Local NewsApril 6, 2020

This story was published in the April 6, 1997, edition of the Lewiston Tribune.

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Matthew Morgan of Lewiston High School earned the highest overall score at the Idaho History Day Regional Competition March 22 at St. Stanislaus Tri-Parish School.

Nine area schools participated, with 142 students involved in approximately 80 projects. Morgan also earned the highest score in the ninth- through 12th-grade division and the $300 Senior Scholarship award with his project, “Will Rogers: The Cherokee Kid.”

The highest score in the fourth- and fifth-grade division went to the St. Stanislaus team of Kyle Peterson, Ben Littenaker and Ross Doherty for their project, “Battle of the Little Bighorn.”

The sixth- through eighth-grade division highest score, and first place in the junior division, went to the St. Stanislaus team of Katie Forsmann and Kristina Aram for their project, “Chinese Immigrants.”

First- and second-place winners are eligible to compete at the state level April 25 at Boise State University.

Other winners by category and division were:

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Historical papers, youth: Jim Stuck, first; Kaitlin Coleman second; both of McSorley School. Junior division: Tiffany Ringold, McGhee School, first; Lana Duman, St. Stanislaus, second.

Performances, youth, individual: Nick Rooney, first, St. Stanislaus. Youth, group: Amy Dean, Elizabeth Dortch and Shanda Nygaard, first, McSorley. Janae Brewster, Megan McMinn, Erika Kinzer and Stephanie Mentch, second, Centennial.

Media, youth, individual: Amanda Dinges, first, St. Stanislaus. Youth, group: Michelle Norton and Morgan Colburn, first, St. Stanislaus. Tyler Thompson, Mike George and Dallas Herndon, second, McSorley.

Projects, youth, individual A: Ali Storey, first, St. Stanislaus. Angela Grossklaus, second, McSorley. Youth, individual B: Jean Ann Hopper, first, Centennial. Krisi Packer, second, Orchards.

Projects, junior individual: Kathryn Radakovich, first, St. Stanislaus. Kelley Riddle, second, St. Stanislaus.

Group projects, youth group A: Jenny Donahue and Katy Klamper, first, St, Stanislaus. Jesse DeAtley and Bailey Puckett, second, Centennial. Youth group B: Jill Tierney and Ashley Taylor, second, St. Stanislaus.

Group projects, junior: Kimberly Marx and Heather Coddington, second, Orchards.

The Idaho Council of Social Studies awarded $25 to teachers Toni Saleen and Margaret Duncan of the Lewiston School District Challenge Enrichment Program.

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