________________________________ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS _________________________________________________ To Emmalie Lee, Principle of Brookings-Harbor High School, Art Dingle, English teacher, and the 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 the top five essays. ToThe Curry Coastal Pilot for publishing the winning essays. To Starbucks Coffee, Hot Shotz Espresso, and Slugs 'n' Stones 'n' Ice Cream Cones for providing gift certificates so every author would be rewarded. To First Impressions for printing this booklet. And to an anonymous group from The Citizens Who Care who donated their time to develop and organize the contest and produce this booklet. Thanks.