>ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

(Senate - March 06, 2006)

   A PROUD TRADITION
Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, I would like to recognize two outstanding young Idahoans who are here this week, getting a little taste of what it is like to work in and around the U.S. Senate. In the top 1 percent of Idaho students, Kortnee Hurless and Tenaya Pina, both from Camas County High School, were selected to participate in the U.S. Senate Youth Program this week. Kortnee and Tenaya have been able to attend policy addresses by Members of this body as well as Cabinet members, officials from the Department of Defense, directors of various Federal agencies, and will meet with a Justice of the Supreme Court.

   Kortnee and Tenaya were selected for this program because they have demonstrated superior achievement and leadership at school and in their community. Idaho is very proud of these young women. Vision, purpose, commitment to challenging goals such as Tenaya and Kortnee have shown do not typically remain hidden in the background. I wouldn't be surprised to hear their names in leadership roles in the not too distant future. Past graduates of this 44-year program include my colleague, the distinguished Senator Susan Collins from Maine, Presidential advisers, and former Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, David LeRoy. Tenaya and Courtney carry on a fine tradition of Idaho's involvement in the leadership of our country at the high school level. I congratulate them on this tremendous achievement. They are shining examples of the abilities and promise of Idaho's youth.