[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 90 (Thursday, June 30, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7811-S7812]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CONGRATULATING MISS KENNEDY WOMACK

 Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, today I rise to congratulate Miss 
Kennedy Womack, a 10-year-old student of Russell-McDowell Intermediate 
School in Flatwoods, KY.
  The Kentucky Association for Gifted Education in cooperation with the 
National Association for Gifted Children

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awarded Miss Womack the Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Award 
during the KAGE 25th Annual Conference on February 8, 2005. The award 
is designed to recognize excellence in young children and is given to 
one student per State each school year. Award recipients are between 
ages 8 and 12 and have achieved excellence in one of the following 
areas of endeavor--leadership, visual/performing arts, and academic 
achievement. The student selected is one who makes a contribution to 
the community at a level beyond what is expected of the student's age 
group.
  While spending time with her grandfather who is the jailer for the 
Greenup County Detention Center, Miss Womack became aware of the needs 
of the inmates, as well as the children who come to visit them. She 
observed inmates who needed to read or write to their families, but for 
some reason they were not able to do so. Kennedy tried to find a way to 
help. Through various means, Kennedy has also tried to help the young 
children who come to visit their relatives. She hopes her efforts will 
help the children make wise choices and not follow a path of crime. 
Chief Tomas E. Kelly, Ashland Chief of Police, says of Miss Womack, 
``Kennedy has a keen interest in bettering her community, stopping the 
chain of crime and being a young advocate for victims of crime, and 
clearly demonstrates her leadership traits and initiative while doing 
so.''
  National recognition by this organization is truly an honor to 
Greenup County and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. I congratulate Miss 
Womack for her hard work and achievement. I encourage her to keep up 
the hard work and commitment to improving her community.

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