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Huntington Middle School students honored at the spring poetry competition are, from left, Briana Murch, Elizabeth Wright, Mishaya King and O’na Reed.
The contest was open to any Houston County student from elementary to high school. Seventeen students from six schools entered the competition. The winners in each division received a certificate and trophy, with the first-place winner also receiving a cash prize.
The Arts and Letters Committee of the Warner Robins Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. sponsors this poetry contest each year. Contestants recite a poem of his or her choice. Categories included dramatic emphasis/expression, poetic interpretation and familiarity with the poem. All contestants received a certificate while first-place winners received cash prizes.
Elementary school winners were:
• Joshua Jenkins, David Perdue Elementary, first place;
• Aria Jenkins, David Perdue Elementary, second place; and
• Raleigh Kreis, Lake Joy Primary, third place.
Huntington Middle School eighth-graders won the top three awards for their age group, taking home trophies and certificates. Winners were:
• Briana Murch, first place for her original poem, “The Prickly Rose.” She also won $50.
• Mishaya King, second place for her rendition of “Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou; and
• O'na Reed, third place for her
rendition of “Still I Rise” by Angelou.
In addition, Elizabeth Wright was
presented a certificate of participation.
This is Briana’s award-winning
poem, “The Prickly Rose”:
A flower as pretty as a summer's day
Whose life is threatened at a
constant pace.
From the bees with their stings
To children playing on the swing
Many things threaten it day by day.
Maybe because its beauty it thought ill.
If a thing should exist it should
do their will.
For whatever reason it is wished ill.
Its beauty is sought,
Without a thought.
On the flowers behalf.
Those might even wish to cut
the flower in half.
To end its life.
If the flower does not bend to their will,
Then the poor flower is wished ill.
The flower is its own.
It does not wish to be owned.
It has its own name.
It is not the same,
As other flowers in the flower grave.
It shall fight!
With all its might.
It shall not cry or state woe is me.
Instead it will shout.
You will not beat me.
That is how it earned the name.
The Prickly Rose.
Macon State College Foundation awards 2010-11 scholarships
The Macon State College Foundation has awarded scholarships to 37 Houston County students for the 2010-11 academic year.
The recipients and scholarships are:
Allison Leigh Boutwell, 13WMAZ/Gannett Foundation;
Catherine Airiss Boven, Eilene Eleanor Epperson, Nadine Julia Epperson, Adam M. Hartman, Brett Joseph Jenson, Jazzmin S. Maddox, Morgan E. Rhoades, Stacy M. Stone and Ashley Nicole Watts, The Billy and Bobby Stevens Foundation;
Mark Stephen Campbell Jr., Trevor Alan Hendrix and Brian Matthew Lee, Dixie Crow Chapter-AOC Educational Foundation;
Elizabeth Marie Chance, Mary Beth McConnell and Kelsey R. Wade, Shah Family Education;
Rebecca Jane Chance, Kristin Alaine Hanlin, Rebecca A. Holcomb, Matthew O'Gorman, Taylor Shaun Phelps and Megan Christine Seyl, Macon State College Foundation Presidential;
Eric Clifton Davis, Georgia Power;
Michele Z. Flaherty, Bobbye B. Singley Memorial;
Carrie Ann Ginest and Amber Marie Pike, Macon State College Foundation Study Abroad;
Allegra Grice, George F. Mayer Memorial;
Kimberly Ann Hall, Patrick Scott Lippert and Rebecca Lynn Swartz, Flint Energies Foundation Jack Hunnicutt Memorial;
Amanda Lynne Hammonds, Coca-Cola Presidential;
Devereaux Amber Lindsey, Gwendolyn Sell Sorrell Study Abroad; Gabriele Elke Lloyd, David R. Adams Memorial Scholarship in Information Technology;
Christopher George Munn and Jonathan William Munn, Phi Theta Kappa Sparbel; and
Elizabeth Lois Wilson, MidSouth Federal Credit Union.
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