[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 103 (Thursday, June 22, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1317-E1318]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             COMMENDING THE MEMBERS OF LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY

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                            HON. KEN CALVERT

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 22, 1995
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I commend 
the members of the La Sierra University chapter of Students In Free 
Enterprise [SIFE] for winning the 1995 International Championship at 
the SIFE International Exposition in Kansas City, MO, May 19.
  The students brought back six giant trophies and $7,500 for their 
championship title and for their win in four special competitions: 
Success 200, Halt the Deficit, G.E. Foundation ``Teaching America to 
Compete,'' and Best In-Depth Education.
  This year's presentation team consists of eight students: Andy 
Wongworawat, Redlands; John-Patterson (J-P) Grant, Newbury Park; Heidi 
Serena, Long Beach; Maria Lafser, Escondido; Patria Wise, Calmesa; 
Tamara Talbot, Redlands; Steve Taggart, Colton; and [[Page E 
1318]] Ismael Valdez, Hemet. John Thomas, assistant professor of 
economics and finance and SIFE faculty sponsor, accompanied the team to 
Kansas City.
  ``The Next Generation'' was the title of La Sierra University's 
winning presentation, which summarizes the 122 projects the team 
created this year. Project highlights include the ``Find a Dollar in 
the Debt'' giant sandbox in February trip helped the community 
visualize the size of the national debt, the annual Adopt-a-Child 
Christmas Party for area Headstart children, ``Touch the World/Tech'' a 
child reading and mathematics tutoring program at a local elementary 
school, homeless shelter employment weekly seminars, a signature 
campaign to halt the deficit, SIFE collector ``Slam the Deficit'' POGs 
for elementary schoolchildren, SIFE-Net cyberspace bulletin board and 
training sessions, ``Rent-a-Brain'' consulting service for local 
businesses, SIFE ABC publication series to provide fundamental 
information on important topics to the community such as drug abuse, 
interest rates, free trade, social responsibility, and the national 
debt, Strive-On minority role modeling, and many others.
  Some 500 students from 50 college and university teams in the eight 
regions competed at the international exposition. Dow Chemical CEO and 
Chairman Frank Popoff was the keynote speaker. The 150 judges for 
competition were CEO's from Fortune 500 companies.
  Approximately 75 La Sierra University students led out in this year's 
projects, which reached some 15,000 schoolchildren and a total of about 
33,000 community people. Fifty of the projects were new this year, 
while more than 70 were continued from previous years.
  The La Sierra University SIFE team swept the western regional 
competition April 10 in San Francisco, winning the Success 2000 Award 
and the Halt the Deficit Award, along with the Regional Finalist Award. 
They came home with three regional trophies and $3,500 cash from that 
competition, and a chance to compete at the international exposition.
  The students of the La Sierra University SIFE team have made their 
community and their Congressman proud. It is truly an honor to 
represent such fine individuals and I give them the highest 
compliments. They deserve it.


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