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The Piano Studio of Mrs. Laura Kiper recently awarded Laura Wygant the Lee Berry Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $500.  Laura is the daughter of Richard and Mary Ellen Wygant of Clarkson, and plans to attend Brescia University.  She has  studied piano with Mrs. Kiper since 2003.  Generous donations were made to this scholarship by Jackie Berry, The Grayson County Rotary Club, Bryan Kiper, and Russell and Annette Langdon.

Winners in the City of Clarkson’s Easter Egg Hunt on April 23 include  Jayla Reid, Gabriel Vannatter, Dalton Russell, Kristlynn Dyer and Kaylee Findley. Each child won $10.

The Heartland Review announces the 2011 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize.

First place is $500 and publication along with all finalists in The Heartland Review's fall 2011 issue. The publication asks for a tax-deductible $5 contribution for each poem to support the contest and the publication. Make checks to The Heartland Review. Send a cover page with titles of poems, author's name, address and a short biography (75 words, maximum).

Names and addresses should not appear on the poems.

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The Kentucky State Parks are looking for young people who like to visit parks and want to tell others about their experience.
The Kentucky State Park Youth Ambassador Program is a voluntary program for youths who are at least 16 years old, living in Kentucky and enrolled in a Kentucky high school, college or technical school. The parks are looking for young people who are creative, team oriented and are enthusiastic about the outdoors.