March 2, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E271 HONORING SERLIN’S CAFE´ ON THE getting reconnected and I wish John and San- U.S.A. in 2005. The Wall Street Journal listed OCCASION OF ITS 60TH ANNIVER- dra all the happiness possible in the remaining it on its Shareholder Return Honor Roll in both SARY years they share together. 2003 and 2004. PACCAR was designated the f #1 International Company by the Stevie HON. BETTY McCOLLUM Awards in 2003 and #1 in Enterprise Manage- BELLEVUE COMPANY, PACCAR, ment by Computerworld in 2004. OF MINNESOTA RECEIVED NATION’S HIGHEST IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I wish PACCAR well as they begin their HONOR FOR INNOVATION AND next hundred years of innovation and inven- Thursday, March 2, 2006 TECHNOLOGY tion. PACCAR is a company that knows what Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota. Mr. Speak- it takes to succeed, and also to make this er, I rise today to honor the 60th anniversary HON. DAVID G. REICHERT world better. I am honored to stand here today of Serlin’s Cafe´, located in St. Paul, Min- OF WASHINGTON commending their achievements, and I am nesota. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eager to see what they do next. Congratula- Tucked along Payne Avenue on St. Paul’s Thursday, March 2, 2006 tions to everyone on the PACCAR team. This East Side, Serlin’s Cafe´ is more than just a medal is an acknowledgment of all that you restaurant that serves incredible food. It is a Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in have done and worked for and a belief that neighborhood gathering place for many resi- praise of PACCAR, Inc., a Bellevue, Wash- your best work is yet to come. ington company that recently received the Na- dents of St. Paul’s East Side. Serlin’s is a St. f Paul landmark. tional Medal of Technology from the President Serlin’s Cafe´ first opened its doors for busi- of the United States. Today PACCAR cele- REMEMBERING CALVIN RICHIE OF ness on February 1, 1946—less than a year brates the National Medal of Technology and FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA after the end of World War II. When Irv Serlin last year PACCAR celebrated its 100th year. passed away in 1994, his legacy continued. It’s not often a company can top the kind of HON. FRANK R. WOLF His step sons, Al and Gary Halvorsen, along year that 2005 was for PACCAR, but some- OF VIRGINIA how they’ve managed to, and in only two with their mother Doris Serlin-Johnson now IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES own the restaurant. They continue the same months. Thursday, March 2, 2006 great tradition of great food and outstanding I was proud to witness our President bestow service. The Halvorsens make meat loaf like the highest honor in technology and innovation Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor for how you remembered it whiling growing up, upon PACCAR, ‘‘For [their] pioneering efforts Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia and me to re- and the very best pies from scratch. The staff and industry leadership in the development member Calvin L. ‘‘Boots’’ Richie, a farmer knows their customers by name. Serlin’s un- and commercialization of aerodynamic, light- and activist deeply committed to agriculture beatable service and friendly atmosphere has weight trucks that have dramatically reduced and his fellow farmers in Fauquier County, Vir- made local residents—myself included—come fuel consumption and increased the produc- ginia, who passed away on February 26. back time and time again to Serlin’s Cafe´. tivity of U.S. freight transportation.’’ Selected by the Fauquier Times-Democrat Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring Washington’s eighth Congressional District as ‘‘Citizen of the Year’’ in 1994, Boots will be Serlin’s Cafe´ for its 60 years of East Side hos- is home to many companies that are industry remembered for his countless accomplish- pitality. I commend the Halvorsens for con- leaders, and I am so pleased to see one rec- ments, including co-founding People Helping tinuing their great service and remaining com- ognized at this level. PACCAR makes me People of Fauquier County, Inc., a local char- mitted to the residents of St. Paul. proud, the State of Washington proud and the ity offering immediate help to residents of Fau- f United States of America proud. As it has quier struggling against natural disaster, ill- moved forward in its quest to increase produc- ness, or sudden financial hardship. HONORING JUSTICE SANDRA DAY tivity and reduce fuel consumption, PACCAR We insert for the RECORD a Fauquier Times- O’CONNOR has embodied the spirit of innovation that has Democrat obituary from February 28. A Fau- put America on the forefront of science and quier native, Boots will be deeply missed by SPEECH OF technology for most of the previous century. the people of the county, and at home by his HON. JIM KOLBE Before the introduction of the Kenworth family. OF ARIZONA T600 model in 1985, the term ‘‘aerodynamic [From the Fauquier Times-Democrat, Feb. