Portrait of Congressman Mike Ross
Representing the 4th District of Arkansas
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Volume 5, Issue 1,
April 25, 2003
Weekly Newsletter
 
 
MIKE'S WEEKLY MESSAGE
 
April District Work Period
 
"This week I had the opportunity to travel throughout our Congressional District and visit with many of you at public meetings and ceremonies, and got the chance to sit down with a few of you as I held office hours in county courthouses.  I always enjoy meeting with as many of you as I can, and learning your opinions on issues before Congress and in your hometowns. 

"I attended a particular set of meetings that I found eye opening and heartwarming – I met with elementary school students to talk about Iraq. 

"Last week I had the powerful experience of visiting our dedicated soldiers who were wounded while fighting in Iraq at Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany.  I was not alone in that visit – students from across our district, places like El Dorado, Strong, Pine Bluff, Hot Springs, and Prescott, armed me with more than five hundred home made get-well cards to help me thank our men and women in uniform for their service and their sacrifice.   I can’t tell you how proud they were to have been part of freeing the Iraqi people, and how appreciative they were of the support from Arkansans.

"They made me promise to go back home and thank our students for brightening their hospital stay and helping to lift their spirits.  This week, I was able to visit with some of the students who made the cards, and they were full of questions about this war.  The students wanted to know how the soldiers got hurt, if they were going to return to their families soon, if the soldiers were scared, and they wanted to know if our soldiers won the war.

"I told them that our soldiers fought hard to protect America from Saddam Hussein and to free the Iraqi people, and that as long as we were proud of our soldiers for what they did, that yes, they did win the war – for us and for the people of Iraq."

Photo:  Mike Ross shows a third grade student at Prescott Elementary just how far her get-well card traveled.
 

 
Ross Statement Upon his Return from Germany
 
PRESCOTT – Fourth District Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) Monday  issued the following statement upon his return from Germany, where he visited soldiers wounded in Iraq at the Landstuhl Medical Center, the first stop where wounded soldiers are brought for care:

“As I visited the injured American soldiers at Landstuhl Military Hospital in Germany, I was constantly reminded of the huge sacrifices our soldiers have made in liberating Iraq, as well as the many sacrifices that have been made by veterans who have fought in wars before them to protect our homeland and keep us free.  The spirits of the injured U.S. soldiers were high and they were proud to have been a part of freeing the Iraqi people.  They were especially pleased to receive the get-well cards that were made by elementary school students in our congressional district.  I told the injured soldiers that this was just a small example of the support the American people have been giving them.  I told them we were truly grateful for their service to our great country and for fighting this war in the name of freedom.”

Students at Lake Hamilton Elementary in Hot Springs, Coleman Elementary and Watson Chapel Elementary in Pine Bluff, Prescott Elementary, Southside Elementary in El Dorado, and Gardner Elementary in Strong made more than 500 get-well cards for the soldiers. 

Ross will visit the schools this week to personally thank the students for their thoughtful cards, and to tell them about his experience with the soldiers.

Photo:  Ross greets a wounded soldier during his visit to Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany, and cheers him up with a home made get-well card from a student in the Fourth District.  Students at Lake Hamilton Elementary in Hot Springs, Coleman Elementary and Watson Chapel Elementary in Pine Bluff, Prescott Elementary, Southside Elementary in El Dorado, and Gardner Strong Elementary in Strong made more than 500 get-well cards for the soldiers. 
 

Photo of the Week
Getting Down to their Level
 
Mike Ross sits with third graders at Prescott Elementary School to tell them about meeting wounded soldiers at Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany.  Ross spoke with the students and answered their questions about Operation Iraqi Freedom.  The visit to Prescott Elementary was one of many stops Congressman Ross made this week as he thanked students across the Fourth Congressional District who made get-well cards for the wounded soldiers. 
 
 
Please Contact Mike at 
1-800-223-2220 or 
mike.ross@mail.house.gov
 
 
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   El Dorado: 870-881-0681  |  Prescott: 870-887-6787 


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