Essay winner talked to farmer

Madeline G. Wilson, a 6th grader at Kingdom Christian Academy, talked to area farmer Dennis Shramek to help her obtain information for a Farm Bureau essay contest she won Wednesday.

Janice Kuchner, promotion and education leader at Callaway County Farm Bureau, said the essay contest was open to all 6th to 8th grade Callaway County students.

To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.