Satilla Regional Library System held its Bookmark Art Contest Winners’ Ceremony on Saturday, October 16, at the Douglas-Coffee County Public Library. This contest was held from Tuesday, September 6, 2016 through Friday, September 30, 2016. Participants in Atkinson and Coffee Counties drew a bookmark with the theme, “Turn the Page…” and submitted it to any Satilla Regional Library branch in person. The Wiregrass Artists’ Guild judged the bookmarks for the contest.
Mr. Mark Cole, Director opened the ceremony by welcoming the winners and their families. He introduced himself and Miss Julie Macomber, Children’s and Young Adult Librarian. He thanked everyone for coming to the ceremony and for taking the time to participate. He told everyone that the winners’ bookmarks will be distributed throughout Satilla Regional Library System.
Mr. Cole proceeded to call up each winner and presented them with a framed certificate of their winning bookmark, $ 25 Wal-Mart gift card, and copies of their bookmarks. Mr. Cole and Miss Macomber congratulated each winner for a great job on their bookmark. A photograph was taken of each winner with Mr. Cole and Miss Macomber holding up the framed certificate with the child’s winning bookmark.
There were seven total winners in this contest. The winners in Atkinson County were as follows: Mallory Brown of Pearson Elementary School for the third and fourth grade category, Julie Vining of Atkinson County Middle School for the fifth and sixth grade category, and Taylor Spivey of Atkinson County Middle School for the seventh to ninth grade category. The winners for Coffee County were as follows: Kayden Tyre of Nicholls Elementary School for the third and fourth grade category, Faith Wasden of First Academy for the fifth and sixth grade category, Selena Brigmond of George Washington Carver Freshman Campus for the seventh to ninth grade category, and Isaiah Smith of Coffee High School for the tenth to twelfth grade category.
All winners were congratulated once again. At the conclusion of the ceremony, a group photograph was taken.
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