Marion County Auditor Joan Kasotis introduced this 12 months’s winners of her Top Dog essay contest. This 12 months there have been 24 entries.
The essay contest was open to Marion County college students at the moment in third by way of fifth grade. In 50 to 100 phrases, college students have been requested to elucidate why their canine is #1 or a buddy’s or neighbor’s canine.
First place went to Alice Claborn, 9, a fourth grade pupil at Benjamin Harrison Elementary who wrote that she and her canine Mercy have one thing in frequent — they have been each adopted.
“Mercy and I grew up collectively,” Alice wrote. “She comes to high school with me every single day. Mercy sleeps with me. Sometimes she brings me meals just like the time she buried a potato within the covers.”
Second place honors went to Piper Croskey, 9, a fourth grader at Heritage Elementary. She says her canine Daisy is Top Dog as a result of “she makes her really feel higher when I’m unhappy.”
In third place was Alanna Powelson, 9, who’s in third grade at Pleasant Elementary, who known as her “pound puppy” Trixie “loyal, good and humorous.”
The first place winner acquired the county’s #1 canine tag valued at $20. The second place prize was pet provides valued at $15 whereas the third place winner acquired a $10 reward certificates.
This 12 months’s judges have been Kasotis, Clerk of Court Jessica Wallace, Treasurer Jan Draper, Sheriff Matt Bayles, and Municipal Court Judge Teresa Ballinger.
Kasotis reminds residents that 2024 canine tags are actually on sale on the County Auditor’s officethe Marion County Dog Pound in addition to a number of satellite tv for pc areas, together with the Marion Public Library on Monday from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
