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with the GIS contest during the time it was held. Both Larry Oliver and Kevin Martin were also competing in the Systems Control (lego) contest. They were the regional winners and this was their main focus. Tristan Sonnet and Anna Owens stayed on task and gained valuable confidence building in their efforts. Anna reported that, “Once we got there, we were presented with a problem of congested traffic flow around the Holiday Inn. We were told to create new maps that showed our suggestions as to how to solve it.” Kreyling also said, “This event was harder because it asked for a lot of information. Being the first year we did not feel as prepared as we would have liked to have been.” Tristan and Anna actually left the contest room to take GPS points with a Garmin eTrex Venture hand held device. Tristan said, “I was worried about getting shocked because I wanted a GPS point and inch away from a 400,000 volt electric fence.” Once the points were taken the students downloaded the into a lap top and used ESRI’s Arcmap version 9 software to create maps.
Tyler Crews stated, “TSA is a team effort. I learned that because two of our members couldn’t come I couldn’t compete in some of the events we had hoped to. TSA may seem geeky at times, but you get to travel around and meet new kids from other schools. Seeing new places, the independence, and meeting new people—its awesome.”
According to Kevin Martin, “This was my first TSA State competition and I am glad I went.” Emily Raney said, “I would have liked to stay there longer. I enjoyed the whole TSA competition. Meeting new people and
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