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FIRST-rate Support
April 9, 2003
Greenville Herald Banner
To the
editor:
As we
leave to attend national competition for FIRST this
week, the GHS Robowranglers have many people to
thank for our recent success.
First
and foremost, L-3 Communications for its constants
support of the GHS robotics program. Not only
for the use of the facilities but the biggest thanks
if for nurturing the program with financial support
and volunteer engineers. These men give freely
of their time and talent and never forget the
ultimate goal is the education of a student.
The men give up family time, vacation time, and
personal time to help us build a robot and compete
with that robot. This year's entry is a
testament to their development of young engineers.
When the students asked to plan and build a robot
with an arm mechanism, they were taught how to build
it, how it would work and then it was built.
Our
school district for having the vision in supporting
a robotics team. Students interested in the
field of engineering as a career have a place in
high school to learn and to participate. GISD
has secured a unique education experience and
solidly supports our efforts. We are always
proud to be the team from Greenville High School.
Others
in the community work very hard with our team each
year. Mr. Ed Thatcher, city manager, dedicates
many volunteer hours to our team to insure we
represent our city and helps create an atmosphere of
learning for our team. Mr. Thatcher is the
first one we turn to when we need to create a new
look for our team. The Noon Rotary Club always
has us as their guests and gives us the opportunity
to bring our robot into the community. This
year their donation to the team greatly defrayed
several expenses we have faced. A financial
scholarship from Dr. Hurst and his staff has really
helped this year, also.
Home
Depot made a big difference in our competition
abilities, as they provided us with all the wood
needed to create a practice field. Blackland
Glass made sure we had the proper landing ramp for
our robot and we learned about traction because of
their donation.
Tony
Norman, Bob Mimlitch and the other folks at
Innovation First deserve a big thanks for making
sure all of our entries this year were possible.
We have really enjoyed the computer donation and put
it to use everyday as we learn programming and
computer animation.
Thanks
to all the parents, grandparents and friends for
their donations during our bake sale. The
students of GHS for making our fundraiser "Pennies
for the Bot" so successful.
Last,
but definitely, not least, the Herald-Banner
has publicized the achievement of our team. We
have been able to tell our story to the community
this year through several articles. We want to
thank Melva Geyer and her hard working staff for
always getting the word out about Team 148.
Seeing your name in print for a positive
accomplishment is always a moral booster to any one,
especially a young man or woman representing their
community through competition.
No ones'
efforts go unnoticed. As we were awarded one
of our trophies this year, the announcer listed all
of the above mentioned people in our statement of
winning. The judges had heard us talk about
each and everyone and wanted to commend our
community for being such a large part of the team.
We will
be in Houston this weekend at the "Super Bowl of
Smarts" and Mr. Norman, we will be "living our
dream" thanks to you beginning a robotics team at
Greenville High School.
Sincerely,
Vanessa Pope
Terri Galloway
and the students of
GHS Robotics, Team 148
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