Talise, right, wins the Five Book Challenge Drawing Prize and her little sister Tessa receives a bear for completing the Five Book Challenge at the 2023 Anza Valley Community Library's Summer Reading Program 'Find Your Voice' contests held Saturday, July 22. Anza Valley Outlook/Courtesy photo
This year's summer reading program wound up with the 'Find Your Voice' contests at the Anza Valley Community Library. The winners were announced Saturday, July 22, the final day of the program. The series of educational events kicked off Saturday, June 10."We had prizes for top readers, pre-readers, children, teens and adults," said librarian Chantel Yarrow. "There were also five-book challenge prizes and a big drawing for those who completed reading five books. We also had a candy counting game, with the winner guessing 500 candies, just 70 off from the actual 570 in the jar. There was also a random drawing that all were put into for signing up at rivlib.beanstack.com."According to both librarians and participants, the contests and challenges were great fun and they are all lookin
