[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 81 (Thursday, June 23, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 23, 1994]
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                        COMMENDING FIRST-GRADERS

 Mr. DURENBERGER. Mr. President, one of the most enjoyable 
aspects of my 16 years of service in the U.S. Senate has been the 
opportunity which it affords to recognize outstanding Minnesotans. This 
past Friday, one such group of first-graders representing Christ the 
King-St. Thomas the Apostle School was recognized for its achievements 
by being named a finalist for the 1994 Toshiba-NSTA ExploraVision 
Awards.
  This competition, sponsored by Toshiba Corp. and administrated by the 
National Science Teachers Association, is designed to foster science 
learning. It challenges teams of students from across the United States 
and Canada to select a technology which currently exists and envision 
what it will look like 20 years in the future.
  The technology which the students visualized was entitled ``Smart 
Eyeglasses,'' and consisted of voice-activated eyeglasses that solve 
math problems before your very eyes, on the inside of your lenses. It 
is innovative thinking such as this which will assist these gifted 
young people in leading our Nation into the 21st century.
  I hope my colleagues will join me in offering congratulations to the 
following gifted students who have shown us the power of the human 
mind: Jessica Friedlander, Rebecca Heistad, Zachary Morris, Bryn 
Thompson, and instructor J. Diane Wielinski.

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