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Two students at Empire State College in New York have been named winners of Morton Bahr scholarships for 2003, and the competition for 2004 is underway.

In honor of Black History Month, we've hidden the names of 11 heroic African-Americans in this month's puzzle. They include the very famous, such as civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and heroes who aren't as well known, such as Sgt.

Jim Harlan is a world-class cyclist, a fearless skier who takes on Colorado's double black diamond slopes and - between his jobs as a ski patrol dispatcher and a preschool teacher - he occasionally squeezes in some rafting, kayaking and fishing.

Margaret A. "Peg" Stanton, retired Kentucky director who broke new ground for women on the CWA staff, died Dec. 27 at her home in Largo, Fla. She was 87.

Wright Allan Baker, a retired CWA representative in District 9, died Dec. 3 at the age of 97. "My father's life spanned a century," his son, Donald, said. Born in Alberta, Canada. "He first traveled with his father by horse and buggy and went into the mountains to do logging by steam tractor.