[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 6019]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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           TRIBUTE TO CONTOOCOOK VALLEY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

 Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, I rise today to pay 
tribute to Contoocook Valley Regional High School for winning the 
regional competition of the Second Annual Ocean Sciences Bowl. I 
commend them for their accomplishment.
  The regional competition included teams from fifteen other schools in 
New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. Their final match, which was held at 
the University of New Hampshire, was played against high school 
students from Bridgeton Maine. It was a close call and Contoocook 
Valley won by the narrow margin of two points!
  Contoocook Valley's team consists of five students. The team members 
are Amber Carter, Megan Cahill, Sonja Fritz, Cissy Courtemanche, and 
Emily Dark. Jon Manley, science teacher at the Contoocook Valley, is 
the coach for the team.
  The students train very hard every year for this competition. This is 
the second year in a row that Contoocook Valley Regional High School 
has won this competition. They will soon be traveling to Washington, 
D.C. to compete in the nationals.
  As a former high school teacher, I appreciate the hard work the 
students and the coach have dedicated to this team effort. I look 
forward to their visit to Washington and wish them the best of luck. It 
is an honor to represent them in the United States Senate.

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