Herbert Albright Americanism Essay Contest
Essay Contest winners present at the Celebration are, from left, Shanele Bobek, Nicole Korn, Daniel Tarkakovsky, Natalia DaSilva, and Cristina Taylor. The essay contest, open to all public and private school students on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, is named in honor of the late Herbert Albright in recognition of his many contributions to local and civic organizations. This year’s essay contest theme was based on the example of this year’s Heritage of Freedom honoree, the iconic Hall of Fame baseball manager Tommy Lasorda who was honored with the Kenneth T. Norris Heritage of Freedom Award, and was the guest speaker at this year’s 49th Annual Palos Verdes Independence Day Celebration on the grounds of Malaga Cove School. Students were asked to discuss why an athlete’s decision, given the freedom to choose one path or the other, should always lead to the inescapable conclusion that cheating is the wrong way to go. A Simple Discussion by Jonathan Hamer 12th Grade, PV Peninsula High School- 1st Place Winner Starting from the first time a child walks into a store he is left with a decision to steal or to save his or her allowance to buy. These decisions come up many times everyday, to…
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