[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 132 (Wednesday, October 9, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S10221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CONGRATULATIONS TO KEVIN DILLON

 Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate Kevin 
Dillon of Prospect, KY, for winning the top honor in a recently held 
national essay competition sponsored by the American Psychiatric 
Association. This competition was judged by Members of Congress, 
authors, and national health reporters.
  The American Psychiatric Association accepted up to five essays from 
each State; 14 States participated in this year's competition. This 
year's essay topic was ``When not to keep a secret.'' In his essay, 
Kevin provides his readers with a very real and very frightening 
scenario. The story describes a scenario in which someone is feeling 
down and confides in a friend that he plans to commit suicide. Kevin 
offers two possible endings to his essay. In the first instance, the 
friend reports the suicide plan to the police, who intervene and save 
the boy's life. In the other scenario, no one intervenes, the boy kills 
himself and his friend is left with an enormous amount of guilt and 
regret.
  Mr. President, Kevin Dillon, a sophomore at St. Xavier High School, 
deserves to be applauded for tackling such a difficult and important 
issue in such an elegant and stylistic manner. His story depicts the 
ideal situation when keeping a secret becomes a detrimental and 
dangerous act for all parties involved. Once again, I congratulate 
Kevin Dillon for this distinction and urge him to continue to take on 
the tough issues this Nation faces today.

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