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OTTOVILLE — Each year, the Ottoville Schools Board of Education moves the June meeting to the last Wednesday of the month so Treasurer Bob Weber can give the board the

Power of poetry shines for Franklin students Angela Bauer, Journal-Courier FacebookTwitterEmail Two Franklin High School students will advance to the Illinois State Finals of the Central Illinois Poetry Out Loud competition on March 8.Dusan Petkovic | Getty Images Franklin High School students Thaddeus Bergschneider and Madden Delaney were the top two finishers in the Central Illinois Poetry Out Loud competition earlier this month. Bergschneider recited Mary Carr’s “All This and More” and W.D. Ehrhart’s “Beautiful Wreckage”. Delaney recited Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib’s “No, ...

3 weeks ago in Local kkimball Photo: Saga Communications K. Kimball | February 26, 2021 Ever since Amanda Gorman’s acclaimed performance at the 2021 Presidential Inaugural, it seems like poetry is having a moment. And in Central Illinois, too, where Thaddeus Bergschneider and Madden Delaney, both of Franklin High School, will now advance to the State Finals of the Poetry Out Loud contest next month. Ryan Horstman of SHG took third place with a recitation of Poe’s dark, lyrical classic “The Conqueror Wo...