The Fincastle Library and the Sestercentennial Committee held a poetry contest during April. Poems were solicited on the subject of history, heritage and pride of place – Botetourt County. Local poet Charles Finn judged the entries. The first place winner’s poem will be included in the sestercentennial brochure to be published next year.
Winners in the Botetourt History Poetry Contest were:
First Place: “The Old Wagon Road” by Lynn Kessinger
Second Place: “How Things Were” by Angela Wenk
Third Place: “FBCF, Est. 1831” by Pamela Binns
Honorable Mention: “Lookin’ in the Rain Barrel” and “Fincastle Good Times” by Bobby Waid
Honorable Mention: “Buchanan” by Barbara Hill
Honorable Mention: “Botetourt County” by Shirley Saunders
