About half of the 15 county middle school winners met the local celebrity, originally from Severna Park, now residing in Arnold, as they read their winning short essays and poems.
Upon introducing the special guest to the audience of kids and their parents, Linda Humbert, one of the chairman of the Reading Council, said there was a gasp from the children when they learned Ronald was named Best New...
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