By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
All Barton County elementary students, grades K-6, are eligible for Eagle Media’s Make a Difference Contest, presented by OPI and Golden Belt Printing. The last three weekly winners in the contest all hailed from Great Bend. Last week, the prize returned to Ellinwood as fourth grader Madilyn Frees was selected.
“I make a difference by showing good sportsmanship to my team and others,” Madilyn said.
Because she is a weekly winner, OPI and Golden Belt Printing presented Frees with a giant $100 check. Just one more weekly winner will be selected in October, and those four winners, plus the teacher of the winning student, will receive another $100. The lucky monthly winner will also win a bookbag full of goodies from other contest sponsors. Ellinwood fourth-grade teacher Terra Ricker is now a contender for the $100 monthly prize.
“Madilyn is a very good leader in the class,” Ricker said. “She’s very helpful, and we are so glad that she is part of our classroom.”
The Make a Difference contest, presented by OPI & Golden Belt Printing, is sponsored in part by Big Ben Custom Engraving, Freedom Claims Management, Great Bend Redi Mix, Francis Financial, Medical Park Pharmacy, R&R Roofing, Allstaff Chartered, Miller Plastics, Rosencrantz Bemis Water Well Service, Great Bend Rec, Jimlo Glass Center, Haz Mat Response, & Scooter's Coffee.