E2320 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks November 20, 2008 

I would be pleased to speak with you about 

the SAFE Commission plan, and I wish you 

Godspeed as you begin your presidency. 

Sincerely, 

FRANK R. WOLF, 

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Member of Congress. 

EARMARK DECLARATION 

HON. DAVID DAVIS OF TENNESSEE

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, November 20, 2008 

Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee. Madam 

Speaker, pursuant to the Republican leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting 

the following information for publication in the 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD regarding earmarks I 

received as part of H.R. 2638, the ‘‘Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act of 2008.’’ 

The following project I requested was included in the legislation considered on the 

floor of the House: 

Bill Number: H.R. 2638. 

Account: Research Development Defense 

Wide, Industrial Preparedness. 

Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Seaman 

Corporation. 

Address of Requesting Entity: 1000 Venture 

Boulevard, Wooster, OH 44691. 

Description of Request: I received an earmark in the amount of $1,600,000 to continue 

a research and development project to develop a more reliable collapsible storage tank 

that will be utilized by our military for fuel and 

water distribution. Research and development 

will occur in Seaman facilities in Ohio and in 

Bristol, TN. 

In recent years, the tanks being used by our 

military have consistently underperformed, and 

the Defense Logistics Agency is working with 

Seaman to develop fabrication technologies 

that will improve the performance capabilities 

of the tanks being produced. The money appropriated for this project will be utilized by: 

(1) identifying the manufacturing processes to 

ensure long-term performance that meets and/ 

or exceeds current military application requirements, (2) establishing quality assurance procedures to ensure extended life performance 

dependability, and (3) providing field validation 

testing. 

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IN RECOGNITION OF JEFFERSON 

UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 

TRUSTEE JEAN BRINK 

HON. JACKIE SPEIER OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, November 20, 2008 

Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, an era is 

coming to an end in the Jefferson Union High 

School District. Jean Brink, first elected in 

1988, is retiring as a Trustee after 20 years of 

productive and selfless service. 

Like so many in public service, Jean first got 

involved as an active and concerned parent. 

Her two children, Adam and Laura, attended 

the District’s Oceana High School, where Jean 

quickly became as well-known as her son and 

daughter. 

In five straight elections, the voters of the 

Jefferson Union High School District returned 

Jean to office, relying on her level head, passionate commitment to education and keen 

understanding of the School District’s greater 

role in the community. 

Madam Speaker, Jean is the kind of public 

servant that we could all take a lesson from. 

While overseeing the modernization of district 

schools and facilities and working for the passage of two bond measures, Jean remained 

vigilant against waste and abuse and always 

kept a watchful eye on the taxpayers’ hardearned money. 

Jean Brink earned the title ‘‘Trustee’’ because ‘‘trust’’ is what Jean is all about. As a 

board member, she guided the District through 

difficult economic times while always making 

sure that the needs of students were foremost 

on the minds of administrators. While committed to the basics, she understood that high 

school is one of the last times that many students have a chance to participate in artistic 

endeavors. She has been a strong supporter 

of art, music and drama programs, not just by 

providing financial and administrative support, 

but by attending nearly every band concert, 

school play and art show produced in the district for the last 20 years. Madam Speaker, a 

generation of students benefitted from Jean 

Brink’s service. We will miss her, but she has 

certainly earned her retirement. Jean can now 

spend more time on her other interests, including swimming and volunteering for such 

worthwhile projects as the Oceana Natatorium’s ceramic mural and the Pacifica School 

Volunteers. 

We all know how much time public office 

takes away from one’s family. I want to thank 

Jean’s supportive husband, John Brink for 

loaning his talented and remarkable wife to 

the community. Son and daughter-in-law John 

and Kristin Brink and daughter and son-in-law 

Laura and Doug Ritenour will, no doubt, love 

having more time with Jean, but I have a feeling the person who will benefit most from 

Jean’s newfound free time is her precious and 

adorable granddaughter, Serena Ritenour. 

