[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 100 (Thursday, July 27, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               HONORING CANDACE GUYTON AND BYRON C. SMITH

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                           HON. MARTIN FROST

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 27, 2000

  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, today I congratulate Candace Guyton and Byron 
C. Smith, two Arlington, TX, teenagers whose artistic achievements 
earned them medals in a scholastic competition held at the NAACP 
national convention earlier this month.
  Byron won a second-place silver medal and $750 in scholarship money 
for his entry in the film making-video category at the NAACP-sponsored 
Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT SO) 
competition. Byron beat out more than 20 other students from across the 
country with his three-minute documentary cartoon about Bill Pickett, a 
Texas cowboy who pioneered the process of ``bulldogging.''
  Candace won a $500 scholarship and a third-place bronze medal in the 
vocal contemporary music category. Not only did Candace demonstrate her 
tremendous vocal skills, but she performed an original song, ``A Thing 
Called Love.''
  Congratulations again to Byron Smith and Candace Guyton and the proud 
parents of these wonderfully talented teenagers. Your tremendous 
achievements in Baltimore have made our North Texas community proud. 
Your success in the ACT SO competition is proof that you can succeed in 
anything you choose.

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