St. Al, St. Pat Student Wins Cook County Farm Bureau Contest

LEMONT, IL — A fifth grader at St. Alphonsus/St. Patrick School has won first place in the Cook County Farm Bureau's bookmark contest. The school said students across Cook County were asked to design a bookmark illustrating how agriculture affects lives each day.

Kate Malone, who won first place, submitted a bookmark that illustrated the farm to table concept of food. The school said her bookmark showed an apple from the farm to the store to a pie. Emily Makinney, a sixth-grader at St. Alphonsus/St. Patrick, was the runner-up in the contest. Her bookmark showed the nutrition farmers provide with their food.

The first place winner will receive a $25 Amazon gift card, runner-up winners will receive a $15 Amazon gift card. All will also receive an agricultural themed book.

The winning bookmarks will be duplicated for distribution this summer at local libraries and at the Cook County Farm Bureau.