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Local student to attend Leadership Forum

Margaret Crouch, a sixth-grader at Steamboat Springs Middle School, has been accepted into the People to People World Leadership Forum, from Monday to Saturday in Washington, D.C. Along with other students from around the country, Margaret will earn high school credit while studying leadership and visiting some of the United States' most well-known monuments, museums and institutions, according to a news release from the People to People program.

In addition to visiting sites including Capitol Hill, the Smithsonian Institution, colonial Williamsburg, Va., and the National Museum of American History, Margaret also will participate in small-group discussions and exercises about leadership development.

She was nominated and accepted for the honor based on scholastic merit, civic involvement and leadership potential.

Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower founded People to People in 1956. More information on the program can be found on the Web at www.wlfleaders.org.

Young authors' contest winners announced

Three students have been named winners of the second annual middle school and high school young authors' contest. Lisa Ruff, gifted education specialist at Steamboat Springs High School, said 41 local students entered the contest, sponsored by Epilogue Book Co.

Daniel Wright, of The Lowell Whiteman School, won the first-place prize for high school entries and will receive $100 in Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association gift certificates. Steamboat Springs High School senior Ashley Lopez won the $50 second-place prize, and Steamboat Springs High School sophomore Andrew Ruff won the $30 third-place prize.

Sandy Conlon, Bill Spyker, Sherry Bray and Nicole DeCrette judged the high school entries.