[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 13, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E916]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF MINERAL AREA COLLEGE AND FLAT 
                          RIVER JUNIOR COLLEGE

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                            HON. JASON SMITH

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 13, 2022

  Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Mineral 
Area College of Park Hills, Missouri as it celebrates 100 years since 
its founding to offer advanced education after high school.
  It began as Flat River Junior College, the third public junior 
college in Missouri with classes for 38 students on September 5, 1922. 
In 1965, voters in six public school districts approved the founding of 
Mineral Area College as successor to Flat River Junior College and in 
1970, the campus was established where it is today just off U.S. 
Highway 67.
  Since its founding, the college has educated more than 18,000 
students, offering 2-year degrees in a variety of areas including 
nursing, business, technology and the arts. Welding training and an 
HVAC program are the most recent additions with an Industry and 
Technology Center set to house career and technical programs beginning 
next fall.
  The college has been competitive in athletics, impressive in the arts 
and always evolving to offer its students an education that prepares 
them for a bright future.
  It is my great pleasure to celebrate the founding of Flat River 
Junior College 100 years ago and to acknowledge the continued treasure 
it is as Mineral Area College today before the U.S. House of 
Representatives.

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