[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 18 (Thursday, February 12, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E170]
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                          HONORING DEBRA BRICE

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                     HON. RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 11, 2004

  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor an outstanding 
constituent and educator in my 50th Congressional District of 
California, Debra Brice, for her extraordinary effort to bring real 
scientific research to the classroom. Debra Brice, a teacher at San 
Marcos Middle School, was chosen by the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Teacher at Sea Program to participate 
in a 3-week long research cruise in the Pacific Ocean.
  Debra Brice, along with fellow teacher Viviana Zamorano from Arica, 
Chile, embarked on Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) Research 
Vessel Roger Revelle from Ecuador on November 10, 2003 and traveled for 
three weeks to Arica, Chile. The primary purpose of this cruise is to 
recover and then deploy again a well-instrumented surface mooring from 
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) under the stratocumulus 
clouds found off Chile and Peru in the vicinity of 20S, 85W.
  Ms. Brice became an integral part of the research team and ship's 
crew and established relationships that will give her access to 
scientific resources for many years to come. While onboard, Ms. Brice 
also hosted Web broadcasts, maintained daily logs, took photographs, 
interviewed scientists, and answered her students' e-mail messages.
  I am pleased to thank NOAA for its sponsorship of Debra Brice in the 
NOAA Teacher at Sea Program. With this knowledge and experience, Debra 
Brice will continue to engage her students and excite their curiosity 
about science and the sea.

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