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"We Make House
Southsid
student wins state
writing competition
By NATALIE JOHNSON
natalie@masoncounty.com
Southside fourth-
grade student Lea A1-
baugh won a statewide
essay contest last month
with a unique perspec-
tive on what it means to
be an American.
Lea took the top prize
last month in the Veterans
of Foreign Wars (VFW) La-
dies' Auxiliary Youth Es-
say Contest by answering
the question: "What is an
American?"
"You don't have to be
born in America to be an
American citizen," she
said.."I wasn't born m
America."
Lea, who was born m
China, was adopted and
does not remember her na-
tive land, but understands
that for her, being an
American citizen has spe-
cial meaning.
Lea won the local con-
test early this year, com-
peting against other
area elementary schools
including Bordeaux El-
ementary, Mountain View
Elementary and Pioneer
Primary.
She then competed in a
district wide tournament,
including schools from
Grays Harbor and Thur-
ston counties and won that
as well.
Next, Lea won the state-
wide competition.
"I think it's kind of cool,"
she said.
Local VFW Ladies' Aux-
iliary president Shirley
Schober was impressed by
Lea's essay.
"It's really good - she
has a little different per-
spective," she said.
The local VFW post pre-
sented Lea with an award
on March 22 for her essay.
Lea's teacher at South-
side, Frank Ehresman,
said he wishes he could
take credit for her suc-
cess, but he was on vaca-
tion when she wrote the
Journa pno[o sy Natahe Johnson
Southside fourth-grader Lea Albaugh won a
statewide essay competition.
essay. Guest teacher Me-
lissa Wood taught the class
while they wrote the es-
says.
"I am just lucky to be
their teacher. Despite the
challenges of a large class-
room they're really enthu-
siastic," he said. "I've got
to give all the glory to Me-
lissa.
Last but certainly not
least, Lea's mother Kim A1-
baugh beamed with praise
for her daughter's accom-
plishments.
"We are very proud of
her," she said. "She has a
very big drive to become
successful. She's a very
sweet and loving girl but
she's very much on track
and she knows what she
wants."
While Lea excels at
writing, as shown by her
award, her favorite subject
is math.
"She really likes math,
it's probably her favorite
subject, but she loves to
read," Albaugh said. "She
could read before she was
in school."
Albaugh said Lea pushes
herself to excel and wants
to go ~o college and become
a teacher someday.
"She is a blessing to us,"
Albaugh said.
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Health
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state average at 24 and 11,
respectively.
The county's teen birth
rate is 46 "per 1,000 female
population, ages 15-19,"
higher than the state aver-
age at 33 and more than
twice the national average at
22.
The ratio of residents to
primary care physicians
amounted to 2,220:1 in Ma-
son County and 736:1 state-
wide.
Additionally, 18 percent
of Mason County residents
have no health insurance
compared to 15 percent state-
wide. However, Mason Coun-
ty matches state numbers
for percentages of diabetic
(84 percent and 85 percent.
respectively) and mammog-
raphy screening (68 percent
and 67 percent, respectively).
"You can see by the rank-
ings that having health in-
surance is important but
much of what affects our
health occurs outside the
doctor's office," Kirkpatrick
said.
Mason County competed
favorably against other coun-
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average.
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ranks low compared to other
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