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Show Farmington: Read-A-Thon The Farmington Elementary School is sponsoring a Read-A-Thon from Oct. 22-Nov. 5. The children will be reading books and getting sponsors for each page they read. ON NOV. 13, there will be a Read-A-Thon awards assembly, held for each grade level. Prizes to be given to the children whose parents or friends pledge and donate to the Read-A-Thon will be as follows. FOR 250 pages, it is to be announced; for 500 page prize, canvas wallet with velcro; for 1 ,000 page prize, .calculator; for 1,500 page prize, back pack. For the 2,000 page prize, there will be an AM-FM wlakman type radio with headphones. Cameras will be given to the top boy and girl readers in the school, as well as watches for the top reader in each class. THIS SHOULD be an educational education-al and rewarding experience for the children and a good fund raiser for the Farmington Elementary School, kj |