[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 56 (Tuesday, May 7, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E734]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING FIVE OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS INDUCTED INTO NATIONAL TEACHERS 
                              HALL OF FAME

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                            HON. JERRY MORAN

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 7, 2002

  Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize five 
outstanding educators who today were announced as inductees into the 
National Teachers Hall of Fame in Emporia, Kansas. This is the 11th 
year of inducting members into the Hall of Fame, whose mission is to 
honor exceptional teachers and promote excellence in teaching. I 
congratulate today's honorees.
  These inductees are being honored for their devotion to our nation's 
children and for their many contributions to their communities. 
Students in inductee Dana K. Kelly's Southwest Elementary in Lakeland 
Florida, adopted 50 children school for the deaf, and send them monthly 
care packages from mittens to candies. Janice Gould, an art teacher at 
Lawrence Hall Youth Services in Chicago, Illinois, helped her students 
create a Permanent Children's Art Collection for the Illinois State 
Board of Education. This project demonstrates what special-needs 
children can create when given the proper environment to flourish. 
Fellow inductee Jane Bray Nelson, a physics teacher at University High 
School in Orlando, Florida, is distinguished not only by her many 
awards, but by her students' admiration.
  I am especially proud to announce that two of this year's inductees 
hail from my home state of Kansas. E. May (Pat) Lindquist is a tutor 
and substitute teacher in Brookville. Ms. Lindquist has dedicated 54 
years of her life to teaching, having first taught in a one room school 
house in 1931. Liza Zahn Crooks is a fourth grade teacher at Black Bob 
Elementary School in Olathe, Kansas. Ms. Crooks is known for developing 
innovative teaching tools, including the Good Bears of the World 
program in which students give a teddy bear to people going through 
difficult times, particularly children and senior citizens. I commend 
each of these individuals for their commitment to excellence in 
education.
  Teachers are so important. When you ask people who has made a 
difference in their lives, the answer you are likely to hear is ``my 
teacher.'' My own interest in the world outside my Kansas hometown was 
sparked by my teachers, who in grade school and high school taught me 
the love of books, biography, politics and history.
  Every day, in schools all across America, teachers provide similar 
guidance to the next generation of students--teachers who, for 
inadequate pay, educate not only with facts and figures, but also 
instill a love for learning and a sense that there is a world out there 
beyond the city limits of our hometowns. No matter how lofty the goals, 
no matter how difficult the road, teachers have been there to show us 
that, yes, our dreams are possible, and that, yes, we can succeed.
  So on National Teacher Day, I salute these five educators for their 
dedication to the youth of America. May you always find satisfaction in 
knowing that you have made a tremendous difference in the lives of your 
students. Thank you.




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