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Team Orbital Sanders Wins People's Choice Award
With 30 yards of sand and a limit of 25 hours of labor, CBE alumni-heavy "Team Orbital Sanders" created a work of art called "Missing Links" at the World Championship of Sand Sculpture last September that claimed a People’s Choice award.  Team Members Ed Mah (BLA '76), Stan Allison, Jerry Ernst (MUP '67), Ken Large (BLA '77), Vern Cooley (BArch '70), and Jeff Benesi (BFA '81) qualified for the World Championship with wins at local qualifying events and a second-place finish at the Canadian Championships in Parksville, Canada.  The World Championship is the largest gathering of sand sculptors in the world, and draws master competitors from all over the globe.