Clackamas County's teen talent has a new champion in the form of Kaitlyn Keller, a Milwaukie 11th grader who just nabbed the top spot in the Libraries in Clackamas County's annual Teen Summer Reading Artwork Contest. Scooping a cool $100 cash gift card, Keller's piece, which perfectly captured this year's theme of "Read, Renew, Repeat," has set the bar high, and there might be some seeing her work on LINCC’s Summer Reading Program materials which is a possibility.
In the race for creativity, Keller wasn't alone with Violet Struckmeier, another 11th grader hailing from Happy Valley clutching an honorable mention and a $25 cash gift card to her name. The local literary champions were chosen from a rich pool of entrants that "reflecting the incredible talent and creativity in our communities," as Lisa Taylor, Youth Services Librarian at Happy Valley Public Library, shared in a statement captured by the Clackamas County news website.
There's more than just monetary rewards at stake here; winning artwork along with other entries will be exhibited online, offering a showcase of the diverse array of teen talents that Clackamas County proudly parades, a tour de force of youthful ambition anyone can view by visiting the LINCC website.
The summer season at LINCC will bring more than just the heat, it'll be a hotbed of activities ranging from the serene to the sensational with their summer reading programs for the youthful bibliophiles among us, children and teens will enjoy a smorgasbord of activities that will stretch across all 13 libraries in the county and will include puppet shows game nights and outdoor concerts, with programs and prizes as diverse as the events themselves.
