[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 27218]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        A TRIBUTE TO PERCY HILL

 Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, I rise today to pay 
tribute to Percy Hill, an accomplished school teacher from Andover, NH. 
Percy was recently honored at the Disney American teacher Awards, as 
one of the 33 honorees selected from a group of 70,000 who were chosen 
for their creativity in the classroom as well as their teaching 
accomplishments.
  Growing up in New England, Percy developed his love for athletics as 
well as children, spending the past 10 years coaching the Unicycle 
Team. Working around the clock, he has coached these champions to new 
levels. They have performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the 
Fiesta Bowl Parade, the Strawberry Festival of Virginia and even have 
gone international, performing in Canada.
  Not only has Percy given his time and energy to coaching, but he has 
spent countless hours raising the funds for the team's traveling 
expenses. Percy has managed to fund one hundred percent of all of the 
trips through massive fund raising efforts, allowing all children to go 
regardless of their situations outside of practice. He has proven time 
and time again to be a valuable asset not only to the team, but the 
community of Andover as well.
  Aside from Percy's work with the unicycle team he also finds time to 
volunteer referee both basketball and soccer, proving once again, that 
Percy Hill puts his dedication to the youth of America at the top of 
his priority list. He is to be commended on his commitment to Andover 
Elementary and Middle School, and those students which attend it.
  The Disney American Teacher Awards were developed as, ``A way of 
honoring members of the teaching profession, whose talent, commitment, 
and creativity have a profound and lasting impact on our children as 
well as our society as a whole,'' according to Michael D. Eisner, CEO 
of Disney. All of Percy Hill's actions speak volumes of his commitment 
and impact on the children of Andover, NH. It is an honor to represent 
him in the Senate.

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