[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9198]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   NORTH CAROLINA TEACHER OF THE YEAR

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to congratulate Diana Beasley, 
a biology teacher at Hickory High School in my district, for being 
named North Carolina's Teacher of the Year.
  A teacher for over two decades, Mrs. Beasley is known for bringing 
passion to her job while instilling confidence in her students. Mrs. 
Beasley will spend the next year as a teaching ambassador, traveling 
throughout North Carolina and acting as a role model for teachers and 
students alike.
  It has been said, ``Teachers who inspire realize there will always be 
rocks in the road ahead of us. There will be stumbling blocks or 
stepping stones; it all depends on how we use them.''
  Mrs. Beasley is like all great educators, teaching us more by who she 
is than by what she says.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend the great work of Mrs. Beasley and the 
tireless, selfless investment she has made to the future of my district 
and to the future of North Carolina.

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