Doug Ose: “I rise today in honor of Amanda K. Edwards. I rise today to honor her life as a constituent and as a friend of mine. Ms.…”

“I rise today in honor of Amanda K. Edwards. I rise today to honor her life as a constituent and as a friend of mine. Ms. Amanda K. Edwards passed away on Tuesday of this week, and I seek to commemorate her life and service to our community. Her life was cut short, as I said, on Tuesday at the age of 18. My sympathies are with her family and friends during this difficult time. She was an extraordinary young woman with a very bright future ahead of her. Amanda was a recent graduate of Maxwell High School, where she was a member of the California Scholarship Federation. She had been accepted at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and planned to major in ranch management. In addition to her scholastic achievements, Amanda was a rodeo queen of the Maxwell Rodeo and Stonyford Rodeo 2002. She was a member of the Future Farmers of America and the 4-H Club. Frankly, her list of accomplishments is quite impressive, but it really does not capture her true spirit. I had the pleasure of knowing Amanda. We competed together at the Colusa Western Days and together we won the Team Penning competition. It was her energy and enthusiasm that led us to victory two years in a row. She was dedicated, hard-working, but, more importantly, she was a good person, and we have too few of those.”