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The National Contest
T WENTY-FOUR TEXANS won
awards at the 1989 National
History Day contest held at the Uni-
versity of Maryland, College Park,
June 11-15. Texas won nine awards
at the national contest and for the
fourth year in a row won more awards
than any other state. And, that is not
all! Our five first places also set a na-
tional record.
The Texas entries that won first
place in the national contest are as
follows: Jenny Kinzy, Calallen Middle
School, Corpus Christi, in junior high
papers for "A Pioneer Woman: The
Unrecognized Struggle;" David Edg-
erton, Campbell Middle School,
Houston, in junior high individual
projects for "My Great-Grandmother:
A Texas Immigrant;" Nga Chau and
Dung Le, Westview Middle Schhol,
Pflugerville, in junior high group
projects for "Anna Pennybacker: Vi-
sionary Woman of the 1800s;" Lake-
sha Pope, Covington Middle School,
Austin, in junior high individual
performances for "SoJourner Truth:
The Traveling Messenger;" and, Brian
Thompson, Jersey Village High
School, Houston, in senior high
individual performances for "Upton
Sinclair: Misunderstood Muckraker."
Two groups of Texans won sec-
ond place in their respective catego-
ries. The Texas winners are as fol-
lows: Leshia Hoot, Jennifer Oefinger,
Bridgette Bigham, Jennifer Coleman,
and Rose Sachs, Covington Middle
School and the Texas School for the
Deaf, Austin, in junior high group
media for "Helen Keller: The Miracle
Worked;" and, Mangesh Oza, Sally
Coleman, Melanie Leech, and Lee
Coffelt, Aldine-Eisenhower High
School, Houston, in senior high group
media for "Jessie Jones: They Called
Him Mr. Houston."Jenny Kinzy, Calallen Middle School, Corpus Christi, won first place in the
nation for her essay entitled: "A Pioneer Woman: The Unrecognized Struggle.'Four Texans from Aldine-
MacArthur High School, Houston,
won third place in senior high group
projects for their entry entitled "Out
on a Limb: The Photojournalism of
James H. Hare." The four students
were Jeff Saunder, Anthony Piccola,
Eric Hagebusch, and Paul Shimek.
Lee Alston, Anthony Bonner, Tor-
rance Hawkins, Marcus Williams, and
Warren Scott from Brazosport High
School, Freeport, won a special Afro-
American Award for their group per-
formance entitled "Men of Color in
Search of Justice."Texas won nine
awards at the na-
tional contest and
for the fourth year
in a row won more
awards than any
other state.January 1990 / 1
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