I received the note below from Tom Peres, a senior at Wakeland High School. Please pass it around Frisco!

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Mr. Maso,

My name is Thomas Peres, and I'm a senior at Wakeland High School.

Recently I sent in a picture to Canon for a picture contest they were having that was sponsored by the NFL, and it actually became a finalist. Out of 10,000 pictures, they picked 28 and mine was one of them. The contest isn't over ye though, there's still a voting portion to decide the winner. If you wanna know a little more about the contest itself the Dallas Morning News actually featured me in their metro section:
http://friscoblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/12/wakeland-student-named-finalis.html

Anyway, what's that mean for Frisco? Well, the picture with the most votes gets to be placed in the NFL National Hall of Fame with all of the other football greats. I think that happens to be a great way to get Frisco on the map. I don't think the youth sports from our town get the recognition they deserve (especially with the boys from Wakeland not making the playoffs), but I'd say that this contest would give our recreational services a nice nationwide exposure, so what's not to like? Also, each vote is entered to win a new Canon Rebel T1i Camera with a lense kit (MSRP: $799.99).

I've already spread the word on this among my peers, their parents, the senior committee at Wakeland, and even Frisco Online, but I'm sure that there's is so much more that can be done to send our boys to the hall of fame. Any help from city council would be highly appreciated as every little bit helps in this democratic process.

http://canonnflusa.com/photocontest/photoContest.html?id=home

You can vote for anything on the first page. My picture is on the second, under the category "Teen Feature". It should be the one to the furthest right, entitled "Commitment Required". It's a picture of a Wakeland player with his head in his hands and a coach standing over him.

Anyway, thanks again for your time. I know we can win this thing if we have enough support. Let me know what you think!

Tom Peres