[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 20434]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                           MONTANA OLYMPIANS

 Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I would like to take this 
opportunity to recognize the achievements of two native Montanans, Mrs. 
Monica Joan Tranel-Michini, and Mrs. Jean Foster.
  Mrs. Tranel-Michini is a Billings native who competed recently in the 
Sydney Olympics. She not only qualified


for the finals of the women's single sculls, a rowing event, but she 
also placed sixth in the event. Six is a magic number for Monica, 
because she is the sixth of ten brothers and sisters. She and her 
family grew up on a cattle ranch just outside of the city limits of 
Billings, Montana. Before the age of twenty, this now established U.S. 
champion and Olympic finalist had not seen a body of water larger than 
her family's irrigation pond. It was not until this accomplished woman 
attended law school in Philadelphia that she gained the passion for 
rowing. I salute this young woman, for her proud representation of the 
sport of rowing, the country, and the state of Montana.
  Mrs. Jean Foster is another young woman from Bozeman, Montana whom I 
want to recognize. Joan's career in shooting was paved a little better 
than Monica's. Jean is from a family with world championships in 
shooting under their belt, her mother being a world champion in rifle 
shooting, and her father a two-time Olympian and a USA hall of famer in 
shooting. Jean represented our state and our country with distinction 
in the 3-position rifle event. I congratulate Jean on the effort she 
put forth and on her and her family's commitment to the sport of 
shooting.

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