THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, February 23, 1996 TAG: 9602230060
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E10 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Medium: 51 lines
THERE WERE 115 entries in the Black History Month essay contest. Daily Break editor Eric Sundquist selected 25 finalists, which were judged by recruitment editor M.L. Lake, Teenology editor Lorraine Eaton and reporter Denise Watson.
The Virginian-Pilot thanks all who entered, and all the teachers who made the essay contest part of their classes' work.
Here are the names of the finalists:
First place ($100 and a Virginian-Pilot T-shirt):
Sherell Wilson, Bayside
Runners-up (Virginian-Pilot T-shirts):
Tiffany Beckett, Tallwood
Emily Letts, Kempsville
Markus Little, Maury
Other finalists:
Ben Allison, Rock Church Academy
Robert Boatwright, Northampton
Paulita M. Brown, Princess Anne
Paul Buckley, Western Branch
Cheryl Cortemeglia, Tallwood
Kariva Cross, Lakeland
Margaret Davis, Bayside
Debbie Dunekack, Rock Church Academy
Nicole Hannans, Tallwood
Dante Jiggetts, Booker T. Washington
Tamara Jones, Norview
Carvella Pete, Booker T. Washington
Elizabeth Pope, Norview
Vera Roberts, Booker T. Washington
Sarah Rodgers, Great Bridge
Stephen Michael Sabo, Rock Church Academy
Robert Subasavage, Booker T. Washington
Emery Taylor, Southampton High
Shelronda Wilkins, Booker T. Washington
LaVar Williams, Bayside
Andrea Wong, Kempsville
KEYWORDS: ESSAY CONTEST by CNB