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tragedy into triumph. She has emerged with 

strength, determination and an optimistic view 

for her future. She continues to inspire those 

who have been privileged to meet and know 

her. I look forward to her future achievements. 

Johanna Orozco is a heroin among us, and 

our community will continue to support her as 

she recovers. 

Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join 

me in honor and gratitude of Johanna Orozco, 

whose remarkable story and activism will forever have an impact on our community. May 

her courage continue to serve as an inspiration for us all. 

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HONORING LEE ANGELICH 

HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, I rise 

today, along with Congressman COSTA, to 

congratulate Lee Angelich upon his induction 

into the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame. Mr. 

Angelich will be honored at the 50th anniversary enshrinement dinner of the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame on Thursday, November 6, 

2008. 

Lee Angelich, the youngest of five boys, 

was born to a Serbian immigrant family and 

starred in track and field in high school and 

college. Mr. Angelich qualified for the State 

Finals his senior year at Shasta High School. 

In his two years at Sacramento Junior College, he led the Panthers to league and state 

titles and in 1941 he led them to a national 

title. Mr. Angelich placed second in the 120 

high hurdles and fifth in the high jump at the 

national meet. He then went on to the University of California, where in 1943 he won Pacific Coast Conference titles in the 120 high 

and the 220 low hurdles, and finished fifth and 

sixth respectively in the same events at the 

NCAA Championships. In 1943, Mr. Angelich 

joined the Navy and served as an officer on 

the U.S.S. Rixey in the Pacific. After the war, 

he enrolled at California State University Fresno and placed third in the West Coast Relays 

in the 120 high hurdles. 

After completing his education Mr. Angelich 

began coaching. As a coach he stressed fundamentals, defense and teamwork. He guided 

boys’ teams at Kerman High, Porterville High 

and Fresno High to eight league championships and an overall record of 255–76 from 

1947 to 1963. His Kerman team won the Central Section small schools championship, and 

his Fresno High teams won forty-eight straight 

games at home, second best in section history. Under Mr. Angelich, Fresno High won 

four consecutive North Yosemite League titles 

(1957–1960). He is one of the rare coaches to 

win central Section titles in two different 

sports, as Fresno High captured the boys’ 

track-and-field championship in 1957. He became one of the winningest high school basketball coaches in central section history. Additionally, after turning down a chance to 

coach Greece’s national men’s basketball 

team in 1959, he organized and coached the 

Libyan national team that participated in the 

North African Games in 1961. 

Madam Speaker, we rise today to commend 

and congratulate Lee Angelich upon his 

achievements and induction into the Fresno 

Athletic Hall of Fame. I invite my colleagues to 

join me in wishing Mr. Angelich congratulations on his many accomplishments. 

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HONORING AMANDA SCOTT 

HON. JIM COSTA 

OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

Mr. COSTA. Madam Speaker, I rise today, 

along with Congressman RADANOVICH, to congratulate Amanda Scott upon her induction 

into the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame. Ms. 

Scott will be honored at the 50th anniversary 

enshrinement dinner at the Fresno Athletic 

Hall of Fame on Thursday, November 6, 2008. 

Amanda Scott was born and raised in Clovis, California and graduated from Clovis High 

School. She went on to attend California State 

University, Fresno where she pitched for the 

Lady Bulldogs. In the championship game of 

the 1998 National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA, Softball World Series, Ms. Scott 

pitched a near perfect game against top-seeded Arizona in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She 

led her team to a 1–0 victory over Arizona. 

She pitched seven innings, allowing three hits 

and she had six strike outs. At bat, she was 

three for three. The Bulldogs had captured 

their first NCAA Division 1 team championship 

in school history. 

Ms. Scott’s accolades do not stop there. 

She was the first four-time first-team All-American for CSU Fresno, she was named number 

two among CSU Fresno’s ‘‘Greatest Athletes 

of the Twentieth Century’’, two-time Academic 

All-American, two-time Western Athletic Conference Female Athlete of the Year, member 

of the NCAA’s twenty-fifth anniversary team, 

winner of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship 

and was named ‘‘Most Valuable Player’’ of the 

1998 Softball World Series. 

Upon graduating from CSU Fresno she was 

the school’s career leader in strikeouts (851), 

saves (110), Runs Batted In (212) and pitching appearances (155). Her career win-loss 

record is 106–18 and her batting average was 

.303 with thirty-one home runs. Her records 

are amazing, and her career continued to 

grow. Amanda Scott was at her best in the 

clutch when she was pitted against the best 

the sport had to offer; her face was a picture 

of resolve whether pitching or batting. She 

was a member of the 1998 U.S. team that 

won the World Championship and was an alternate on the gold-medal winning 2000 U.S. 

Olympic team. Ms. Scott starred in the National Pro Fastpitch league, and was named 

the ‘‘World Series Most Valuable Player’’ for 

the 2004 champion, the New York Juggernaut. 

Today, she is an assistant softball coach at 

the University of Illinois-Chicago and a television sports commentator. 

Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend 

and congratulate Amanda Scott upon her 

achievements. I invite my colleagues to join 

me in wishing Ms. Scott many years of continued success. 

TRIBUTE TO DR. JAMES 

CRAWFORD 

HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY OF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York. Madam 

Speaker, I rise today to recognize a talented 

pathologist, professor, and author, Dr. James 

Crawford. Dr. Crawford recently moved to 

Long Island, New York to serve as the Chair 

of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Long Island Jewish Hospital. 

His commitment to advocating for quality 

health care and the study of pathology deserves commendation. 

Dr. Crawford will be stepping down at the 

end of December as Chair of the College of 

American Pathologists’ Political Action Committee. Pathologists are laboratory physicians 

that play a key role in health care by diagnosing and characterizing diseases through 

examination of biopsies or bodily fluids. 

Prior to accepting his new position at Long 

Island Jewish Hospital, Dr. Crawford served 

as Chair of the Pathology Department at the 

University of Florida, College of Medicine. A 

talented pathology professor, he has served 

as a faculty member at Brigham and Women’s 

Hospital, Harvard Medical School, as well as 

the Yale University School of Medicine. 

Dr. Crawford is a world expert in hepatic pathology and pathobiology who has served as 

the Senior Editor of three books, as well as 

authored over 170 original articles and book 

chapters. Dr. Crawford has also been an active supporter of early cancer screening tests, 

especially Pap tests. Through the years, Pap 

examinations have proven to be the most effective screening test for early detection of 

cervical cancer in women. 

Dr. Crawford received his medical degree 

and PhD from Duke University. After completing medical school, he completed his Pathology Residency and Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, as well as a Fellowship in 

Hepatopathology at the Royal Free Hospital in 

London. 

Although he will be stepping down as Chair 

of the College of American Pathologist’s Political Action Committee, Dr. Crawford will continue to be a strong voice for promoting quality 

health care in his new position at Long Island 

Jewish Hospital. I urge my colleagues to join 

me in recognizing this outstanding physician, 

professor, and author for his strong commitment to pathology and patient care. 

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IN RECOGNITION OF MAYOR 

HEATHER FARGO 

HON. DORIS O. MATSUI OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

Ms. MATSUI. Madam Speaker, I rise today 

to honor Heather Fargo’s twenty years of service to the people of Sacramento as mayor, 

council member, and community activist. On 

November 20th, Mayor Fargo, family and 

friends will gather to recognize her outstanding 

work, and I ask all my colleagues to join me 

in honoring one of Sacramento’s finest leaders. 


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