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES truck’’ would be considered an oxymoron. 28, 2006] Today the legacy and influence of the T600 is Wednesday, March 1, 2006 ‘‘BOOTS’’ SUCCUMBS TO CANCER; SOUTHERN apparent in the design of virtually every make FAUQUIER FARMER WAS OUTSPOKEN ADVO- Mr. KOLBE. Mr. Speaker, the legacy of of truck on the highway. The benefit to the CATE FOR AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION Sandra Day O’Connor will last long after her truck buyer, the consumer, the economy, and Calvin L. ‘‘Boots’’ Ritchie, of Bealeton, one distinguished service on the Supreme Court. the environment has been a dramatic reduc- of Fauquier County’s leading citizens for the Not only does she have the distinction of tion in fuel consumption, reduced CO2 emis- past two decades and an active force behind being the first woman to serve on the court, sions, improved highway safety through reduc- a home-grown charitable organization, died but for more than twenty years she has helped tions in splash and spray, and lower cost of at home on Feb. 27 after a long and valiant to shape the legal landscape of this country delivery for the goods that help fuel our Na- fight against cancer. He was 78. A native son of Fauquier, Mr. Ritchie was with her thoughtful, carefully crafted decisions tion’s economy. born June 17, 1927 at Inglewood Farm, where and her votes which have put her firmly in the While much of the industry pondered the he died. center of American jurisprudence—exactly feasibility of ever breaking the 10-mile-per-gal- He earned his unique nickname as a child, where the American people find themselves. lon barrier with a heavy-duty truck, Kenworth when he did his chores around the farm I have a special affection for Sandra Day and Peterbilt both achieved that goal with their ‘‘wearing an adult-sized pair of gumboots O’Connor because we share so much in our most aerodynamic and fuel-efficient tractor- that reached to his hips,’’ recalled his sister, background. We both grew up on a cattle trailer combinations in real-world, cross-coun- Hazel Bell, in a 1994 interview. ‘‘He was ranch in southern Arizona. We both attended try tests. Achieving significant improvements in about 5 or 6 years old, and the name stuck.’’ He spent his entire life working in agri- Stanford University. We both served in the Ari- fuel economy was not without market risk and culture, first on the family farm and later, zona Senate. When she served on the bench required changing what a heavy-duty ‘‘conven- while engaged in custom farming. In the in Arizona and I served as chairman of the Ju- tional’’ truck was supposed to look like. Initial mid-1970s, he founded the Fauquier Grain diciary Committee in the Senate, we both misgivings about what some perceived as rad- Company. toiled through a two year process of reforming ical styling departures, were soon muted as Mr. Ritchie came to the general public’s the criminal code in our state. customers realized the economic benefits of attention in 1978, when he was involved in Wherever and however our paths have the new designs. the American Agriculture Movement. crossed, I always admired her achievements, In the last 5 years alone, PACCAR has The AAM sought 100 percent parity for farm products, and made their point by stag- her wit and her wisdom. been widely praised. PACCAR was named ing a memorable ‘‘Tractorcade’’ demonstra- On a personal level, I have known Justice one of the Top 50 Companies by Business tion that passed through Fauquier into O’Connor and her husband for many years Week magazine in 1999, 2000 and 2004 and Washington, D.C. and have admired their wonderful relationship Industry Week magazine named it one of the ‘‘Our main agricultural export is grain, and their family. I know they look forward to Top 50 Manufacturing Companies in the which is priced lower now than it was five VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:39 Mar 03, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A02MR8.069 E02MRPT1 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REMARKS E272 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 2, 2006 years ago,’’ wrote Mr. Ritchie in a 1979 col- Funeral services and interment will be pri- CONGRATULATIONS TO umn in the Democrat. ‘‘No other industry vate. A public memorial service will be held CHRISTOPHER HOUSE OF CHICAGO could stay in business under these cir- on Saturday, March 4 at 2 p.m. at the Lib- cumstances, and farmers cannot be expected erty High School auditorium.