By Gerardo R. Partido
Variety News Staff

NILO Ray C. Colitoy, an 11th grader at Simon Sanchez High School, has won the congressional art competition in Guam.
Colitoy and his watercolor painting of Talofofo Falls will travel to Washington, D.C. for the opening of the 2007 “An Artistic Discovery” exhibit and a banquet honoring other congressional arts competition winners from throughout the nation.
Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo, who is co-chair of this year’s competition, said she and her staff are looking forward to making Colitoy’s visit a very memorable one.
“I understand that Mr. Colitoy will be making his very first trip to the States and is excited about seeing our nation’s capitol and all the things he has only seen in pictures,” Bordallo said.
Jeffry Ejan, a senior at John F. Kennedy High School and a student of art instructor Karen Howe, took the second place.
The other student competitors were:
* Adrian Acain, 12th grader at Notre Dame High School. Art instructor: Jack Shook;
* Amy Atkinson, 12th grader at George Washington High School. Art instructor: Anjonette Hernden;
* Ray Hiroshi, 11th grader at GWHS. Art instructor: Linnea Smith;
* Pinsi Lei, 11th grader at Harvest Christian Academy. Art instructor: Sara McGrew;
* Chris Merep, 10th grader at GWHS. Art instructor: Tina Flores;
* Ashley Miller, 11th grader at NDHS. Art instructor: Jack Shook;
* Jean Marie Nadres, 12th grader at SSHS. Art instructor: Ron Canos;
* Christa Park, 11th grader at the Academy of Our Lady of Guam. Art instructor: Mary Kioshi;
* John Plaza, 10th grader at GWHS. Art instructor: Linnea Smith;
* Zachary Toves, 12th grader at NDHS. Art instructor: Jack Shook; and
* Andrew Malilay White, 11th grader, home school.
Bordallo thanked all the high school art instructors who encouraged their students to compete in the contest and to Continental Micronesia, the Guam Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and the Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities which supported the project.