From the Times-News:

The Jim Thorpe National Bank (JTNB) recently hosted 12 area school students who were winners in the bank’s 14th Annual Community Banking Essay Contest.

The theme of this year’s essay contest was “Bullying is cruel and insensitive and should not be tolerated. How can you, as an individual, address this unacceptable behavior?”

There were 361 entries received and all of them were judged by independent judges not associated with the bank.

This year’s overall winner of the essay contest and “CEO for the day” was Wyatt Easterly, a 10th grade student at Lehighton Area School District.

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