Forest Products Essay Winners Announced

Tue., Dec. 12, 2000

By Sherry Adkins sherrya@spokesman.com (208) 765-7120

Local winners of the Idaho Forest Products Commission’s recent Forest Products Week Essay Contest have been announced. Along with a certificate, students received a $100 personal savings bond and $200 for their classrooms.

Top winners, their teachers and schools are listed.

First place winners

Janessa Kamps, grades 3-5 category, and teachers, Kay Hall, Kathy Cooper and Alice Page, all from Seltice Elementary School, Post Falls; Kinsy Hood, grades 9-12 category, and teacher Melody Melton, Coeur d’Alene High School.

Honorable mentions

Grades K-2, Jordan Chandler, Ramsey Elementary, Coeur d’Alene.

Grades 3-5: Samantha Hiatt, Valley View Elementary, Bonners Ferry; Jennifer Linna, John Brown Elementary, Rathdrum, Idaho; and Samantha Riley, Skyway Elementary, Coeur d’Alene.

Contest semi-finalists

Grades K-2: Jennifer Kerr, Taylor Stewart, and Anna Teall, all of Ramsey Elementary.

Grades 3-5: Tiana Allen, Potlatch Elementary; Ashley Bryntesen, Alexandra Gedrose and Chase Newell, all of Seltice Elementary; Shane Gunn and Kylee Zebedeo, both of Valley View; Tyler Jacobson and Caitlin Seaton, both of Ramsey Elementary; Bethany Wise, of Hayden Meadows Elementary School; and Curtis Watson, John Brown Elementary.

Grades 9-12: Janell Hartley, Clark Fork High School; Heather Hatley, St. Maries High School; and Hana Truscott, Coeur d’Alene High School.

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