Art Institute graduate wins poster contest

Jessica Fair, of Fairfield, a recent graduate of the Art Institute of Cincinnati, won the 12th annual Mardi Gras Poster Competition sponsored by the Northern Kentucky Restaurant Association and Masterpiece Creations.

Essay winner

Kyle Dallman, a sixth-grader at North Avondale Montessori School, was one of six winners in the Ohio Civil Rights Commission's statewide Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Essay and Arts Contest.

Kyle wrote about a Jewish and Christian married couple in his community who open their home to neighbors and are receptive to everyone's beliefs.

Military training

The following privates graduated Army basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.:

Shannon Fischer, a Lakota West High School graduate and daughter of Lisa and Mark Fischer of West Chester Township; Brandon Rich, Anderson High School graduate and son of April Rich of Anderson Township; Ashley Cooper, Winton Woods High School graduate and daughter of Vera Cooper of Forest Park; Tiwane Higgins, Withrow High School graduate and daughter of Diane Kidd of Walnut Hills; and Katrina Carr, Robert A. Taft High School graduate and daughter of Rosemary Carr of Mount Auburn.

Call: 755-4165. Fax: 755-4150. Mail: Congrats, The Cincinnati Enquirer, 7700 Service Center Drive, West Chester, OH 45069.

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