Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Meredith Pletcher, a freshman student at Mount Vernon High School, is the winner of the nationwide Summer Book Club Essay Contest. The contest was sponsored by Hastings Entertainment, Inc. The essay titled “The Quary” written by Miss Pletcher was selected by a panel of judges among hundreds of other essays. For more information, see the Nov. 22 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.