[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 66 (Monday, May 13, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4980-S4981]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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    INDIANA WINNERS OF THE 1995-96 EIGHTH GRADE YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST

 Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate a group 
of young Indiana students who have shown great educative achievement. I 
would like to bring to the attention of my colleagues the winners of 
the 1995-96 Eighth Grade Youth Essay Contest, which I sponsor in 
association with the Indiana Farm Bureau and Bank One of Indianapolis. 
These students have displayed strong writing abilities and have proven 
themselves to be outstanding young Hoosier scholars. I submit their 
names for the Congressional Record because they demonstrate the 
capabilities of today's students and are fine representatives of our 
Nation.
  This year, Hoosier students wrote on the theme, ``Farming for the 
Future.'' Students were encouraged to consider and creatively express 
what future they envision for Indiana agriculture. I submit for the 
Record the winning essays of Kimberly Bogue of Howard County and Brent 
M. Frey of Carroll County. As State winners of the Youth Essay Contest, 
these two outstanding students were recognized on Friday, May 10, 1996, 
during a visit to our Nation's Capital.
  The essays follow:

                         Farming for the Future

                   (By Kimberly Bogue, Howard County)

       I woke up to the sound of the robotic maid at my door. When 
     I let her in, she gave me my breakfast. After I ate, I got 
     dressed and went outside. I sat in my tree condo and just 
     started thinking how different the farm is now from what it 
     has been over the last fifty years. . .
       Then, they had families working on their own farms. Next, 
     25 years ago, they had corporations. That was a failure. They 
     had big factories and people worked at minimum wages. Now, we 
     are back to family farms. I know Dad likes it better.
       Ever since Purdue pioneered the genetic engineering of 
     seed, plants have been growing a lot better. Now they are 
     more resistant to diseases and stress factors. The new oil 
     plant is a big accomplishment. Now we don't have to buy oil 
     from other countries. Instead, we can grow it in Indiana. 
     This new plant is one of our main crops, along with corn and 
     soybeans.
       Fifty years ago, there were rolling hills in the country. 
     Now the towns are expanding into each other. The houses are 
     packed tight, along with mega-malls and office buildings. 
     There are fewer farms, but more products per acre are 
     produced than were fifty years ago.
       Recently, we bought the perfect cow. It was an exact 
     replica of a cow from my grandparents' day, but this one was 
     cloned. Now, cloning is common since Purdue discovered the 
     safe way to clone animals. . .
       Just then, I saw a fire in the field. A neighbor's EHM 
     (electronic harvest machine) was burning. Suddenly, there 
     were neighbors all around helping. I'm glad that's something 
     that hasn't changed. When a neighbor is in trouble, we still 
     all go together and do what we can to help. I hope it will 
     always be that way.
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                         Farming for the Future

                   (By Brent M. Frey, Carroll County)

       The year is 2045. Imagine going to work at your 50 acre 
     self-contained climate controlled field of corn. You set the 
     temperature at a warm 70 degrees, perfect for your newest 
     variety of geneticly engineered high oil corn. This corn oil 
     will be used for gasoline and biodegradable plastics. 
     Tomorrow's weather will be programmed to be a humid 78 
     degrees with an inch of light rainfall.
       As the 90 day perfect growing season is coming to an end we 
     are getting ready to begin harvesting, with our computer 
     controlled hovering combine. It reduces compaction by 
     floating above the corn and using a suction device to pull 
     the corn up into the combine. The corn is sent straight to 
     the elevator where it is processed into plastic and shipped 
     out the same day. Next, you replant your field with high-
     protein soybeans to be used for human and animal consumption.
       Later that day you go to your off-site farrowing hog 
     building to do chores. You walk in and at the press of a 
     button the sows are fed. You do this in all 150 farrowing 
     barns. This is not uncommon because the smallest hog 
     operation around has more than one 175,000 sows. Today you 
     are selling pigs. You drive the pigs straight out of the 
     finishing building into your own personal consumer packing 
     plant. The pigs are killed and packaged within one hour of 
     arrival reducing the risk of contamination.
       Fifty years ago in 1995 we never would have imagined the 
     technological advances we have made.


                        1995-96 District Winners

       District 1: Lyndsey Hazen, Bill Bohling.

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       District 2: Jessica Monique Lieffring, Andy Rummel.
       District 3: Rachel Carlson, Brent M. Frey.
       District 4: Kimberly Bogue, Paul Vaughn.
       District 5: Beth Rhodes, Jim Champlin.
       District 6: Sarah Prange, Tom Nicholson.
       District 7: Betsy Ann Villwock, Robert Morris.
       District 8: Gillian Robertson, David M. Kuhns.
       District 9: Jenny Gogel, Brent D. Williams.
       District 10: Corinne Beiersdorfer, Mack Dyer.


                         1995-96 County Winners

       Allen: Angie Mann, Matthew Hallien.
       Bartholomew: Gillian Robertson, David M. Kuhns.
       Boone: Mary Gibbs, Sean Strawmyer.
       Carroll: Brent Frey.
       Cass: Rachel Carlson, Matthew Blume.
       Clay: Braiden Jackson, Robert Morris.
       Dearborn: Corinne Beiersdorfer, Michael Heffelmire.
       Decatur: Leah Nahmias, Jesse Abell.
       Delaware: Kindra Harvey, Hans Buckey.
       Dubois: Jenny Gogel, Alvin Boeglin.
       Elkhart: Andy Rummel.
       Fayette: Kate Muggleworth, Leighton Wood.
       Franklin: Andrea Meyer.
       Fulton: Lyndsey Hazen.
       Gibson: John Kiefer.
       Greene: Jacob Pirtle.
       Hamilton: Tom Nicholson.
       Hancock: Sarah Prange.
       Howard: Kimberly Bogue.
       Huntington: Sara Beaver.
       Jackson: Jamie Lambring, Justin Steward.
       Jay: Martina Caldwell, Paul Vaughn.
       Jefferson: Erin B. Geyman, John Adam Hoffman.
       Knox: Betsy Ann Villwock, Drew Hecht.
       Kosciusko: Jessica Monique Lieffring, Kurt Kammerer.
       Lake: Becky Cochran, Peter Felus.
       LaPorte: Amanda Yeakey, Chris Smith.
       Madison: Christy McDermit, Billy Kessinger.
       Marion: April Grant, Michael O'Keefe.
       Marshall: Emely Ryan, Wesley Myers.
       Montgomery: Beth Rhodes, Jacob Brown.
       Morgan: Jim Champlin.
       Newton: Lea Stoller, Justin Pruitt.
       Noble: Jillian Bolen, Justin Bradley.
       Pike: Jennifer Lloyd.
       Porter: Beth Doshan, Bill Bohling.
       Posey: Laura DeShields, Brian Clem.
       Rush: Marla Lynn Bacon, Jeremy Waits.
       St. Joseph: Dawn Nagy, Neil Herceg.
       Scott: Jessamine Cutshall.
       Spencer: Stacy Kern, Nick Frey.
       Starke: Regina Yost, Kenton Altman.
       Switzerland: Jessica McCord, Mack Dyer.
       Vanderburgh: Lesley Keil, Brent D. Williams.
       Wabash: Noelle Myers.
       Warrick: Amanda Kaiser, Andy Emmons.
       Washington: Mary Pavey, Cameron England.

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