________________________________ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS _________________________________________________ To Art Dingle, English teacher, and the 115 seniors who participated for, without them, this would never have materialized. To Words and Pictures Book Club for judging the contest and providing a distribution point for this booklet. To Wild River Pizza for providing gift certificates for winning essays 2-9. ToThe Curry Coastal Pilot for publishing the nine winning essays. To Fred Meyer for providing gift certificates so the top 25 authors would be rewarded. To First Impressions for binding this booklet. And to an anonymous group from The Citizens Who Care who donated $100 Grand Prize and their time to develop and organize the contest and produce this booklet. Thanks.