Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Henning - Citizen's Advocate Entry Title: Henning Happenings Entry Credit: Chad Koenen Judge Comment: In one of his columns, Chad Koenen uses his own failures as a young cook in a class to advocate for teaching real life survival skills in schools.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Henderson Independent Entry Title: Growing Up in Henderson by Don Osell Entry Credit: Don Osell Judge Comment: Don Osell has a light touch as he describes some of the inevitable annoyances of aging, now complicated by requirements to wear masts.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Westbrook Sentinel/Tribune Entry Title: Between the Lines byTom Merchant Entry Credit: Tom Merchant Judge Comment: Tom Merchant uses one of his columns as an advocacy platform to reveal how some seniors could be losing Social Security money due to a quirk in a law and what could be done to correct the problem.
Competition Comment: How does messing up a cookie baking assignment in school inspire one columnist to encourage the teaching of life survival skills in school. It tops a category that includes a senior citizen dealing with the annoyances of aging complicated by masks and another that points out how some seniors could lose Social Security benefits by working.
