Brooklyn Gilbert, 10, of Othello won a Nintendo Switch as the grand prize in this year’s Mid-Columbia Libraries Summer Reading Challenge. As far as anyone can tell, she’s the first grand prize winner ever from Othello.
September 9, 2024
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Othello girl takes grand prize in reading challenge
OTHELLO — An Othello girl walked away with the grand prize in Mid-Columbia Libraries’ Summer Reading Challenge. Brooklyn Gilbert, 10, won a Nintendo Switch. “(The Summer Reading Challenge) starts in mid-June and ends in mid-August,” said Othello Library Customer Service Specialist Jenny Noyola. “The kids have to read for 15 hours, then they get entered in the drawing for the big prize.” The grand prize wasn’t the only thing summer readers could win, Noyola said. Local businesses contributed smaller prizes as well.