Congratulations to our holiday memories winning writers!

Congratulations to the winners of the West Room Writer’s “Holiday Memories” Creative Writing Contest! The Junior Division winner of the contest is William Bonila, and the Senior Division winner is Keegan Starkey. Both William and Keegan won a $25 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble, sponsored by Town and Country Paving of DeMotte. Second place winner in the Senior Division is Alice Santell, who won a $15 gift card to Barnes and Noble, sponsored by the Jasper County 4-H Creative Writing Project.

The West Room Writers, a group of teens in grades 4-12 who love to write creatively, will meet again on Thursday, January 20 from 5:30-6:30 pm at the Demotte Library, where rules for the upcoming “Valentine Poetry Contest” will be announced, and other fun writing activities will be the order of the meeting.

Join us, and find out more about the West Room Writers or register to attend by logging onto the library’s website at www.myjcpl.org or calling the DeMotte Library at 987-2221.