[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23068]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      BELLOWS FALLS ACADEMY CELEBRATES 75 YEARS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT

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                          HON. BERNARD SANDERS

                               of vermont

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 18, 2005

  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. Speaker, I wish to extend congratulations to Bellows 
Free Academy of St. Albans, Vermont, on its 75th anniversary. Our 
democratic society depends for its very existence on an educated and 
informed population. In that respect, there is no task in our society 
more important than educating our youth. For three-quarters of a 
century, BFA has been doing just that for students in St. Albans and 
surrounding towns in Franklin County: educating area students 
academically and preparing them to fully participate in our American 
democracy.
  So it is a particular pleasure for me to recognize the magnitude of 
this achievement: for 75 years Bellows Free Academy has taught the 
young citizens of St. Albans and its neighboring towns. Those seven and 
a half decades have seen the high school serve as a binding force in 
the community, bringing it together behind sports and drama and whole 
variety of activities. They have seen generation after generation of 
young people fully prepared by BFA for the challenges of the adult 
world, young people whom BFA has taught and trained so they can find 
satisfying work and take their place as active and concerned members of 
their communities.
  Of course, any institution is really only a reflection of the 
dedication and commitment of all the people involved with it. So 
recognition of BFA's 75-year history is really a recognition of the 
administrators, teachers, and, of course, students--present and 
former--who themselves are a living testament to the important role 
that BFA has played and continues to play in the lives of so many since 
its founding.
  At time of this celebration, let me offer the wish that many, many 
more decades of rich and productive accomplishment lay ahead for 
Bellows Free Academy, its students, its teachers and its support 
community.

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