[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 108 (Thursday, June 29, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9345-S9346]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 SHEILA BICKLE--MYTH BUSTER OF THE YEAR

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to Sheila 
Bickle of 

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Ismay, MT. Mrs. Bickle was recently honored as the myth buster of the 
year by the Research, Education, and Endowment Foundation of the 
Montana Stockgrowers Association.
  Mr. President you might ask, ``what is a myth buster?'' Well Mr. 
President, a myth buster is a person, a volunteer, who promotes the 
beef industry in Montana. During this time, a year in which Congress 
must write a new farm bill, thank goodness we have people out there who 
not only know and understand agriculture, but are willing to educate 
others about its importance. I should mention however, that this is 
Sheila's second job. Sheila and her husband Bill raise cattle near 
Ismay, MT.
  Mrs. Bickle was instrumental in getting a science video produced with 
beef checkoff dollars into the fall catalog of CTN educational TV 
network, used by 106 San Francisco Bay area schools.
  Mrs. Bickle also was the motivation behind a recent project by the 
Montana Cattle Women designed to educate third graders about beef 
nutrition.
  Every time we educate our urban citizens about agriculture, we have 
helped bring the country closer together. When a person volunteers to 
help educate our children, like Sheila, our country and society is 
better for it.
  Thank you Shelia, thank you for being a myth buster, for helping 
promote agriculture in our home State and in one of our largest urban 
areas. I wish we had some myth busters here in Washington to enlighten 
some of the press about what a great job our farmers and ranchers are 
doing for not only America but the world.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor.
  

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