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The Gladstone School and Public Library was recently awarded $1,500 through a “Reading Really Matters” grant from the Community Foundation for Delta County and its Youth Advisory Committee. The funds were used to purchase complete updated sets of NBA, NBL and NFL series for the elementary and young adult level. James T. Jones students from Mrs. Sholten’s 5th grade class are pictured enjoying the new selection of non-fiction books. Shown left to right are Hazel Diebolt, Isabel Kidd, Kali Koski, Ellie Sanville, Olivia Jefferson Edy Spreitzer, Wilhem Stahlmann and Declan Smith.