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CONSULATE NEWS
The Abraham Lincoln 200th Birthday Drawing Contest Awards Ceremony
February 9, 2009

On January 30, the Consul General's Official Residence hosted the Abraham Lincoln 200th Birthday Drawing Contest Awards Ceremony. The contest was organized by the Consulate General of Japan and Chicago Futabakai Japanese School (Day School and Saturday School) which together asked the students to make an Abraham Lincoln related drawing as homework over their winter break. A total of fourteen pieces of work were chosen by the judging committee, comprised of the Consulate General and Futabakai teachers.

Fourteen winners and their families were invited to the awards ceremony. Consul General Hisaeda and Tetsuaki Masuda, President of Futabakai, gave the awards and the prizes to the winners.

Following are the names of the fourteen winners.

Award

Name

School

Grade

Drawing’s Title

Consul General Award

Takahito Ueki

Day

4th

The Lincoln I Love

Futabakai President Award

Momoka Tsunekawa

Saturday

2nd

Peace

1st and 2nd Graders

Lincoln Award (Gold Award)

Rikuhito Ueki

Day

1st

The Famous Lincoln

Illinois Award (Silver Award)

Nae Minakawa

Saturday

1st

Lincoln

Illinois Award (Silver Award)

Rira Miyake

Saturday

2nd

Abraham Lincoln and His Pets

3rd and 4th Graders

Lincoln Award (Gold Award)

Sora Ishikawa

Saturday

3rd

February 1865

Illinois Award (Silver Award)

Mahiro Sena

Saturday

3rd

Two Presidents (Lincoln and Obama)

Illinois Award (Silver Award)

Takuro Otani

Saturday

4th

Lincoln, Deep in Thought

5th and 6th Graders

Lincoln Award (Gold Award)

Mako Kuwayama

Day

5th

Wishing You Happiness

Illinois Award (Silver Award)

Touko Okada

Saturday

6th

Penny Machine

Illinois Award (Silver Award)

Natose Sakai

Day

6th

Picture of Lincoln, by me, for the 200th Anniversary

Middle  and High School

Lincoln Award (Gold)

Ayana Takizawa

Saturday

11th

Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln

Illinois Award (Silver Award)

Taisuke Okada

Saturday

7th

Five Dollar Bill

Illinois Award (Silver Award)

Souichiro Yamashita

Saturday

8th

No Tears Are Left

Below are the 14 pieces created by the children.

Takahito Ueki: "My Favorite Lincoln"
Momoko Tsunekawa: "Peace"
Rikuhito Ueki: "Famous Lincoln"
Nae Minakawa: "Lincoln"
Rira Miyake: "Abraham Lincoln and His Pets
Sora Ishikawa: "February 1865"
Mahiro Sena: "Two Presidents (Lincoln and Obama)"
Takuro Otani: "Lincoln, Deep in Thought"
Mako Kuwayama: "Wishing You Happiness"
Touko Okada: "Penny Machine"
Natose Sakai: "Picture of Lincoln, by Me, for the 200th Anniversary"
Ayana Takizawa: "Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln"
Taisuke Okada: "Five Dollar Bill"
Souichiro Yamashita: "No Tears Are Left"