COLUMBIA — Even for a library, the silence was remarkable — the turning of a page caused heads to crane. With an impish grin, Rosa Hoyle of Jefferson City started her first recitation, “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll:
Fifteen-year-old competes in state Poetry Out Loud contest
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 | 11:14 p.m. CST;
updated 12:11 a.m. CST, Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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