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Brittany Cross takes first place in essay contest
Updated: 3/19/2012 5:18 PM
The North Augusta Optimist Club recently held an awards dinner for the winners of the annual Optimist Essay Contest.
The topic of this year's 700-word essay was "How My Positive Outlook Benefits My Community."
The winner, Brittany Cross of Fox Creek High School, will now compete for a $2,500 scholarship at the state level.
During the meeting recognition and awards were given to the three winners. In addition to Cross's first place essay, Mary-Louise Pawlowski, also of Fox Creek High School, took second place, and Ramsey Whitley of North Augusta High School was the third place winner.










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