[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 4 (Monday, January 24, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S141]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE TO ADAM GARDNER, YILEI YANG, ASHLEY SMITH, JACK HARTZ AND 
                             BENJAMIN GOWAN

 Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I wish to pay tribute to Adam 
Gardner, Yilei Yang, Ashley Smith, Jack Hartz and Benjamin Gowan as 
five truly outstanding students from the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
  The National Honor Society organizes a Scholar's Bowl to foster a 
spirit of aspiration and hard work in America's students. These Scholar 
Bowls include testing of each student in five different categories: 
English, math, science, social studies, and general knowledge. The 
tests are rigorous and they require a longstanding history as a good 
student.
  Being recognized by this organization is truly an honor and I am 
pleased to hear that these five students from Kentucky have become the 
National Honor Society's Scholar Bowl Champions. The four students from 
duPont Manual High School in Louisville, KY successfully defended their 
school's title as National Honor Society National Scholar's Bowl 
Champions. They are Adam Gardner, Yilei Yang, Ashley Smith, and Jack 
Hartz. One student, Benjamin Gowan, from Nelson County High School in 
Bardstown, KY, took first place in the test on the individual science 
subject category. Thanks to the hard work of these young men and women, 
four out of five of the top scoring students at last year's Scholar's 
Bowl were from the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
  In their letter to me, the National Honor Society informed me that 
``these Kentucky students truly exhibited superlative performance.'' I 
congratulate these five students for their hard work and their 
achievement.

                          ____________________