[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 20 (Tuesday, March 1, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: March 1, 1994]
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                      TRIBUTE TO STEFFANY BAPTISTE

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                            HON. HERB KLEIN

                             OF NEW JERSEY

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 1, 1994

  Mr. KLEIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay special tribute to 
Steffany Baptiste, a student from Paterson, NJ. I am very proud to join 
her grandmother, Katherine Sargent, Mayor Bill Pascrell, Principal Jan 
Lucas, James Henderson, the owner of Paterson McDonald's, in honoring 
her.
  Ms. Baptiste, a junior at Eastern Christian High school, was recently 
named a national winner of McDonald's Black History Makers of Tomorrow. 
She is one of ten national finalists selected from throughout the 
United States. She was selected by demonstrating exceptional 
leadership, character, scholarship, and community service. The essay 
she wrote for the content was called ``Impact on Black History'', and 
in it she discussed a recreational and runaway center she would like to 
establish in Paterson.
  Ms. Baptiste is being honored for her other accomplishments. She is 
the president of the student council at Eastern Christian High School. 
Other achievements include freshman counseling, involvement in the YMCA 
afterschool tutoring program. In addition to also studying the clarinet 
and violin, she has maintained a 3.7 grade point average. She is also 
active at Rev. Charles McCoombs's Christ Church United Methodist.
  Ms. Baptiste would like to work at UNICEF when she is older. I am 
very proud to extend my congratulations to her as she is recognized as 
one of the top ten most promising young black leaders in the United 
States.

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