Chris Gaghan, art instructor at Hicksville Elementary School, works with his fifth grade students on the Kids' Design-An-Ad competition.

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Sixth-grader Alexus Miles of Tinora Elementary School uses the light from a window to trace the final copy of her Defiance College ad for the Kids' Design-an-Ad tabloid.

Crescent-News photos by Jenny Derringer and Thomas Born

Kateesh Curry (left) and Carter Bowling, sixth-graders at Defiance Middle School, use the light table in their art class to trace the final copies of their ads for submission.

2013 Kids' Design An Ad n 3Ayersville Middle School

5th GradeMr. Cicero Tanner AddingtonFaith BaldwinJenna BaldwinMcKynlee BidlackCallie DishopLuke FacklerAdam FerlandNoah FisherKatelyn HeinzeIsabella JosephJared KellySydney KingRomeo LawrenceTrevor OkuleyBryson RelyeaJordan SasseenIsaac SchindlerJaden SepedaDamien StewartJada StumboWynter Tressler

Mr. MixTaylor AddingtonAshton AlvaradoLacey AnkneyCaden BrownJohnny Burdine IIIBrady FishpawMakaylah ForemanKassidey GrennayCedazhsa HarrisSamuel McGuire

Trae MillerZachery RetcherLogan SchlachterMason SeimetTrinity ShirkGarrett ShreveCarson TracyJazzlyn WilsonSerenitie Young

6th GradeMrs. MekusAbbie BakerHeith BaldwinJacob BernerCade BidlackChloe BowenSarah DonnellyErika ErnstCaitlin EschbachKarson HummelKourtney LindemanRyan MartinKatie MillerAaliyah OdomPaige OldsConner PeoplesChloe RaikeJordan RamirezBronwen RileyBen SeigmanKyle ShafferNathan Steffen

Mrs. Rodenberger Amanda AddingtonGarrett AdenGavyn AdenTrisha Baldwin

Alyssa BokMakayla BranhamJunior BrownSummer CollinsLiam CowleKatelyn EatonTyson EstleAubrey FlorenceLayne FroelichAlexis HagermanErin HessAlissa JenkinsDevon JohnsonMarcy MillerCaleb MorrisonMatthew StarrSabre StumpAlexandra Tijerina Mr. Sobecki Sofia BarrazaEthan BecherJaxon BerrySpencer BowenLogan BrownAnthony CookFelicity EichlerGabrielle GossardTyler JohnsonMcKynzie KeaslerNatalie MarshallAbbie MillerMadison NicholsDustin ParksLibbey PhippsJared RainesDevan RueAlly SamlowGage Stemen

Ashlee TresslerLoryn Wright

Defiance Middle School

Grade 6 Mrs. Kara Pieracini Carter BowlingJamal CaesarAllayah CoatsDevin CoronadoKatrina DotsonMariah DraineShonnia DrobekMadison EitniearEliza EsparzaPreston FoorTori HannaQuinn KalessisBrian LoweAngela MaciasKira MackiewiczLogan MaloneDwan NorthZoie PellandDevon PierceAustin RankinAutumn RippeltoeCamillia RodriguezViviana RosseGabby RuizJames SeeleAddison SmithChloe SmithGarrett SnyderRyann Stearns

Chris TracyAngelica ValdezKevin Williams

Defiance Elementary School

5th GradeMiss Lauren BollingerTamara AguileraDavid AndrewAlexa BickfordMacey BrightAriel BrownCheyenne CereghinAudrey ConleyMadison ConnerKoance DavisCody EngelDejla GarciaRaelle GonzalesHaydon GuyerAaron JohnsonAlyssa KinderJaida KusicIsabel MinchAlexis ResendezDestiny SalinasLily StennettVictoria Vukadinovich

Mrs. Erica BuchholzBrooke BasingerConnor BujalskiGarrett CampbellJohn CeballosAlyssabeth Coressel

Noah CriggerCourtney DaegerGavin FeehanBryce HallJustin KennedyEmilee LasleyJerad McDowellMercedes PalladinoZachariah ParrishRomero PearsonMadeline PeckEnrique PerezKendra ReederLily RoddyMadalyn SchlosserMarcus ValleGrace WalterChristopher Weseman

Mr. Joseph KimeCristina AcevedoAlexis BrownAaron CruzShaelyn CurtisChase DiemerSeth ErfordGabriel FronkOriana HolmesAbigail HorvathMadisyn JohnsonEthan LechHarley LindemanFernando PachecoVictoria PhillipsChaz PinskiBrendan RupLina SanchezCarlee AnnSmiddyEriq Taylor

