his colle- have also seen a growing threat from to make people laugh . . . He was a giate career with a degree in Astro- EFPs. They are not yet everywhere in good student and a good person.’’ physics and was twice named the cap- Iraq, but they are spreading and they At his funeral on June 4, his brother- tain of the Vassar soccer team, scored are very lethal. in-law, Jon Redman of Jonesboro, the winning goal to advance his team The military has a strategy for deal- noted that he was an inspiration to to Vassar’s first ever national tour- ing with both. First, they seek to dis- others. ‘‘He was a special kind of per- nament, and was the team’s second all- rupt the organizations that produce son. He always had that smile on his time leader in goals, assists, and IEDs and EFPs. They go after the peo- face. . . He was the greatest brother points. Following graduation from col- ple and the supplies. Second, they at- anyone could have. He was a friend to lege, Robb coached soccer at Rollins tempt to use tactics and technology to many people and never met a stranger. College in Florida and Curry College in prevent IEDs and EFPs from being ac- He was the heart and soul of his unit.’’ Massachusetts. tivated when American personnel are Arkansas National Guard Adjutant When the United States was attacked close enough to be harmed. Third, they GEN William B. Wofford remembered on September 11, 2001, Robb pursued attempt to survive a direct hit. It is

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