5/22/13 - Three students from Howell Public Schools were the winners of a Memorial Day essay contest. The Grant Sweet Memorial Essay Contest is sponsored annually by the Friends of the Hartland Cromaine District Library and American Legion Post 415 of Hartland Township. The contest is in memory of the library's former building manager Grant Sweet, who passed away in 2010. Livingston County students in grades 7-12 were invited to write about friends and loved ones in the military. The grand prize winner was Howell High School 10th-grader Zachary Palmieri, who wrote about his grandfather. He won $300. Second place went to Ashley Dunn, a seventh-grader at Highlander Way Middle School, who won $200 writing about her friend. Third place went to Morgan Holt, an eighth-grader at Highlander Way, who wrote about her brother and received $100. All three also received commemorative medals. The essays will be printed in the 2014 Hartland Memorial Day parade booklet. Pictured from left to right: Dwight Sachau (Hartland American Legion Post), Morgan Holt, Ashley Dunn, Don Smith (Hartland American Legion Post), and Zachary Palmieri. (JK)
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