Kymberlie UrbinaDaniel VanceRuben Ybarra

Mrs. Ann MeltonAntonio AlvaradoJalen AlvarezMarcus Bak HolleyLogan BakerKolby BidlackKyle CarrJacquelyn ConleyJordan DavisJames DodsonBrenna ElstonAlessandro GarzaDylan HaleMadison HannonCalvin HeldCaden KlineHopi ManisCameron McDonaldAubrey RelyeaTaylor RiebesehlShay SoukupCameron StarrWyatt Whalen

Mrs. Robin NofzigerTenley BaldwinJacob BennettMhalicki BronsonImry ChapmanSkyler ConleyIsaiah CramerMakayla Florence PrattSelena GarciaJordyn GoingsJacob HutchesonBrendan Keith

Deven MaynardColin MoatsCooper MortonCorrey OlivoKendrick ReedDanasia RoweAnastasia SteeceMarilyn StumboMadison Thompson

Mr. Eric RobertsKaden AguilarJacob BarajasVirginia BearAlexis BlakeAshlee DavisMatthew EsparzaMadelyn HamAlexander HannaLuke KingsburySabryna MansfieldJuan MartinezEmalee McKenzieJordan MitchellJustin PessefallAngel RamirezKyhia ReplogleJackson ReyMisael RodriguezChristopher SanchezPeyton ShirkDavid Vela

Mr. Matthew SchnipkeBrendan ConleyJackson DrouillardAlec EhlingerChristian HaidlerKellis HattonElijah Jackson

Honorable Mention

n4 2013 Kids' Design An Ad Jasmyn JusticeKyndal KennedyLauryn LudermanGarbiel MendezElizabeth MendozaMakayla MooreKyle NycumDakota OswaltSophia PadillaAubrey PierceChchi PrimasAalissia RobinsonKatherine RodriquezArvonte RosseTristan VillarrealBrayden WillettCorrey Williams

Mr. Josh YoderKalie BanksLevi BevinsKaylee BrashearSerenity BrownMakenna CarolusSebastian CastrejonChachi FloresLuciano GarciaSisco GonzalezG Onna GrangerMadalyn GrinerJovana LopezCloey MaagGage NewmanAlyssa PowersMatthew RogersBrianna ShankBrooke SlattmanHaden SullivanKambell VitekAlex WadeDevon Williams

Mrs. Melanie SchafferVictoria BarrientosKaelyb HileRamon Martinez

Fairview Middle School

5th GradeMrs. KellyAustinAlienVictoria BauerCadee BrownKenneth Cunningham-

BergerChelsea DockeryMariah DunlapNoah HagermanSimon HammonHunter HuffmanJennessa JohnsonMadison JohnsonSamiKimeTrey KollarHarley KunkelMakinzi LoutzenhiserRiley LucasDominique Mansel-

PlaydelBailey McCarthyNevaeh MidgettCade PolterWesley TresslerCollin VanceSheyanne VeresAdrianna WeaverEli Winkler

Mr. NussbaumKendall BakerNathan BeckGarrett BennettJulianna BergerHannah BurroughsChase FadleyNoah GibbsAbbi GrantEthan GreenwaltBrooke HardyMourissa HolifieldMakayla KarzynowTaylor KingJasiel LagunaTrevor McMahonRiley MealerAriannah MerillatGracie MorenoAlexis RuckerDeanna SimonisAlistair SmithBlake SmithEthan Thompson DruVan deVordeRoger Worthington

Mrs. StokesJosiah AdkinsNick BreiningerBreanna BullockSantiago CadenaMetea GrineAlexis HartIsaiah HellerRissie HolifieldKyla KarzynowChristian KlenderBraden KolbGarret LambertJared LeBrunEvan MallettAdrian MetzCassidy MohrKory PaxtonRiley PuffinbergerAdrianna RothMadison SchoenauerLayne SheetsSydney ThompsonSamantha VanceElizabeth VetterCheyenne Watson

Miss ZipfelKaleb AnkneyChad BaumgardnerHolden BrownTaylor CanalesDeacon CaryerNathan ClineZoe CritesDestiny EitniearMathia GangerGrace GoodEthan HavensAudrey HugJoseph LeeMegan LeichtyKaitlyn MallettKarl MillerSydney MintonAlex NicholsJT NusbaumIan RhodesMillard RifeTrey ScantlenHaylie SchindlerChayse Singer

Brocke TrowbridgeMadison Wright

6th GradeJared BerryKamryn BolandRiley CollinsKatie CritesEric CullerSarah DietrichCathryn FergusonNathaniel GarzaColton GrantSarah HillAvery KohlbeckJacob LockwoodKevin MacsayBalin MichaelDylan MillerRaegan PhillipsLogan SmithJacob ThompsonAustin TovarCaleb VolzMercedes WagnerAaliyah WattsRose Zeedyk

