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The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers announced that Roncalli High School senior Cassidy Mattingly has earned a National Medal in the 2017 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards in the Visual Arts category with her entry: “Silver Cascade.” She will accept her award at the national ceremony at Carnegie Hall this summer.Local Right to Life contest announcedHigh school students can compete in a contest arguing for the right to life.Right to Life of Johnson and Morgan County Inc. is having a Teen Oratory contest.The contest is open to high school and homeschool juniors and seniors in Johnson and Morgan counties and surrounding counties where no local pro-life Teen Oratory Contest is being held.The contest will be April 22. The deadline to register is April 17.Contestants are asked to give a five to seven minute speech about abortion, infanticide, euthanasia or stem cell research.Application form and rules will be sent to those teens registering. The winner will advance to the Indiana Right to Life State Teen Oratory Contest on May 6.To receive an application form or to know more, please contact Kay Cull, at 317-346-4035, or you can email your name, address, phone number, parent or guardian’s name, and year in school to register to: rtljmc@gmail.comStudents serve as pages at StatehouseLocal students got an inside peek at state government by serving as pages at the Indiana Statehouse.The following students served as pages:Clay Black, Sam Purk, Franklin Community High SchoolA.J. Coulter, Greenwood Christian SchoolAndrew Graves, Elijah O’Dell, Garrett Wright, Greenwood Christian AcademyLauren Teike, Andrew Rattin, Hannah and Taylor Work, Center Grove High SchoolNolan Hoffman, Roncalli High SchoolPages observe actions on bills, tour the Statehouse and run errands for legislators.Students named Indiana bandmastersLocal students were named to the Indiana Bandmasters All-Star Band. Students are T.J. Vculek, Allison Greenwell and Brian Ross of Franklin and Emily Haynes and Natalie Haynes of Greenwood.Students must audi...