[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3818]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                          EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

                        TRIBUTE TO REBECCA EVERS

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 15, 2001

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to recognize 
18-year-old Rebecca Denise Evers of Bayfield High School. Rebecca is 
the very first recipient in the school's history to receive the 
Boettcher Scholarship award. For this, Mr. Speaker, I would like the 
United States Congress to honor her.
  She is one of 40 students statewide to receive this honor. The 
Boettcher Scholarship is recognized as the most prestigious private 
scholarship in the state of Colorado. Rebecca is one of 820 applicants 
and one of 72 finalists. For the honor, Rebecca had to finish in the 
top five percent of her class and have an ACT score of 27 or a 1,200 
SAT score. Selections are based on academics, extracurricular 
leadership and involvement and character.
  According to Rebecca's teachers, she is an energetic, hardworking, 
and caring young woman as well as an outstanding student, an 
exceptionally talented athlete, and is dedicated to helping others and 
contributing to her community. ``She's an excellent student,'' said 
Paula Carron, her fifth grade teacher. ``She was self motivated, happy, 
cheerful, and willing to help other people.''
  Rebecca is involved in many different activities. She is involved 
with the National Honor Society, the Future Business Leaders of 
America, the El Pomar Youth and Community Service Organization, and is 
her class president.
  Rebecca was instrumental in the organization and implementation of 
Peer Helpers at Bayfield High School. She has dedicated several hours a 
week during the past two years helping many of her classmates solve 
personal problems as well as adjusting to high school life. She somehow 
has also found to time to excel at volleyball, basketball and track.
  Mr. Speaker, it is students like Rebecca Evers who take our mind off 
of all the negative and tragic events in our nation's schools, and 
focus on all the positives. Rebecca is truly someone who can be looked 
up to by young people everywhere.

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