[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7671]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 CONGRATULATIONS TO MARV SATHER, ``TEACHER OF THE YEAR'' FOR THE STATE 
                             OF WASHINGTON

  (Mr. NETHERCUTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NETHERCUTT. Mr. Speaker, I am delighted today to make a comment 
in support of a gentleman by the name of Marv Sather who is from my 
district, the Fifth District of Washington, who has been given the 
great award of Teacher of the Year for the State of Washington.
  He is a high school teacher at Riverside High School and he teaches 
English. I had a chance to talk with him today about the future of 
education and about his commitment to children. The thing that 
impressed me most about Marv is that he has a passion for education, 
but he also acknowledges freely that the way he has impressed his 
students and become, obviously, the Teacher of the Year for our State, 
is to address them respectfully and deal with them on a person-to-
person basis and give them the confidence that he cares deeply about 
their education.
  Mr. Speaker, Marv Sather is a great tribute to education. He is an 
innovator. He is one example of the many millions of teachers who serve 
this country and serve our youth so well. So I say wholeheartedly, a 
sincere congratulations to Marv Sather for his great work in 
representing education nationally and representing education so well 
out of eastern Washington. We are proud of you.

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