Wins VFW speech contest
UTICA, N.Y. - Kristine Lyktey was named first-place winner in the Voice of Democracy speech contest, sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The theme of the speech was "Why I Care About America."
She is the second daughter of Jaroslaw and Jean Lyktey to win the honor. Two years ago her sister, Kathy, was the first-place local winner and third-place regional winner.
Miss Lyktey is an 11th grade honor student at J.F. Kennedy High School in Utica, where she is a member of the National Honor Society, managing editor of the school newspaper, Profiles, and plays the flute as well as the piano. She plans to attend Utica College of Syracuse University in the fall under an early admissions program.
She is a member of St. Volodymyr and Great Ukrainian Catholic Church and attends the School of Ukrainian Studies. She is a member of Plast and belongs to its singing group under the leadership of Wolodymyr Smyk, and the Ukrainian dancers of Utica. Her hobbies are painting Ukrainian ceramics, pysanky decorating, and macrame.
Miss Lyktey is a member of UNA Branch 192.
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, December 31, 1978, No. 286, Vol. LXXXV
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