Fifth-grade essay winners announced
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The 2012 Charlotte County essay winners for the Florida Retired Educators Association's fifth-grade grandparent essay contest are, from left: Sincear Viera, first place; Nicolas Webb, second place; and Vance Herbener, third place.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY ARLENE KINCAID
Charlotte County Retired Educators Association's literacy chairwoman Laurel Aumend is shown with Samantha Hottle, the Charlotte County honorable mention winner for the Florida Retired Educators Association fifth-grade grandparent essay contest.
The 2012 Charlotte County essay winners for the Florida Retired Educators Association’s fifth-grade grandparent essay contest are Sincear Viera, first place; Nicolas Webb, second place; Vance Herbener, third place; and Samantha Hottle, honorable mention.
The first-place essay went on to the district-level contest to be judged, from which the winning district essay was sent to the state-level contest. A final winner was scheduled to be announced during the organization’s state assembly in Orlando at the end of May.