8 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, July 12, 2000 History (continued from page 1) which was held at Penn State Lehman campus this year,” ex- plained Mr. Comitz, who is the only teacher in Lake-Lehman school district who works with History Day. Comitz said he isn’t entirely on his own, though. “Mrs. (Sandra) Weyman, an English teacher, helps by teaching the students the correct way to do the bibliog- raphy for the extensive research that is required,” said Comitz. They must be doing something - many things - right. “Twenty of our students qualified to go on to the state competition held in April at Penn State Main Campus,” Comitz said. “Six of those 20 quali- fied for Nationals by placing first or second.” Sarah Davis was the PA State ~ First Place winner for her indi- vidual performance entitled, “Man Against the Earth: Rachel Carson and the Birth of Environmental- ism.” : “Sarah did very well at the Na- tional Competition but didn’t reach the finals,” said Comitz. “We went to see Sarah’s perfor- mance during the week,” said Liz Blidner. “She was wonderful, but she faced some terrific competi- tion.” The five winning students, ~ whose video tape documentary was entitled “Yield or Perish: The Theft of the Black Hills” were: Liz Blidner, Melissa Brady, Dave Fine, © Rob Roderick and Jen Sutton. “We went to the state competi- ~ tion last year,” said Rob Roderick who will major in finance next year at New York University. “We worked really hard on our docu- ‘mentary and hoped to win at the regional level again.” Melissa Brady said even though they prepared thoroughly, the high scores were unexpected. “We were really surprised to win at the state level,” she said. “We went to Na- tionals with the idea of having fun because we didn’t think we had a chance.” Students are allowed to make adjustments to their presentations after each level of the competi- tion. “We knew our ending was weak but we had used all of the time allowed so that meant changing the whole thing,” explained Mel- issa, who will attend the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh this fall. “We spent a few days at West Side Vo-Tech to redo it and we used a very powerful statement we found in our research by Buf- falo Bird Woman. She told about how the Indian ways were all gone. We used a film clip of a herd of buffalo, then one buffalo, and then none.” That change may have made the difference. “The ending was so powerful that the national judges commented on it,” said Mr. Comitz. “It was very moving.” The National Competition was held at the University of Maryland from June 12-15. “We spent a few days in Mary- land and Mr. Comitz took us into Washington, D.C. while we were there. Wereally enjoyed the whole experience,” said Dave Fine who will attend the University of Scranton this fall. “He (Mr. Comitz) was great during all of this and helped us so much,” said Liz. The winners received bronze medals and will share a $500 cash prize. “I'll probably use mine to help buy books,” said Liz, who will major in pre-med at Cornell this fall. Jen Sutton, the only newcomer in the group, is going to Wilkes in September. Sarah Davis, ~ who will be a senior next fall, has another chance to win at National History Day. 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