The League of Women Voters Whitewater-Area, in partnership with the Kiwanis Breakfast Club, announced Tuesday the top three winners of its Whitewater High School student video contest on voter registration, photo ID, and the importance of voting.
Students were challenged to create a 3-minute educational and inspirational video on voting and encouraged to use their creativity in delivering required content. Twenty-three submissions were received and judged by a seven-member panel consisting of League board members Ellen Penwell and Anita Loch, Kiwanis representative Kathy Schumacher, Whitewater City Clerk Michele Smith, Daily Union reporter Chris Welch, Director of Whitewater Community TV Alan Luckett, and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Associate Professor of Political Science Jonah Ralston.
The winning entries are: first place ($250) – Jeremy Hosely, Julia Nelson, and Tea Luehne; second place ($100) – Rachel Stone and Katie Weaver; and third place ($50) – Alyx Kieman.
The students will be honored and their videos will premier at the League’s holiday dinner, slated 4:30 to 7 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 6 at the Fin & Hooves Restaurant in the Whitewater Country Club. The public is invited to attend the event but reservations are required and due by Nov. 30. To make a reservation call Julia Ross at (262) 581-5411 or download a reservation form online at www.lwvwhitewater.org.
The first place videos will be shown on the State League’s website and offered for viewing at regional high schools, on the UW-Whitewater campus, and other venues during the 2016 election year.
In the announcement revealing the results, the League, Kiwanis, and judges “extend congratulations to the winners and applaud all the students who participated in the contest. In addition, we offer a special note of thanks to Whitewater High School Civics Teacher Greg Stewart for his enthusiastic support of the project.”
