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Yak's Corner (National Magazine)

| November 11, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Detroit Free Press, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The Yak is thankful for November. It's a month when we have our elections, our national holiday of Thanksgiving and prepare for the holidays coming up.

It's also the start of big contests that fill the Yak's mailbag. You can read about our yearly "A Winter's Tale" story contest on Page 3 and our annual snow prediction contest on Page 6, and we'll tell you about our Favorite Book Character Contest right here.

Do you have a favorite character in a book you're reading now--or maybe read when you were younger? Draw us a picture of that character and tell us why that character is important to you. That's the idea behind our NIE-Yak's Corner Contest. The contest is for students in kindergarten through sixth grade.

Here are the details:

* The deadline is December 13.

* The contest ...

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