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Article: LOCAL HAPPENINGS
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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owensboro, ky.
Third-grader wins
military essay award
Rebekah O'Bryan, a third-grader from Owensboro, was awarded first
place in the third- and fourth-grade category of the Armed Services
YMCA Annual Essay and Art Contest at a Capitol Hill luncheon on May
13 in Washington.
As part of her reward, O'Bryan received a $500 savings bond for
her essay.
The essay will be displayed in the U.S. Senate's historical
Russell Rotunda until Thursday, along with 25 other winning essays
in an exhibit sponsored by U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl.
The ASYMCA essay contest, sponsored by Lockheed Martin, asks
children of servicemen and women from all branches of the military
to submit original works about why they are ...