[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 40 (Thursday, March 8, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S2897]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               NATIONAL ENGINEERS FUTURE CITY COMPETITION

 Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, today I wish to recognize Jake 
Bowers, Emily Ponti, and Krisha Sherburne of St. Thomas More School in 
Baton Rouge, LA. They are the winners of the 2007 National Engineers 
Future City Competition, and I would like to take a moment to recognize 
these talented students in their tireless effort.
  Starting in September, 30,000 entrants from 1,000 schools began 
across the country working on their future cities for the National 
Engineers Future City Competition under the guidance of professional 
engineers in their local communities. In January the entrants were 
narrowed down to 105 students from 35 schools to go to the nationals in 
Washington, DC. St. Thomas More School was one of these talented groups 
to be chosen.
  This hard-working group presented their future city of Mwinda in the 
Congo Republic with the guidance of their teacher Mrs. Shirley Newman, 
their engineer mentor Mr. Guy Macarios, and the help of Mr. Eric Ponti. 
The future city design featured renewable energy resources to power the 
city and hydrogen-powered hover cars and buses to transport citizens 
around the city. St. Thomas More has made it to the nationals in this 
competition for the fourth time and is their second national win.
  I applaud the students from St. Thomas More School for this great 
honor and wish them continued success in their academic career.

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