Congressman Chabot visits Harrison Junior School
Article by Megan Koehler, Pictures by Deborah Miller

Congressman Chabot addresses the Harrison Junior School student body.

On March 22nd, 2004 Congressman Steve Chabot visited the 700 students of Harrison Jr. School at the Harrison Activity Center.  He showed them pictures of Washington D.C., and explained the branches of government.  He also scheduled to meet with the 8th Grade students when they come to D.C. in April.  He answered questions on taxes, abortion, the war on terrorism, Saddam Hussein, and the economy.  He feels that taxes should be lowered and that people should be able to keep more of their money.  Aimee Glindmeyer and Megan Koehler presented Steve Chabot with his very own Harrison Gear.  Students came up with very insightful and probing questions that certainly challenged Mr. Chabot. He responded to a question about Saddam Hussein that he feels that the death penalty is not out of the question considering the heinous crimes that he committed. When asked if he would ever run for President, he said that you can never count that out since it is the "dream" of every politician. Students enjoyed the visit; especially those about to visit Washington D.C.  Eight grader Jennifer Schweitzer commented that she is more excited about the upcoming trip since she has seen the informational pictures of the capital.

We are certainly grateful to Mrs. and Mr. Sowders for their hard work in arranging this special visit. And we certainly thank Congressman Steve Chabot for taking time out of his very busy schedule to meet with Harrison Junior School.

Dr. Zigler, Dr. Lawler, Congressman Chabot, and Board Members June Merten and Matthew Callan attended this informative event.

Mrs. and Mr. Sowders helped arrange this visit. Mr. Sowders is excited about meeting with Mr. Chabot while in Washington next month.

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Megan and Aimee present Mr. Chabot with some official "Harrison" gear.

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