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STAFF PHOTOS BY SUSAN USHER WINNERS FROM THE fourth, fifth and sixth grades were (seated, from left) Josh Hinesley, Lucas Wagenseil, Chrissy Hewett, Tonia Jackson and Crystal Widener; and standing, Patrick Covil, Clif Cheek, Amelia Jessen and I^ean Sloane. STUDENTS RECEIVE TROPHIES Program Encourages Young Authors' Creative Efforts BY SUSAN USHER Want to meet an author? Just drop by Shallotte Middle School and chat with any of the nearly 400 students in grades four through eight in the Young Authors Pro gram. The program encourages students to learn to express themselves through various types of writing, with the initial emphasis on creativ ity. Since the start of the school year, all of the participants have polished their writing and editorial skills, as well as their ability to think through a project before start ing to write. Last week students who complet ed portfolios were recognized for their efforts at a two-day Young Authors Conference. Each finished portfolio included a poem, short story, a letter to a public official on a topic of current interest and a "free choice". De pending on their grade level, stu dents also completed either a de scriptive or persuasive piece. Each final writing exercise repre sented their best work, the result of "process" writing. Students first plan what they will write, then write it, edit it for mechanics and rewrite it for content, often relying on the Register Now! June 8-28 21 Days-Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island, Cabot Trail. Prince Edward Island. Newfoundland & Canada. ? ??? Sept. 6-15 Alaska Cruise June 30-July 6 Penn., Niagara Falls, NY Plus Many More! CONVENIENT TOURS AND TRAVEL Hwy. 17, Resort Plaza (Upstairs) Shallotte 754-4222 754-4223 SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE winners are (seated, from left) Susan Alexander, Becky Smith and Rachel Swain, and standing, Minde Vince, Aaron Hawkins and Kenny McGee. critical eye of a fellow classmate for help. The results varied in subject mat ter and style, as demonstrated last Thursday when selected seventh and eighth grade students read some of their work to an appreciative au dience in the school library. A day earlier fourth, fifth and sixth grade students shared the podium. Moses, a former slave who served as a conductress on the Underground Railroad, figured prominently in writings by several of the uppcrclassmcn, including a poem by Aaron Hawkins. In "The Big Break," Madonna Gausc describes a player gets a chance on the court only to make a basket on the wrong goal. Taken out of the game, she's determined to do better next time out. Minde Vincc shares the "Thoughts of an Unknown Soldier" as he strug gles with a sense of duty and the child's questions he knows he may be called on to answer "Daddy, what arc you killing people for?" One student wrote a letter to Saddam Hussein, but most letters went to government officials closer home, like the Brunswick County Board of Education office. Johnathan Carlisle wrote Super intendent P.R. Hankins opposing the possibility of a 12-month school year, while Sam Slade wrote asking that the schools not go to a four-day week. "You all arc winners because you have achieved what you have set out to do," program coordinator Janice Gore told the students last Thursday. However, 1 5 received trophies for their outstanding entries, with grade level winners for poetry, short story and overall portfolio excellence. Receiving trophies were these students: Fourth: Patrick Covil, poetry; Clif Cheek, short story; Lucas Wagen scil, total portfolio excellence; Fifth: Tonia Jackson, poetry; Amelia Jcsscn, short story; and Chrissy Hewctt, total portfolio ex cellence; Sixth: Josh Hincslcy, poetry; Leah Sloane, short story; and Crystal Widcncr, total portfolio excellence; Seventh: Kenny McGcc, poetry; Becky Smith, short story; and Susan Alexander, total portfolio excel lence; and Eighth: Aaron Hawkins, poetry; Mindc Vince, short story; and Rachel Swain, total portfolio excel lence. Now, a super-acrylic that's guaranteed beautiftil 'til 2003 A.D. soup ^^'llill|||i|i MB II I II I*1 1 * WHITE US GALLON 3 785 LITERS NEW! Cabot' O.V.T.' Solid Color Acrylic Stain Stain now and relax into the next century. Cabot's O.V.T. Solid Color Acrylic Stains come with a 12-year guarantee to not crack, blister or peel when applied to new wood. 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