SCHULTZ SCHOOL NEWSPAPER EARNS AWARDS

The 1996 Paw staff has won five national awards and 14 state awards in this 11th year of publication. The Paw is the student newspaper at Louis J. Schultz School in Cape Girardeau.

Among the awards is the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association's All-Missouri rating which is the state journalism association's highest overall ranking.

Individual national winners were Katie Rose, Martha Stoecker and Paul Miller. The Quill and Scroll International Honor Society's competition runs from February to February each year.

Rose received two national awards for her May 1995 column, "Katie-bird's farewell." She received the Gold Key for Excellence and Quill and Scroll's Sweepstakes Award, as the single top national entry in the column-writing category.

Stoecker received a Gold Key Award from Quill and Scroll for her April 1995 regular column, "MMAT time."

Miller was a double winner for his October 1995 story, "Hackin': Sport of the '90s" in the sports category. He earned a Gold Key and, like Rose, received the top national Sweepstakes prize in his category.

At the state journalism association's Awards Day at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, 13 individual Paw staff members were recognized.

Wendy Stott won the first place state award in the news category for her October 1995 story, "State warns juveniles."

Mary Beth Owen won first place in the feature category for her February 1995 story, "Time for valentines."

Jay Buerck took first place for his 1995 sports column, "Is the magic back?"

Earning first place in the in-depth series category for their work on the October 1995 "Health" spread were Brandy Borgfield, Amy Bowman, Sarah Brown, Ryan Dewrock, Blake Ervin, Rebecca Hellrich and Mary Beth Owen.

Four Paw staff members took second place in the state contest.

Blake Ervin won second place for his February 1996 news story, "Brick parapet comes tumbling down."

Cassie Gross won second place for her February 1996 column, "Visions of Slimfast."

Alyssa Holyfield won second place for her December 1995 sport feature, "Voerg twins love soccer."

Wendy Stott and Aimee Crowley won second place for their December 1995 spread, "Hooked on the phone."

Rebecca Hellrich won third place in MIPA's editorial division for "Furry friends find help" from the February 1996 Paw.

"Writing is excellent," said the judge in the overall competition. "Leads have some punch without too much opinion. Layout is clean and well-organized. Photos have effective cropping. News has the future in mind. Bravo!"

Mary Beth Owen is a member of The Paw staff.