A total of 251,373 pages were read by Parke Heritage Middle School students over the past few weeks. The Parke County Public Library sponsored Read Across Parke County, which encouraged students to read and record the pages they read. Eighth grader Libby Johnson was the top reader. Other top readers were Mercedes Thompson, Lorelei Long, Lexi Mundell, Sam O'Brien and Miranda Oldham. These readers will be going out to lunch and will receive a gift card to a bookstore. Eighth grade students were the top readers with 128,976 pages read. Those reading earned a pizza party with drinks. In the battle for first period readers, Ms. Karsyn Zenor