Hicksville Elementary School

5th GradeMr. Michael AltmanHunter BetzDrake BiggerIsabelle CastilloMitchell Combs-McClishMason CommissoEmma CoverReagan DenningKaitlyn ForsterAustin GillespieJanice GreenMadison JamesSerenity KeesburyBlade KiefJacob MillerSamantha PostJacob RickmanMichael RiouxRilee RossNathalie SwensonPeyton Yoder

Mr. Nathan E. FerrellShyla BiggerTaylor BirkhimerColby BoundyJenna BurleyLuke ChamberlainEric ChapmanEthan CoplinCarl ElstonBrooklyn GraberJeanette GraberMiryam KeeganEthan LaneyColin LillyNathanial McKelveyDylan MeekMackenzie MillerSamantha RichterSalina SantiagoEmily SmithNathaniel Sullivan

Mrs. Melinda R. TrzynkaBrandt Balser

Christopher BarnhartGabriel BlandElizabeth BookerKaitlin BriskeyJoshua CarmsCameron ClineHaley CuppJonah GippleMichaela KeeleyHunter KennerBain ManionAyla MyersRaegen NeidhardtJaden PetersonSommer ReinhartRosalyn SchwartzKerrigan StarkCameron Sudlow

Mrs. Lauri A.TurnbullOwen AllenGabriel CalcySophie ClarkSari ContrerasMarissa CoverEphraim DelagrangeNatalie GrundenReid KeeleyJosie KnoxBraden LanghamMadison ListerDustin NotoBrianna PickleAmaya SmithElizabeth StrongIsaac StrubingTravian TunisKennedey VillenaGavin WilhelmJordan Wolfe

6th GradeMrs. Amy KaracsonKatelyn BergmanMalcke BowmanGavin BrownTyson CaleyGunnar CarwileCierra DowneyMarcus DreherDylan EarlyMadison FowlerBryceton HendersonKerrie KeslerAlexandria PrescottEmily SandersHunter ScottHarloc ShumanSidney SlatteryCaleb SowlesAllison SteuryBryce StofferRaymond StoneMakayla SullivanParker ThielVictoria VasquezSierra WhiteheadOwen Wolf

Mr. Paul D. OvermyerEmily BerryAngela BetzTiffany ChiappettaLindsay CuppElias DelagrangeLandon FerrierRiley FigginsCoralee Flanary

Anthony GilbertJunior J GippleBrandon GrayDylan GrimesPreston HendersonSierra KerrSamantha KlimaUriah LagunaAlexi MetzJamie MyersKayla PerkinsDakota SchooleyMicah SchroederTrenton SniderGary ThatcherAlissa ThompsonZachary Van Curen

Mr. Donald A. PernaLaney BalserZaccary BrickelJaclyn DietzDevon EicherElizabeth FultzVaughn GraberZahary GrimesCory LanghamTaylor LarryAshley LemperVictor MansfieldKalista McKinneyIsabella MendozaAlexa MichaelMichael MyersBarron NeidhardtEmma PaynePaula PickleJoshua RichterGrasiela Salas-MoralAlli SchooleyBradley SpeakerJoshua WhiteLexi WitteSebastian Yochum

Holy Cross Catholic School

Grade 6 Mrs. Jennifer Boyd James BlontJared BuchholzSavannah CoresselKody GerardotKaleb PryAnnie RoseYoselin RuizBrandon ShaferJaiden ShockLibby TrejoChase VollmarHannah WilhelmHannah Zedaker Grade 5 Mrs. Jennifer BoydJanelle BryantDavid CalvoEvan EdwardsSkylar GentitMichaela PaholakBen PryJacelyn RamirezNathan Wilhelm

Home Schooled

5th GradeWill Lammers

6th GradeSarah Andrews

St. John Lutheran School Grade 6 Mrs. Nancy KemperMaggie BurnsRayah CavinAva DuerkCourtney FerrisJeremy GrimeEric HeilshornBrady KillgallonIsabella SandysSadie Tuckerman Grade 5 Mrs. Nancy KemperHannah BurnsKryshel DalesAbby ElwoodIzabel KellermyerKerrington KroeckelAlexis Laker-SierraReagan PolasekAishalyn SprowEthan StarkAshley TettenhorstAudrey Wiseman

Tinora Elementary School

5th GradeMr. Brandon OneyTaylor BrownCroyden CardarelliAustin DaltonNic DunnoAshlee HammJocelyn HonakerSean KelleySierra KrusePreston LeathermanHunter LeonardShaelyn PedrozaSandy RameyErica RiekeLucas SchlegelAsia SchmunkQuentin ShortCaden SnyderSadie SteinmetzCiera StuberDylan VonDeylenGabe Watson

Mrs. Liz AndersDallis ClausonLucas FloryNoah GarzaChandler HahnAndrew HeilmanNick HelmkeGraceeMae KeaslerRhees KeezerAlena OndrejkoLevi Ramirez

