News Release

March 18, 1998 

Orange County Students Win State And National Awards
In The 1998 International Aviation Art Contest

O. B. Schooley, Director of John Wayne Airport is pleased to announce that Orange County students won 13 of 14 state awards, one second place national award and two first place national awards in the 1998 International Aviation Art Contest. The national winners have been invited to participate in the National Awards Ceremony on March 30, 1998 in the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Their artwork will be forwarded to compete internationally in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom on July 1, 1998.

This is the third consecutive year that winners of the John Wayne Airport Student Art Contest participated and placed in the International Aviation Art Contest. Children in three age groups, 6-9, 10-13, and 14-17 from across the United States were invited to use their imagination creating a poster for the "Air Sports in the Olympics." Winners were judged on the basis of creativity, technical ability and appropriateness to the theme of the art contest.

The International Aviation Art Contest is generously sponsored by the National Aeronautic Association, National Association of State Aviation Officials and the Federal Aviation Administration in cooperation with the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, Paris, France.

The following are the state and national results of the 1998 International Aviation Art Contest for Orange County:tudent, Age, School, Placement

Anaheim

Category III (14 – 17 years)
Jose Luis Montano, 14, South Junior High, 2nd Place State

Costa Mesa

Category II (10 –13 years)
Katharine Halleen Nelson, 13, TeWinkle Middle, 2nd Place State

Garden Grove

Computer Art (6 – 17 years)
Andrew Chang, 16, Garden Grove High, 2nd Place State
Kuo Wou, 17, Garden Grove High, 3rd Place State

Irvine

Category I (6 – 9 years)
Marilyn Chiu, 8, Santiago Hills, 1st Place State, 1st Place National
Nicole Clifford, 9, Westwood Basics Plus, 3rd Place State

Category II (10 –13 years)
Kellie Wei-Jing Wong, 11, College Park, 3rd Place State

Category III (14 – 17 years)

David Liang, 15, University High, 1st Place State, 1st Place National
John Chiang, 14, University High, 3rd Place State
Charles Lu, 15, Irvine High, Hon. Mention State

Lake Forest

Category II (10 –13 years)
Madeleine Fierro, 10, Glen Yermo Elementary 1st Place 2nd Place

Santa Ana

Category I (6 – 9 years)
Angela Lee, 6, Arroyo 2nd Place

Tustin

Category II (10 –13 years)
Christina Han, 11, Brywood Hon. Mention

# # #