[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 29, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E43]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING STUDENTS AT THE ANTIOCH UPPER GRADE SCHOOL IN ILLINOIS' 8TH 
                                DISTRICT

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                          HON. PHILIP M. CRANE

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 29, 2002

  Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize students at the 
Antioch Upper Grade School in Illinois' 8th District. Today, as our 
brave men and women in uniform are deployed throughout the world to 
protect and defend the freedoms we all hold so dear, we are more aware 
than ever before of the cost of the freedom.
  The students at Antioch Upper Grade School have also been reflecting 
on the cost of freedom. Samantha Wise, the 8th grade social studies 
teacher at Antioch Upper Grade School, had each of her students write 
an essay entitled ``Is Freedom Really Free?'' Ms. Wise submitted the 
essays in the local VFW essay contest, and three students won. Joe 
Barlow won first price representing the Village of Antioch, and third 
place in the 5th District for the VFW. Justin Kaminsky and Anthony 
Baschetti, were also runners-up for the Village of Antioch.
  All of the students and their teacher should be commended for their 
work. It makes me proud to see schools like the Antioch Upper Grade 
School showing their patriotism.

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