Hunter RexNoralee RichardMadison SchlosserAbigail SheltonKeali SpeiserCorbin SpillerCaden TrefzgerElliot WannemacherNatalie WertzClaire Wonderly

Mrs. Joyce WachtmanKacee AnkneyCierra BlackMorgan ChaseCourtney CoxChristopher FergusonSkylar GentitC J GerschutzKali GilePatrick HammAden HornishCatalina MendozaOwen NewmanJarrett RamosBonnie RankinErin RyanSierra SalinasMason SantosAaron ShortEve WesthovenMacKenzie Willits

Mrs. Nicole WellsLilly AhmedTyler BougheyMorgan BurkWill CallanCurtis CarnahanDylan EaglesonSydney GerkenAbigayle HelmkeAaliyah HurttMikaia JimenezMatthew KohnenLaura KrugerZach MarchApril MartinSamantha MeyerSasha OndrejkoDaron SimmonsKendyl SnowEvanWillitzerEmily Woodbury

6th GradeMrs. Jill WiemkenEamon AnkneyMadison BrownBrady BumbAdeline BunchJaida CendrowskiSydney ClineIsaiah ColonNathan DavisCollin DerrowAuggie DiehlKate DrewesTaylor GarmanMalachi GreinerAustin HilversTrey HurttMatison LucasAlexus MilesDerek MinckBailee MoserJonathon NordenTony PahlKendall SattlerAshton Snow

Cameron Stork

Mrs. Chris RisnerTristan AckermanElla BreidenbaughAustin CaricoWes CraddockAlaina EvingerMadelyn FloresOlivia HerkoJamie HuertaEmily ImberMelissa KingsA J MahnkeMadyson PalmerAubrey ReinekeBaylee RexLandon RinkelBlayne RobinsonOwen RoehrigBrennan SaboDalton SchmaltzTrevor SpencerEmma SprowBrady Stykemain

Mrs. Beth HeadleyGrayce BurkholderNoah ButtermoreJuan CastilloP J ConlonOakley DemarBailey FeeneySydney FogtLevi FosterSarah HarrisAlex HenryHannah HornAlex HulseDevin MarchTye NordenCorbyn PaxtonAdam RohrsJacqueline RossMakecknie RyanRylee SandersStacey SteffelTrevor TackettCameron TongPatience Wagner

Mrs. Jami CameronDanielle BeckClay BowdenEric BrownleeDuston BurrisGrace BussingRayann ClevengerSpencer GiesigeSydney GrieserCameryn HereviaJonah JimenezElla KeberDel KightDestiny LeeLogan MaasselChanelle MilesKyle OrdwayChristian PayneZoe PixleyTy PlassmanBrendan RobbinsCarissa TalikkaAaron WagnerDavid Wolfrum

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Devon Johnson (left photo), a sixth-grader at Ayersville Middle School, finalizes the details of his ad for Behringer-Herman Eckhardt DDS. Above, Holy Cross Catholic School fifth-graders (from left) Evan Edwards, Michaela Paholik, Skylar Gentit and Jocelyn Ramirez work diligently to trace the final copy of their ads. Sixth-grader Ashley Lemper (right photo) of Hicksville Elementary School spends her art classroom period perfecting the details of her ad for Chief Supermarkets.

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Brady Killgallon, a sixth-grader at St. John’s Lutheran School, Defiance,

refers the website of Wendy’s for tips on drawing the ideal hamburger.

Defiance’s Kircher’s Flowers got special creative treatment from

Victoria Barrientos, a fifth-grader from Defiance Elementary School.

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Denise Pannell (right), art teacher at Fairview Elementary School, works

with some of her fifth-graders on the newspaper’s ad contest.

Caleb Volz, a Fairview Middle School sixth-grader, looks over his

work on an advertisement for ReMax Realty, Defiance.

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Fifth-graders Hannah Burns (left) and Isabel Kellermyer of St. John’s Lutheran School, Defiance, look up

information about Laurels of Defiance for use on a Crescent-News advertise-ment.

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Tinora Elementary School sixth-graders Madison Brown (left) and Eamon Ankney work at the light table

to put the finishing touches on their business advertisements.

Holy Cross Catholic School art instructor Jennifer Boyd (right) explains the Kids' Design process to fifth-graders

Kaden Salinas (left), Brianna Fortman (seated) and Jocelyn Ramirez.

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Jamal Caesar, a sixth-grader at Defiance Middle School, pours his cre-ation talents into his ad for Abbey

Lane, Hicksville. Caesar was among hundreds of contestants in the news-paper competition.

Ayersville Middle School art instructor Deb Lockie works with sixth-grader Caleb Morrison on his

entry for the newspaper advertising contest.

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2013 Design~An~Ad Contest

CongratulationsTO THE WINNERS

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