Joliet Student to Receive $2K Scholarship for Anti-Heroin Artwork

• Photo: Alexis Smith's winning artwork.

Scholarships will be presented to the winners of the Dangers of Heroin Art Contest during a reception and brief ceremony Thursday, June 9.

Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow will present $7,500 in scholarships to six winners who were among more than 60 students who submitted art for the contest. The winners are:

• First Place, $3,000 Scholarship, Jessica Johnson, Senior, Plainfield Central High School, for her work titled, “Outer Demons”
• Second Place, $2,000 Scholarship, Alexis Smith, Sophomore, Joliet Central High School, “Suffering”
• Third Place, $1,000 Scholarship, Rebecca Kahney, Lincoln-Way Central High School, “Heroin Kills.”

Runners Up: Skylar Bojan, Senior, Lincoln-Way Central High School, “Looking Through the Needle”; JoHannah Ann Eckert, Freshman, Lincoln-Way North High School, “The Needle Lies”; and Kolton J. Skeldon, Senior, Joliet Central High School, “Tombsday” will each receive $500 scholarships.

The reception will be held at the Joliet Township High School Administrative Center, located at 300 Caterpillar Drive in Joliet. It will begin at 6 p.m.