Media Contact: Heather O'Connell
Community Relations Coordinator
Lee County Library System
hoconnell@leegov.com   (239) 461-2924

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Lee County Library System Announces Bookmark Contest Winners

FORT MYERS, Fla., October 27, 2004 – Entries for the Lee County Library System’s “2004 Design a Bookmark Contest” will be on display in the system libraries during Children’s Book Week, November 15 - 21.  A first place winner from each participating library will have his or her bookmark design printed in quantity for the public.  Other outstanding entries will be awarded Honorable Mention certificates.

The first place winners are:          
Boca Grande Reference Room and Library               Amber Taylor
                                                              Grade 5, Liberty Elementary

Bonita Springs Public Library                  Brandon Boaz 
                                                              Grade 3, Bonita Springs Charter School

Cape Coral-Lee County Public Library   Alexis Macedo
                                                              Grade 3, Skyline Elementary

Captiva Memorial Library                       Roman Maksimov
                                                              Grade 5, Sanibel School

Dunbar-Jupiter Hammon Public Library   Brittney Smith 
                                                              Grade 5, Colonial Elementary

East County Regional Library                Claritza Hernandez 
                                                             Grade 5, Mirror Lakes Elementary

Fort Myers-Lee County Public Library  Rachael Schaaf 
                                                             Grade 5, St. Michael Lutheran School

North Fort Myers Public Library           Jessica Chavez 
                                                            Grade 5, Tropic Isles Elementary

Pine Island Public Library                     Nicholas Laymon 
                                                            Grade 3, Pine Island Elementary  

Riverdale Branch Library                     Alexandra Gerberick 
                                                           Grade 4, Sunshine Elementary

Rutenberg Branch Library                    Ellison Johnson 
                                                           Grade 3, Caloosa Elementary

South County Regional Library            Andrew Mullen 
                                                           Grade 5, Home-schooled

Lee County Library System Bookmobile           Michelle Butler
                                                                        Grade 5, North Fort Myers Academy of the Arts
                                                            
 View the winning bookmarks and previous year’s winning entries online at http://www3.leegov.com/library/kids/bkmks/2004Bkmk/BkmkWinners04.htm (pdf).  Media – please contact Heather O’Connell for bookmarks in other formats (Photoshop, Illustrator, gif, jpg).

In addition to having their bookmark designs duplicated in quantity, each first place winner will receive an invitation to a reception at the Fort Myers Barnes & Noble, on Saturday, November 19 at 6 p.m. and a gift certificate for Barnes & Noble.

For details on this and all the other programs happening at the Lee County Library System, visit the web site www.www3.leegov.com/library or stop by a library near you to pick up a Calendar of Events.  For more information on any library program, call your library, or Telephone Reference at 479-INFO (4636).

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