[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10268]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



       TRIBUTE TO THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE S.P.H.E.R.E.S. PROJECT

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                           HON. JOHN SHIMKUS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 8, 2000

  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend John Link, Amy 
Rahe, Carmen Reiner, and Adam Wieties. These four middle school 
students from Carlinville Middle School in Carlinville, IL, are 
tackling tough community issues as participants in the Bayer/NSF Award 
for Community Innovation.
  Their project is Saving Prairies and Helping Environmental Regions 
Expand Successfully--S.P.H.E.R.E.S. Through this project they have 
successfully strengthened local support to create a preserve where 
native prairie grasses and indigenous creatures could flourish and 
students could study and experience the prairie habitat.
  I want to take this opportunity to thank these students who at such a 
young age have made it their responsibility to preserve our 
environment. I am proud of them and look forward to all else they may 
accomplish.

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