	{"id":33736,"date":"2025-03-08T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/?p=33736"},"modified":"2025-03-07T16:30:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T05:30:31","slug":"literacy-competition-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/literacy-competition-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Literacy competition winners announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MOORABOOL Shire Council&#8217;s big summer read program has seen local children read more than 10 books over their summer holidays.<\/p>\n<p>The program ran throughout December and January and 15 children were awarded more than $600 worth of prizes including book and movie vouchers, stationery packs and the grand prize of a $200 EFTPOS card.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so impressed with all the local kids who read a combined 1500 plus books over summer as part of our library&#8217;s big summer read,&#8221; mayor Cr Paul Tatchell said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Congratulations to our 15 winners who will share in more than $600 in prizes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;ve all put in an outstanding effort, and I hope they enjoyed, learned new things and had fun reading the books they chose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cr Tatchell encouraged local children to continue reading.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Literacy is so important,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want our young kids reading as it&#8217;s vital for their development, so these young ones are leading the way.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOORABOOL Shire Council&#8217;s big summer read program has seen local children read more than 10 books over their summer holidays. 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