GROVE CITY — The Grove City College Department of Education, education honorary Kappa Delta Pi and the Hamilton Curriculum Library recently honored about 91 fourth through eighth grade creative writers at the Grove City College Awarding Awesome Authors awards ceremony.

The semi-annual contest drew more than 800 entries from 12 school districts.

Those honored received a certificate of excellence, an award-winning selection of literature, a bookmark, a pencil and an anthology containing all winning stories.

Six overall winners received a journal, hardback book and pen. Kappa Delta Pi also donates a hardback book to the school attended by each overall winner.

Entries were evaluated by Kappa Delta Pi members for ideas and content, style and creativity, organization and mechanics.

Student winners were:

Butler School DistrictMadison Gumto, fourth grade, Penn Christian;

Shane McIntire, fifth grade, Center Township;

Connor McGinnis, fifth grade, Center Township;

Elizabeth Simms, fifth grade, Center Township;

Maria Lucas, fifth grade, Oakland Township;

Colleen Dreyer, fifth grade, Connoquenessing;

Christopher Mertz, fifth grade, Connoquenessing;

Grace Klutinoty, sixth grade, Center Township;

Megan Minto, sixth grade, Center Township;

Breanna Scheidt, sixth grade, Oakland Township;

Amelia Adams, eighth grade, Butler Junior High; and

Darius Bopp, eighth grade, Butler Junior HighGrove City Area

Alyssa Clouse, fifth grade, Hillview Intermediate;

Alyssa Grossi, fifth grade, Hillview Intermediate;

Lily Dunn, sixth grade, Grove City Middle; and

Emily Gordon, sixth grade, Grove City Middle.Grove City Christian Academy

Lilia Gorski, fourth grade;

Grace Messer, fourth grade;

Nathanael Fleming, fifth grade;

Noah Wiley, fifth grade;

Lindsey Cummings, sixth grade;

Jeffrey McMahons, sixth grade;

Noah Oxendales, seventh grade;

Emma Van

Til, seventh grade;

Luke Hensley, eighth grade; and

Benjamin Marsch, eighth grade.Moniteau

Elizabeth Anderson, eighth grade, Moniteau High School.Slippery Rock Area

Rebekah Myers, fourth grade, Har-Mer Elementary;

Mark Novad, fourth grade, Slippery Rock Elementary;

Bradin Webb, fourth grade, Slippery Rock Elementary;

Alexandra Gray, fifth grade, Slippery Rock Elementary;

Tyler Holmes, fifth grade, Slippery Rock Elementary;

Emily Fritz, sixth grade, Slippery Rock Middle;

Maria Lutz, sixth grade, Slippery Rock Middle;

Mari Reott, seventh grade, Slippery Rock Middle;

Jackie Appel, eighth grade, Slippery Rock Middle; and

Cole Udy, eighth grade, Slippery Rock Middle.———Students present water quality resultsWestminster College students

Jaimie Daum of Butler,

Mark Biedka of Harmony and

Nicole George of Valencia presented water quality results at the Nov. 10 meeting of the Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition at Jennings Environmental Education Center.Daum is a junior chemistry major and the daughter of Warren and Darby Daum of Butler. She is a graduate of Butler High School.Biedka is a junior biochemistry major and the son of Mark and Amy Biedka of Harmony. He is a graduate of Seneca Valley High School.George is a junior chemistry major and the daughter of Jonathan and Lisa George of Valencia. She is a graduate of Mars High School.