American Legion Auxiliary is putting on an essay contest for students in third grade through high school. The topic is "What is my patriotic role as a U.S. citizen?"
Tri-Cities winners will receive $25 and a citation. There also are larger prizes for the state and national winners.
Tri-Cities area students wishing to enter the contest should mail their entries to American Legion Post No. 34, 1029 W. Sylvester St., Pasco, WA 99301.
The entries must include the essay and cover sheet with the student's name, address, phone number, grade, school name and city, and teacher's name and signature. Entries must be postmarked by March 15.
Here are the word limit guidelines: grades 3-4, 150-250 words; grades 5-6, 250-300 words; grades 7-8, 350-400 words; grades 9-10, 450-500 words; and grades 11-12, 450-500 words.
One winner will be chosen from each of those groups.
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SMITHFIELD, Utah -- A Celebration of Today's Writers, sponsored by Utah-based Creative Communication, is accepting entries for its 2012 essay and poetry contests.
Thousands of dollars will be awarded to students and schools. To enter an essay, write 250 words or less on any nonfiction topic. The deadline for the essay contest is Feb. 15.
To enter a poem, submit one original poem in English, 21 lines or less. The deadline is April 12.
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Click on "The Big Cookie Share," choose a virtual cookie and frost it with a personal message. Then send it to all their friends on Facebook and ask them to make the holidays sweet for their friends too.
Your kids also can visit www.mccormick.com, find a favorite recipe and mix up a batch of tasty, cookies to share. There's everything from traditional sugar cookies to easy, one-pan bar cookies.
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Twenty-four students competed recently in the annual Young Artists Competition, sponsored by the Mid-Columbia Symphony.
Seven Tri-City music students were named winners of the competition.
The overall winners were Jessica Liu in the primary strings and Spencer Hoffner in the primary piano. They will perform with the Mid-Columbia Symphony at its spring concert in May.
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A group of students from McLoughlin Middle School in Pasco are finalists in the Patriot's Pen essay contest.
The students wrote essay-length answers to the question "Are you proud of your country?" The annual contest is sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The students are Andre Voloshin, Race Bynum, Reed Tupper, Joel Rangel, Adrianna McKinney, Eric Castaneda, Taylor Woehle, Tenhya Keister and Glendy Ibarra.
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