The Roundtable of the Alabama Renaissance Faire recently sponsored art and sonnet contests for students in Shoals schools.

The annual faire was held Oct. 24-25 at Wilson Park in downtown Florence.

Winners in the art contest include:

Kindergarten - Ensley Montgomery, Mars Hill Bible School, first place; Tyler Roy, Harlan Elementary School, Florence, second place; and DaeShawn Evans, Harlan Elementary, third place.

Honorable mentions: Madie Krieger, Rogers School, Lauderdale County; Mallory Coker, Forest Hills Elementary School, Florence; Amie Wood, Weeden Elementary School, Florence; Elaina Nichols, St. Joseph Regional Catholic School, Florence; Karlee Jamieson, Riverhill School, Florence; and Zach Thrasher, Threadgill Primary School, Sheffield.

First-third grades - Belia Jackson, Rogers School, first place; Clayton Moore, Forest Hills, second place; Lindsay Brackin and Cameron Mann, both of Mars Hill, tied for

third.

Honorable mentions: Ethan Trousdale, Mars Hill; Drake Wilson, St. Joseph; Katie Haywood, Jaida Rice, both of Harlan; Jake Byars, Allison Gibson, both of Forest Hills; Chloe Smith, L.E. Willson Elementary School, Sheffield; Carson Ware, Riley Olive, both of McBride Elementary School, Florence; Daeshawn Hankins, Tiarre Banks, both of Threadgill; Jessica Lopez, Weeden; Will Conner, Highland Park Elementary School, Muscle Shoals; and Charlotte Koonce, Riverhill.

Fourth-sixth grades - Jackson Turner, Mars Hill, first place; Stephanie White, Riverhill, second place; Emory Brown, Mars Hill, and Valerie Chobot, Forest Hills, tied for third.

Honorable mentions: Lily Marshall, Harlan; Hunter Flanagan, Leighton; Madalyn Day, Bayli Fox, both of McBride; Litzy Jeronimo, Jennifer Leon-Flores, both of Weeden; Chase Pickens, L.E. Willson; Anna Robertson, Kilby School, Florence; Amy Yu, St. Joseph; Denton Chandler, Central School, Lauderdale County; Kaitlyn Galowich, Underwood Elementary School, Lauderdale County; and Natalie Thornton, Lexington school.

Winners in the sonnet-

writing contest were:

Seventh-eighth grades - Amaryst Parks, Florence Middle School, first place; Kayla Kroeger, St. Joseph, second place; and Justin Woodall, Muscle Shoals Middle School, third place.

Honorable mentions: Kate Cornelius, Sara Darwin, Allison Rieff, Amberleigh Bauer, all of Florence Middle School, Lauren Harrison, Emily Laster, both of Muscle Shoals Middle School; and Owen Edwards, St. Joseph.

Ninth-12th grades - Mary Locker, Florence High School, first place; Gabrielle Lindley, Florence High School, and Savannah Wilson, Florence Freshman Center, tied for second place; Sejuti Paul and Amy Trousdale, both of Florence High School, tied for third place.

Honorable mentions: Jonathan Mayes, Florence Freshman Center; Natalie Briscoe, Muscle Shoals High School; Emily Clay, Taylor Beth Noblit, both of Covenant Christian School, Tuscumbia; Lauryn Ayers, Lindsey Taylor, both of Central High School; Hilton King, Jake Hollingworth and Ciarra Kaitlyn Imrie, all of Florence High School.

Stephanie Peppers, daughter of Phillip and Cynthia Peppers of Florence, has pledged the Beta Mu Chapter of Delta Delta Delta at

Mississippi State University. She is a graduate of Mars Hill Bible School.

Hannah Oberlies, of Killen, recently completed the quintessential course, the first offered by the National Outdoor Leadership School. The 30-day wilderness course was held June 11-July 11 in the Wind River Range of Wyoming. Oberlies' group of 12 students and three instructors began their course learning basic wilderness techniques such as, cooking and stove use, camping, map reading and Leave No Trace techniques. The curriculum moved on to more in-depth instruction - route finding, expedition behavior and discussing environmental issues while identifying plants and animals. Most of students' time was spent backpacking 100 miles, but fly-fishing and rock climbing were also taught during their course.

Bright Side includes items of achievements by local residents in areas of pageants, talent, music, community service awards, Scouting, 100th and older birthdays, etc. It is published on Sundays on a

first-come, first-served basis. For details, contact Teri Thornton, lifestyle editor, teri.thornton@timesdaily.com or 740-5742.