Prize Winning Photo Reflects The Joy of Reading

From The Item, BISHOPVILLE SC – For the third time in four years, the Lee County Public Library has won top honors in the State Library’s Annual Photo Contest: Day in the Life of South Carolina Libraries.

Librarian Elizabeth Snyder-Powell’s photo of Head Librarian Dawn Ellen reading to 18-month-old T. J. Brown captured the award for the best overall photo.

The library also won the Best Humorous Photo Award with Snyder-Powell’s photo of a youngster asleep in the library.