Above and Below: Ron talks with Mrs. Valerie Cordle's fourth grade class at Mountain View Elementary School.

White City, OR -- In January, Ron visited Mountain View Elementary School to celebrate the arrival of $65,000 in state-of-the-art computer equipment, a grant from the Beaumont Foundation of America. The technology includes laptop computers with wireless Internet access, printers and digital cameras.

When the program began in early 2003, Ron worked with the Beaumont Foundation of America to encourage schools throughout Oregon to apply for the grants. The Beaumont Foundation of America’s core purpose is to grant computer hardware to Americans who do not have access to the Internet, and to collaborate with existing successful organizations to provide the technical support to utilize it. For more information, visit www.bmtfoundation.com.

“This is the path to high-skill, high wage jobs. If you think about what youngsters need to know today, you always come back to technology. Technology should be a cornerstone of education”
-- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden