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2012 HOME GAMES DOORS O|: EN GAME STARTS 7PM vs, Vancouver Volcanoes vs. Portland C:, VlS, Salem Soldiers Thurs. 24th vs, Portland Chinooks "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. Your New Roof for as low as $5000 per month O.A.C.* Your Full Service Roofer Since 1959 • Year-Round ONE DAY Services inmost cases I" m "1 Need a roof? 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Roy TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY Page A-6 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, Jan. 27, 2012 Health Continued from page A-1 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. 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