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Seven Kansas high school journalism students have placed in the National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Competition. Three of those students — Maggie Simmons and Andrew Goble from Shawnee Mission East, and Andy Wickoren from Shawnee Mission Northwest — won first place in their respective categories.

The students will be feted a the NFPW national conference luncheon honoring our high school winners. The conference is set for Sept. 8-10, 2011, in Council Bluff, Iowa, across the Missouri River from Omaha, Neb.

The winners from Kansas:

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First: Maggie Simmons, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas, “Beauty and the Beast”

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First: Andy Wickoren, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, Kansas, “Junior Connor Mitts runs around his backyard with his sister, Kaylee, 7, on his shoulders.”

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First: Andrew Goble, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas, “The Assault on Productivity

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Second: Kevin Simpson, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas, “A Reason to Smile”

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Second: Meghan Leihy, Hillsboro High School, Hillsboro, Kansas, “On the mat & On the court: Senior Ben Bebermeyer tries to evade the block of a Garden Plain defender. The HHS boys are 2-3 and will travel to Marion Tuesday to take on the Warriors in a non-league contest.”

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Second: Alex Lamb, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas, “Sanity Drifting Away”

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Third: Emma Pennington, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas, “The Buyer’s Guide to Books”