Mexican Snow Sculptor is Not Able to Compete
Sculptor Abel Ramirez Aguilar, 63, from Mexico, flew to the United States to compete in the St. Paul Winter Carnival snow and ice carving competitions. He is a world-renownded artist who has won awards in Canada, Japan, Norway and France. The Star Tribune http://www.startribune.com/462/story/963341.html reported that Aguilar is ineligible to win the snow sculpture money or the grand prize and advance to the national competition in Lake Geneva, Wis. because is not a Minnesota resident.
The Pioneer Press http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/16557398.htm reported that being ineligible has not stopped Aguilar from shaping his 8-foot snow cube into storms of wind and rain that produce a woman. He is eligible to compete in the individual ice-carving competition which does not have any residency rules.
Herón Márquez Estrada, from the Star Tribune, began her article with an assumption in the lead rather than saying the who, what, where and when. Estrada talked in the active voice throughout the article.
Laura Yuen, from the Pioneer Press, did a much better job with just getting the facts across.