[November 21, 2009] BRIEF: Optimists to sponsor essay contest Tweet STERLING, Nov 21, 2009 (Daily Gazette - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The Optimist Club of Sterling is encouraging area students to contemplate the question "The Internet: Today's Evolution or Tomorrow's Menace?" as part of the Optimist International Essay Contest for next year. The Optimist Club will judge local students' essays based on that theme and will pick the top winners. The submission deadline is Feb. 1. Winners will receive awards and the winning essay will be sent to the district level. Essays will be judged at the district level and each district will send top entries to the international level. College scholarships are available for top winners at the district and international levels. The Optimist Club of Sterling has been participating in the Optimist Essay Contest for many of years and has been active in the community since 1982. Other programs and service projects that the club is involved in include the Oratorical Contest and the Junior Golf Tournament. Student wishing to participate in the essay contest can find out more about the contest by contacting the club at 815-626-4853. To see more of The Daily Gazette or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.saukvalley.com/. Copyright (c) 2009, Daily Gazette, Sterling, Ill. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]