[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 154 (Thursday, November 4, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S13993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       GEORGETOWN-RIDGE FARM HIGH SCHOOL WINS ODYSSEY WORLD TITLE

 Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize six 
students at Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School who captured the 
Environmental Challenge division title at the Odyssey of the Mind's 
world competition in Knoxville, Tennessee. These Georgetown-Ridge Farm 
High School students, under the tutelage of their coach, Jeannine 
Patterson, beat out 54 teams representing other states and countries to 
win first place.
  While this is the third consecutive year in which a Georgetown-Ridge 
Farm High School team has advanced a team to the world competition, 
students Ryan Frohock, Lynsey Hart, Manda Paige, Derek Galyen, Chelsey 
Spurlock, and James Chandler are the first to win the world 
competition, which consists of a long-term problem and a spontaneous 
problem.
  Mr. President, we often heap praise upon athletes who demonstrate a 
special ability to throw a ball, catch a pass, or run extremely fast. 
Intellectual accomplishments, such as the one achieved by these six 
Georgetown-Ridge Farm students, however, are rarely acknowledged. But 
capturing a world title in a competition that involves both creativity 
and intellect clearly merits the highest commendation we can bestow 
upon these students. It is important that this achievement receive its 
due recognition, and I congratulate the six students at Georgetown-
Ridge High School who won the Environmental Challenge world title at 
the Odyssey of the Mind's world competition, as well as their teachers, 
parents, and friends, all of whom played a role in their victory in 
Knoxville, Tennessee.

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