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HONORING JUNE W. BUTTERFIELD 

HON. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO OF WEST VIRGINIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, November 20, 2008 

Mrs. CAPITO. Madam Speaker, I rise today 

to honor June W. Butterfield, who is the recipient of the 2008 Experience Works Prime Time 

Award for Outstanding Older Workers. 

Experience Works strives to improve the 

lives of older people through employment and 

community service. 2008 marks the eleventh 

year Experience Works is leading this national, yearlong initiative that recognizes remarkable individuals 65 and older who continue to make valuable contributions in the 

workplace. 

This year’s recipient from the state of West 

Virginia is June W. Butterfield, an office manager for the West Virginia Board of Risk and 

Insurance Management in Charleston. Working since she was 18, June started in the private sector but has been a government employee in one form or another for the past 38 

years. The constant challenges and opportunities to become more efficient are what keep 

June so motivated. Her co-workers recognize 

this effort and praise her positive attitude in 

the office. A former competitive runner, June 

is a big advocate of staying healthy and encourages her colleagues to stay fit. She encourages all older people to keep working, 

saying ‘‘it keeps you young.’’ 

It is an honor to represent this outstanding 

woman who serves as a strong leader and excellent role model for older women in her community. Congratulations to June W. Butterfield 

as the recipient of the 2008 Experience Works 

Prime Time Award for Outstanding Older 

Workers. 

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HONORING THE LIFE OF DARWIN 

WIEKAMP OF MISHAWAKA, INDIANA 

HON. JOE DONNELLY OF INDIANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, November 20, 2008 

Mr. DONNELLY. Madam Speaker, today I 

rise to honor the life of Darwin Wiekamp, a 

hard-working businessman and lifelong community philanthropist. Mr. Wiekamp died at his 

home in Mishawaka, Indiana on the morning 

of November 13, 2008 at the age of 94. 

In 1936, 22-year old Wiekamp married his 

wife of 72 years, Dorothy. His business career 

as an area banker began a few years later in 

1945, when he and a friend founded the Owners Discount Corporation in Elkhart, Indiana 

with a vision to serve customers who were ignored by other banks. Their corporation specialized in small loans for cars and new businesses. 

For the next several years, Wiekamp implemented aggressive lending programs to his 

less fortunate community members, and in 

1966 Owners Discount purchased West End 

State Bank of Mishawaka. Wiekamp’s bank 

continued to grow enormously, changing 

names several times, until it finally became 

National City Bank. By the time Wiekamp retired, his initial $64,000 capital had turned into 

a financial corporation that today is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. His ceaseless hard 

work, willingness to take risks, and dedication 

to serving his community are qualities that 

every businessman should strive to emulate. 

As a philanthropist in our community, 

Wiekamp led campaigns to raise money for 

public television, St. Joseph Hospital, and the 

South Bend Center for the Homeless. His financial generosity also helped support 

healthcare and the arts in the form of the 

Schwartz-Weikamp Clinic in Mishawaka and 

an auditorium at the Center for History. With 

the help of nine other community businessmen, Wiekamp also organized and founded 

Mishawaka Futures Industrial Park, which 

today is home to twenty small businesses and 

hundreds of jobs. 

Friends and fellow businessmen remember 

Wiekamp as ‘‘enormously generous in the 

community,’’ ‘‘a great guy with a good sense 

of humor,’’ and a ‘‘tough competitor and good 

golfer.’’ But what Wiekamp will be most remembered for is his commitment to educational causes and community development. 

He and Dorothy helped fund Wiekamp Hall at 

Indiana University South Bend, the primary 

classroom building on campus, housing five 

computer labs, a language lab, sixteen classrooms, faculty and administrative offices, and 

a 150-seat lecture hall. They also helped finance the IUSB art gallery and more than thirty scholarships for students at the school. 


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