North Dakota National Guard offering free 540 trips to the Peace Garden State

...and according to AP, only 28 people have entered, 12 of them from North Dakota.

Okay, let the jokes fly, but I've been to the Peace Garden State, and it's a great place. That's me in 2004 running in the North Dakota Badlands near Medora, one of the places the winners--and their chaperones--will visit this summer.

Anyone who knows any high schoolers who will be juniors or seniors next year should tell them about the North Dakota National Guard essay contest.

From AP:

A National Guard essay contest is offering 10 selected high school students from every state and four territories a free trip to North Dakota this summer.

The Guard's Lewis and Clark Youth Rendezvous is being planned to bring the 540 students to North Dakota Aug. 13-18 to educate them about the journey of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark nearly 200 years ago.

Two chaperones from each state and territory also will get the free trip, the Guard said.

The students will be selected based their thoughts about the military value of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The competition is open to those who will be high school juniors or seniors in August 2006.

Learn more on the Lewis and Clark Youth Rendezvous web site.
It's up to me to get the word out about the contest--too bad my daughter is only nine.

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