State-wide Essay Contest
The OLBC will conduct a contest among high school students across the state for the best essay submitted about Lincoln. The OLBC has determined a question which will address Lincoln, the person and what he means to Americans today. The OLBC has raised funds for prizes to be awarded in each of Oregon’s five congressional districts. The OLBC is also conducting fund-raising from several sources to fund a trip for the winner of the essay contest to a premier ALBC event in 2008 or 2009. Retired Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, Wallace Carson, has agreed to put together a panel of judges for the essays. The OLBC is working with both the Oregon Department of Education and the North West Scholarship Press to encourage students to participate. It is hoped that the winning essay will be read at the opening session of the Oregon Legislature on February 12, 2009. All the winning essays will be published in a special insert in the Oregonian.
