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City of Auburn Solid Waste Kelly, Grade 5

Way Scarff Ford Tianna, Grade 5

Agrishop Ace Hardware Tyler, Grade 5

HBT Insurance Tyson, Grade 4

Grocery Outlet Ivonne, Grade 3

Merry Maids Kelly, Grade 5

Kids Design an AdWe asked students from our elementary schools in

Auburn to design ads for local businesses.The goal of this project is very simple. We present the

students with a blank box and the businesses’ logo and address and the kids use their artistic abilities to create an original advertisement for the business.

There were a total of 188 ads that were designed by the students and all of them went up on our website, which was so exciting for the kids.

Now it’s your turn to get involved by voting for your

favorite ad! Go to www.auburn-reporter.com and click on the “vote now” box and select your favorite. Voting starts April 22 and will run through May 5.

Vote carefully, the winning ad’s creator will receive an Athens Pizza party for their entire class!

The kids are excited to see their ads in the paper this week and we’re excited to show them to you. We hope you enjoy them.

Thanks again to the Auburn School District, who made it possible for their students to participate.

Designs were drawn by students

who attend Auburn Schools.

VOTE!Voting is open April 22

through May 5.

Starting April 22nd go toAuburn-Reporter.comto vote for your favorite drawing.Winner receives a Pizza party for their classroom sponsored by Athens Pizza.

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Quarter Chute Cafe Patricia, Grade 4

Heritage Bank Lauryn, Grade 5

Alpine Ridge Insurance Jenna, Grade 5

Auburn Int’l Farmers Market Madison, Grade 5

McDonald’s Kelly, Grade 5

The Rock Gabriella, Grade 4

Head & Malesis Insurance Caleb, Grade 5

Valley Buick GMC David, Grade 5

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FOR THE REPORTER

Rebekka Paulsen’s entry, “Hello, Kidney Disease,” recently captured fi rst place in Highline College’s Student Poetry Contest.

Paulsen was one of 60 writ-ers who submitted 113 poems to the contest, which is a prelude to Highline’s fourth annual celebra-tion of National Poetry Month in April.

“When writing the poem, I was inspired by my father’s coming to terms with his hereditary kidney

disease,” said Paulsen, a Running Start student in her second year at High-line College. She noted that her father is living with 10 percent kidney function while he waits for a second transplant.

“My father is a cou-rageous man who has worked hard to delay the progres-sion of kidney disease. While he knew at a young age that he had anomalies in his kidney function, it did not begin to impact his

life until I was in upper elementary.”

Born and raised in South King County, Paulsen graduates from Highline in June, earning simultaneously her associ-ate degree and high school diploma.

In the fall, she attends Anderson University in Indi-ana, where she will study dance performance, English and French. Her goal is to become a dance instructor and author/poet.

Winning the contest earned the 18-year-old Paulsen a $125 cash prize.

“Th e judges were very moved by ‘Hello, Kidney Disease;’ its knockout punch caught us off guard as the speaker addresses the illness which curtails her father’s life. Th e poet’s skills are most evi-dent in the controlled voice and fi nal epic leap,” said Susan Rich, a member of the Poetry Month committee, a Highline faculty member and a published poet.

Second place, with a prize of $100, went to Kelvin Hernandez of SeaTac for his poem, “Th e Truth of the Bicycle.”

Th ird place and $75 went to Tatyana Byrd of Burien for “Golden Beauties.”

Honorable mention, along with a cash prize of $25, went to Auburn’s Shari Douglass (“San-dra Speaks”) and Kim Huynh (“Where I’m From”).

Th e winning poems are on display as broadsides through May 31 in the Highline Library Exhibits and Art Gallery, Building 25, fourth fl oor.

Highline’s main campus is located midway between Seattle and Tacoma at South 240th Street and Pacifi c Highway South(Highway 99).

Highline students from Auburn shine in poetry contest

Paulsen

The Rock Colton, Grade 4

Athens Pizza Aubrie, Grade 5

McDonald’s Lucas, Grade 5

King County Library Auburn Selena, Grade 4

Liberty Jane Ellie, Grade 4

Hop Jack’s Asher, Grade 4

Kids Design an Ad