Popiesh wins contest
Makayla Popiesh, a student at Brownsville Area Middle School, won first place in the Rotary “Peace Art” contest last year while she was in the seventh grade. The current eighth-grader won the contest between the Brownsville Rotary and the Republic Rotary.
Her design went on to a regional division where she placed third overall.
Popiesh’s art teacher was Tiffany Gratchic.