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Show 'Reflections' Contest Draws 204 Elementary School Entries National PTA Reflections contest 1985-86 has brought "a deeper understanding un-derstanding of freedoms values," said Bruce Owens, principal of Panguitch Elementary, "because the students of America have been asked to view the country from "Miss Liberty's locale on Liberty Island." Students contributed poems in a special effort. Two hundred ninety-one entries were made in both art and literary areas of the contest at PES. I! All the entries were on display at the school and winners will be going ;j to the region contest. ! The statue was a gift to the United j! States by France in 1884 as a symbol of friendship and the liberty U.S. citizens enjoy under a free form of government. In 1903 a poem was inscribed on the pedestal at the foot of "Miss Liberty". The poem, by Emma Lazarus, is called The New Colossus. It reads, "Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, with conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed sea-washed sunset gates shall stand a might woman with a torch, whose flame is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles." "From her beacon-hand glows world wide welcome; her mild eyes command the air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she with silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teaming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-teased to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" So that the judges could be dispassionate in their selection of winning poems, entries had only numbers and only one person knew both the number and the name. Number 58 said, "I am made out of copper. I live in New York on Liberty Island. I stand. I see America. I see all the people. They are pretty. I love you America."; Number 52 said, "I can see the whole world. I can see Alaska and Texas. I can see Hawaii and California. I like America." Number 73 brought these thoughts out. "America is beautiful. I love you America. Do you? It is a land of liberty. Americans are good people and keep our country safe." Number 60 said, "I can see the whole world. I stand for liberty and freedom for the whole world. I see America. It is beautiful. I see her people. They are good. I love America." Winners in literature in K-3 were Tyler Owens, Alisha Richards, Marvin Lane, Vicky Decker, and Jennie Pierson. Fifth and sixth grade literature winners were Mandy Houston, Heather Holman, Tashina Barnhurst, Patricia Howard, and Nicia Clark. f . . j - ' i I i i i i ! 2 f ' I i I L , , Amplus LeFevre, 84, Tropic, sits by daughter, Ora Brinkerhoff who is holding one of her five great-great-grandchildren, Katelyn Shakespear. Babies' father, Kevin and grandmother, Louise Shakespear proudly look on. Over 50 relatives crowded the Tropic Scout House to share moment. |