[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 50 (Wednesday, April 29, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING THE KIT CARSON WOODWIND ENSEMBLE

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                           HON. BOB SCHAFFER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 29, 1998

  Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
Kit Carson Woodwind Ensemble from Kit Carson School for representing 
the state of Colorado at the National Festival of the States in 
Washington, D.C.
  The National Music Festival honors all American music, focusing on 
patriotic music as our country continues to salute an era of veterans 
and civilians who served their country, paying the highest price for 
Liberty.
  The Kit Carson Woodwind Ensemble consists of twenty students, ranging 
from elementary to high school. These students are from a small town, 
with a population of 300, in the middle of Colorado's most productive 
farming and ranching community.
  Kit Carson is a town of achievers and civic-minded people who realize 
that nothing comes free. This special community raised more than 
$25,000 in two months to send every child in the Wind Ensemble to 
Washington, D.C. The students and parents recycled aluminum, held 
spaghetti feeds and washed cars until their hands were raw. I am very 
proud of these young citizens and their parents for their hard work and 
dedication to making this trip possible.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in welcoming band members 
Sarah Wolff, Michelle Wolff, Bethany Schallenberger, Adrienne Steiner, 
Latisha Robinson, Jennifer Johnson, Helyna Bledsoe, Jessica Kent, 
Andrea Johnson, Melissa Kliensen, Cheryl Steiner, Matthew Maxcy, Samuel 
Maxcy, Aaron Perdue, Scott Oswald, Joshua Schnable, David Thatcher, 
Kent Lewis, Nathan Maxcy and band instructors Brian Edgar and Dan 
Parmentier to Washington.

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