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Stockton sixth-grade student Richard Schleicher had won the National “Fight The Bite’” poster contest he had entered. The contest, which was sponsored by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, and the DEET Education Program had invited fifth-and sixthgrade students to create posters that encouraged children and adults to protect themselves against mosquito and tick bites, and the diseases they cause. Art teacher Barb Hensonhaddecidedtouse the contest as a class project. It wasn’t surprising to know that Richard’s entry post boasted a boy riding a mosquito, much like a bullrider would, holding a can of spray DEET. Richard was honored in Atlanta with the expenses paid for his entire family to witness the award ceremony, where Richard was the recipient of an award plaque and a $1,000.00 U. S. Savings Bond. Anna Hahn won a state award with her entry of a camping ground complete with a yellow tent and a boy standing in front of it while his dad is spraying a can of DEET. The slogan read, “I can’t believe that I can avoid mosquitoes.”