Lycoming County Celebrates Law Day
Law Day 2026 was celebrated at the Lycoming County Court House on Friday, May 1. Winners of the Law Day Art & Essay contest were recognized. Lycoming County Judges Eric Linhardt, Ryan Tira, Ryan Gardner and William Carlucci presided at the special session of court.
Judge Christian Frey opened the ceremony with the Pledge of Allegiance. The Lycoming County Commissioners Scott L. Metzger and Marc Sortman presented the Law Day Proclamation.
The Art & Essay contest winners then displayed their art and read poetry and essays. All the winning entries are found here. Each of the winners received a certificate, a cash prize and a goodie bag from the Lycoming County Paralegal Association. Kristina Kranz of Loyalsock High was the grand prize winner, receiving $1000 sponsored by the Lycoming County District Attoreny's office.
The winners of the contest are as follows:
Law Day Art Winners
Tobias Bratt...................................Jersey Shore Elementary
Riley Plocinski.........................Loyalsock Valley Elementary
Sophie Karim.................................Jersey Shore Elementary
Abbygale Madron..........................Jersey Shore Elementary
Madelyn VanFleet....................................Loyalsock Middle
Caitlyn Steppe..........................................Loyalsock Middle
Charlotte Cappel......................................Loyalsock Middle
Tarek Ghayyada.......................................Loyalsock Middle
Law Day Essay Winners
Emersyn Bird..................................Saint John Neumann
Melanie Pearson.................................Schick Elementary
Hayden Friant......................................Renn Elementary
Adam Ghayyada.....................................Loyalsock High
Grand Prize Law Day Essay Winner
Kristina Kranz…......................................Loyalsock High
After the presentations, the students were congratulated by the judges.
Many thanks to the Law Day Committee, for its work on selecting the winners. The Committee included Judge Christian Frey, Tammy Taylor, Jennifer Linn, Alisan Martin, John Pietrovito, Amanda Gaynor, Robert Cronin, Maureen Archibold, Elizabeth White, Richard Dixon, Alyssa Fenoy, Giovanna Danielle, Paige Martineau, Donald Martino, Jeana Longo, Melissa Doyle, Jasmine Silver, and Devan Zaludek.
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