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City of Plainview NEWS
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202 W. 5 Street
Plainview, TX 79072
August 15, 2022
City of Plainview’s Unger Memorial
Library Hosts Award Night for the
Summer Reading Program
The City of Plainview’s Unger Memorial Library held their Summer Reading Program Award Night
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on Friday, July 29 to announce the winners of the Oceans of Possibilities Summer Reading
Challenge.
This year’s grand prize winner was Sophia Moore, reading 12,360 minutes (206 hours, 8.58
days). She received three Sod Poodle tickets, a special certificate and a large sea lion
animal/pillow. This is Moore’s second year in a row to be announced the grand prize winner.
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The goals for time read in each category during the challenge is Kindergarten through 3 grade
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- 15 minutes daily, grades 3 – 6 – 30 minutes daily, grades 6 – 8 - 45 minutes daily and
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grades 9 -12 – 60 minutes daily and adults 90 minutes per day.
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The Reading Challenge began on Tuesday, June 1 and concluded on Friday, July 15. The
Challenge was based on the time spent reading, not the number of books read.
Readers who hit specific milestones (25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%) were honored with brag tags
including:
Early Reader Group (Grades K-3)
o 169 minutes read (25% of goal) – William Allen
o 507 minutes read (75% of goal) – Tell Terrell
o 675 minutes read (100% of goal) – Madeline Dyson, Ray Hatch, Elora Massie,
Mitchell Moore, Ezekiel Romero, and Noah Turk
Middle Reader Group (Grades 3-6)
o 338 minutes read (25% of goal) – Cali Carr
o 675 minutes read (50% of goal) – Camila Sifuentes
o 1,013 minutes read (75% of goal) – Tye Terrell
o 1,350 minutes read (100% of goal) – Genevieve Alcozer, Sean Allen, Olivia
Dyson, Malessa Hatch, and Sophia Moore
Genevieve Alcozer also received three brag tags for the reading books on the
Bluebonnet Master List
High School Group (Grades 9-12)
o 1,350 minutes read (50% of goal) – Joshua Starkey
o 3,700 minutes read (100% of goal) – Montana Moore
Adult Reading Challenge:
o 1,018 minutes (25% of goal) – Kendra Terrell
o 3,043 minutes (75% of goal) – Emilia Moore
o 4,050 minutes (100% of goal) – Rosalinda Rozales
The reading program included 86 registered participants with a total of 55,778 recorded reading
minutes, (980 hours or 41 days and 6 weeks); this number is most likely higher as not all
minutes for the challenge were reported to the Library.
Contributors to the Summer Reading Program include Friends of the Unger Memorial Library,
Collaborative Summer Library Program, The Texas State Library & Archives Commission and
Eastern New Mexico State University.
For more information about the Library, please call 806-296-1149.
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