Middle schooler wins literary award

Check your April 17 Kalamazoo Gazette for the 2011 Community Literary Awards. There you'll read the moving and sophisticated story that won the award for Youth/Teen Story: "Mental Issues in the Family" by Gull Lake Middle School student Chloe Mendez, age 13. Chloe is the daughter of Carole McFee Mendez and Juan Alejos Mendez of Richland. She's also a student in the Academically Talented Youth Program. Congratulations and kudos to Chloe!