[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 75 (Friday, May 15, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E725]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     HONORING MISS QUANESHIA BAKER

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON-

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 15, 2015

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
multi-talented young lady, Miss Quaneshia Baker. Miss Quaneshia Baker, 
a resident of Rolling Fork, MS, is the eldest of two, raised in a 
single parent home.
  She is a 2015 Honors graduate of South Delta High School. Quaneshia 
plans to attend the University of Mississippi and pursue a degree in 
political science with the dream of becoming an attorney. Quaneshia, an 
all-around student, excelled in both academics and extracurricular 
activities. Quaneshia scored a perfect score on the Algebra I and 
Mathematical MCT exam. She scored in the highest category on the 
Algebra I, Biology I, English II, and World History state exams. She 
held the title of Miss South Delta twice, once in middle school and the 
other in high school for having the highest grade point average in 
school.
  Quaneshia is a member and officer of various academic and 
extracurricular activities. She is the President of the class of 2015 
and member of the 4H Club, Student Council, Peer Council, Jackson State 
University's Teen Drinking Prevention Council and the Mayor's Youth 
Council. Quaneshia is a member of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) 
organization, where she competed in eight different competitions: 
Parliamentary Procedure, Opening and Closing Ceremony demonstration, 
Floriculture, Nursery Landscape, and Horticulture. Also, she was the 
highest scoring silver coin individual on her team while competing in 
Kentucky at the National FFA competition.
  Miss Baker has volunteered with the Mississippi Department of 
Environmental Quality and the Legacy Village by conducting research and 
informing the community of environmental safety. Other community 
activities Quaneshia has been involved in include: landscaping the 
Vocational complex, mentoring 5th graders, adopting a senior citizen, 
directing the annual Delta Marathon, serve as tour leader during the 
Annual Deep Delta Beat Festival, reading to children at Ripley 
Blackwell head start and South Delta Elementary school and 
participating in a school supply giveaway.
  Having achieved so much at a young age, Miss Baker strives every day 
to reach her goals while remembering this quote from Aristotle, which 
states, ``We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an 
act, but a habit.''
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Miss 
Quaneshia Baker for her hard work, dedication and a strong desire to 
achieve.

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