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Essay Contest

Topic: What Influence and Impact Do the Media Have on Each of the Three Branches of Government in the United States?

Open to 10th, 11th, and 12th Graders
Length: 600 Words (approximately 2 1/2 pages double spaced typewritten pages)
Prize: A week in Washington, DC, from June 23rd to 29th, 2007
Attendance at a Congressional Seminar Workshop
There is also a local $50 prize.

Deadline: Essays are due to Dr. Reid or Mr. Marine by January 12, 2007

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Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime. Remember these four simple principles....Play (try to make the work fun), Make their day (make a positive difference for those around you), Be there (focus on the moment and the task in front of you), Choose your attitude (the bedrock of it all). Try to live them and try to teach them. For more information about the fish philosophy, go to http://www.charthouse.com

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2006-2007 Topic is the following:

"At Sea or at Home: Different Perspectives on the Voyage to the New World"

Relate the story of the first expedition of Columbus viewed from the perspective of one of the following: an ordinary seaman, Queen Isabella, or a shipboard rat.

Length: No more than 750 words (approximately 3 typed pages double spaced)
Form: See Mr. Marine
Bibliography: Must have a bibliography listing all references utilized.
Awards: National Winner $1200
2nd Place $500
3rd Place $300
Deadline: October 16, 2006

For specific contest rules, go to http://www.dar.org/darnet/forms/HG-AHC-1002.PDF.

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