News : Cottage Garden Society Poetry Contest winners honored

Cottage Garden 3rd grade poetry winners: 1st, Devin Cromer 2nd, Brynlea Darnell, 3rd, Amber DeKlotz.

2nd grade winners: 1st, Aly Erickson, 2nd, Cadence Redlinger, 3rd, Anna Verbeek.

4th grade winners: 1st, Julia Johnson, 2nd, Elyah Steffen, 3rd, Victoria Elwick.

National Garden Clubs, Inc. sponsored a Youth Poetry Contest 2015 theme “Croaking Leaping Frogs” for grades Kindergarten through Ninth Grade. The Cottage Garden Society Garden Club sponsored the contest on the local level and received 127 entries in 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades from Tilford and Shellsburg Elementary.

The contest is to excite and encourage our Youth to express and explore their creative thoughts through different types of poetry. NGC's Poetry Contest enables our Youth to embrace their creativity through the art of writing.

Grades elgible to enter were kindergarten through 9th grade.

Fran Stueck, member of the Cottage Garden Society went to the schools and announced the winners on the local level and presented them with Palace Bucks, all other entrants received a bag of sweets from the Cottage Garden Society garden club.

The first place winners will go on to the Regional level to be judged.

The 3rd grade winners were: 1st place Devin Cromer, 2nd place Brynlea Darnell, 3rd place Amber DeKlotz.