The following newspaper article appeared on the FRONT PAGE of Corning's The Leader, Vol. 25, No. 88, on Thursday, April 13, 1989.
The front cover photo (taken by Matt Wascavage) is a picture of me drawing a picture of cartoon character Roger Rabbit (from the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"). The caption reads: "DAVID SCOTT demonstrates his drawing skill during interview [sic]. The Corning youngster won a national card contest."
By CINDY FREDRICK, Staff writer
CORNING--David Scott of Corning gave his mom an early Mother's Day present this year.
Scott, a sixth-grader [actually seventh] at Northside Blodgett Middle School, has been named the New York state winner in the seventh annual "All-American Salute to Mothers" greeting card contest sponsored by Kentucky Fried Chicken and Good Housekeeping Magazine.
The 12-year-old artist's entry was among the 50 best of 600,000 entries.
David's card featured a baby chick saying "That's my mama["] and "Happy Mother's Day" on the front of the card. The inside of the card reads "...to the old CLUCK that brought me up."
"I'd like to be a cartoonist for Crack[ed] magazine. I'm not into animation business too much because that takes too much time but I think I could help draw a good parody," he said.
The winning cards will be displayed from May 1-14 at the Empire State Building.
"I didn't want to enter because I never thought I'd win, but when I found out, I was really excited," he said. "I came up with the idea because I knew it was sponsored by Kentucky Fried Chicken and wanted to add a little humor to it."
David, who usually spends most of his time at home drawing, drew the card somewhere else.
"I did it in school during a time when I was supposed to be working on something else. The teacher didn't mind, though," he said.
David's parents, Nancy and David Sr., said they were proud of his accomplishment.
"He'll take any pad that's lying around the house and start drawing on it. He'll make any excuse to draw but he doesn't need much of an excuse," his father said.
"He's been drawing ever since he was teeny-tiny. He always has a pen and paper in his hand," Nancy said.
For his achievement, David will recieve a camera and a certificate of merit. The sixth-grade class at Northside Blodgett will also be treated to a chicken party on April 24 courtesy of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
For now, David is content with drawing cartoon characters such as Roger Rabbit and Mickey Mouse.
"I'm not sure about the future but I am sure that there will be drawing in it."
On April 24, Northside had the chicken party, during which I also recieved a framed picture of the front of my award-winning card. I ate with area Mayor John Kostolansky and had my picture taken with a guy in a chicken costume. The party also got me an additional appearance in one of the newspapers (a photo, of me eating, with a caption under it), and I was featured in a TV news report on WETM-18.
My card was now the property of Good Housekeeping and KFC, so I haven't seen my original copy since I first drew it. An area Staff Bulletin released on March 1989 said that "David's greeting card will be available in local stores at a later date according to Lauren Tetor of KFC's headquarters in Chicago". If that's true, I must have missed it, because I never saw it anywhere.
By the end of high school, I got tired of drawing. I preferred to spend more time taking pictures, using the FUJI camera that I had recieved during that chicken party. Most of my photos in the East High School yearbooks were taken with it. I used the camera until Spring 1997, when my parents bought me a new one.
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