Albert Wisner Public Library's scholarship essays due May

WARWICK — The Albert Wisner Public Library Foundation is again offering two $1,000 college scholarships to be awarded in a writing competition. Applicants will submit an essay, not to exceed 2,000 words in length, on a topic selected by the scholarship committee. Submissions will be judged on the basis of responsiveness to the topic, overall literacy and grammatical accuracy, relevance to current community concerns in the Warwick area and such other criteria as the judges think appropriate. Authors of the two essays judged to be best of those submitted will each receive $1,000 0 toward the cost of college tuition.  Any high school senior who is a resident of the Warwick Valley Central School District is eligible to participate, although the student need not be enrolled in Warwick Valley High School. The essay topic for the 2008 competition is: “The role of a public library in an increasingly global and digitized environment.” Essays are due no later than Friday, May 9, with the awards to be announced during the summer. For additional information, call Lisa Laico at 986-1047.