WINNERS IN ANNUAL HISTORY DAY ANNOUNCED

Risco High School with 15 winning entries won the Sweepstakes Award for the second consecutive year at the History Day District Contest Saturday at Southeast Missouri State University. About 500 students participated.

The winners in the senior division, grades 9 to 12, from first through third places were:

Historical Paper -- Jason Kasinger, Nancy Wheeler and Adrienne Spears, all from Risco.

Individual Media -- Shawn Conner of Dexter and Amy Marshall and Trey Ackman, both from Richland High School.

Group Media -- Stephanie Landers, Erin Presley and Danny Goin of Risco; Karrie Evans and Bridget Rowe of Risco; and Chanda Burris and Angela Roth of Ste. Genevieve.

Individual Performance -- Rebecca Sides and Jane Dimofte of Richland and Mandy Crow of Bernie.

Group Performance -- Tosha Davis, Tracy Walker, Mary Robertson, Frances Harris and Leon Johnson of Risco, Deidre Brown, Jamie Sides, Krystal Kelley, Jennifer Karnes and Sarah Keller of Richland and Courtney Stewart, Mindy Bridgewater, Daniel Kingree, Cory Hartlein and Chris Vandiver of Bloomfield.

Individual Project -- Racheal Bryan of Bernie, whose presentation on "No More Taxes: The American Revolution" earned a scholarship valued at $2,720 to Southeast Missouri State University; Jennifer Woods of Richland and Erin Holt of Bernie.

Group Project -- Shannon Bennett and Aaron Westrich of Advance, Eric Blair, Jeremy Conner, Justin Wheeler and Ben Eaton of Richland and Brad Goodman and Jason King of Richland.

The winners in the junior division, grades 6 to 8, from first through third were:

Historical Paper -- Stanford Alan Griffith of Risco, Cecilia Kuntz of St. Vincent de Paul in Cape Girardeau and Hope Strickland of Risco.

Individual Media -- Jennifer Landers of Risco, Holly Fox of Greenville and Juanita Fowler of Risco.

Group Media -- Eric Abernathy and Seth Cantrell of Advance, Malisa Wilson, Brandi Earnheart and Emily Brannon of Risco and Traci Lerma and Sarah Campbell of Risco.

Individual Performance -- Mattie Taylor of Dexter, Stacy McClelland of Dexter and Kyle Carter of Risco.

Group Performance -- Nichole Fish, Lindsie Pearman, Bettina Arathoon and Krista Hyde of Dexter, Chad and Gail Heuschober of St. Vincent de Paul and Angela Aubuchon, Julie Hoffman, Jenny Garner, Laura Kane and Chris Wunderlich of Dexter.

Individual Project -- Trisha Brase, Lindsay Bohnert and Katie Menner, all from St. Vincent de Paul.

Group Project -- Beth DesPres and Patrick DesPres of St. Vincent de Paul, Thomas Erlacker and Jeff Dunaway of St. Vincent de Paul and Liam Costello, Brandon Middleton and Kyle Becker of Advance.

The winners in the elementary division, fifth grade and below, from first through third were:

Individual Project -- Derrick Uhrhan of St. Ambrose in Chaffee, Daniel Crouthers of Risco and Greg Landers of Risco.

Group Project -- Patrick Conner and Wesley Bell of Bloomfield, Jeri Stuever and Ryan Hyslop of Dexter and Layne Strattman and Meredith LeGrand of St. Mary Cathedral in Cape Girardeau.