Celebrating Young Poets in Jackson County!

The 9th Annual Poets Among Us: Young Poets Contest

The poets contest boasts 812 entries submitted this year from Jackson County students in the first through twelfth  grades as well as G.E.D. students. Poems cover subjects as wide ranging as animals, divorce, hard times, family fun, friendships, sunsets, and war, to name just a few. To celebrate the student authors and the winning young poets, an awards ceremony will be held on Monday, April 22 at 6:00 pm at the Middle School at Parkside, 2400 Fourth St.

Visit the poet Kenn Nesbitt!

Meet the poet Kenn Nesbitt as part of the festivities! This program will allow participants to experience exciting, funny poetry, and learn how poetry can get kids enthusiastic about reading and writing.

More about the Young Poets Contest:

Visit the poet Kenn Nesbitt!

Meet the poet Kenn Nesbitt as part of the festivities! This program will allow participants to experience exciting, funny poetry, and learn how poetry can get kids enthusiastic about reading and writing.

More about the Young Poets Contest:

Word Wise presents

Remembering Jacobson’s

featuring Bruce Allen Kopytek

If you enjoyed shopping at Jacobson’s or savored the exhilaration of receiving a gift in the silver box at Christmas, birthdays or other occasions, then you won’t want to miss this special tea. Bruce Allen Kopytek, author of Jacobson’s, I Miss It So, is coming to JDL on Saturday, June 23, at 2:00 p.m. for an afternoon tea, book talk and signing. The event will be held in the Carnegie’s Clare H. Sergeant Auditorium.