Four Costa Mesa students' ideas will help influence the interior conceptual drawing of a new central library in Costa Mesa, according to a news release.
Out of more than 150 entries for a Costa Mesa Library Foundation-sponsored essay contest, which focused on "What I Would Like to See as Part of a New Library" and "Why Libraries Are Important," Madeline Baldikoski, of Kaiser Elementary School, took first; Oliver Ressler, also of Kaiser Elementary, took second in the fourth-to-sixth-grade category; Sylvia Catania, of Costa Mesa Middle School, took first above Ressler; and Christopher Hutchinson, also of Costa Mesa Middle School, took second in the seventh-to-eight-grade category.
Madeline and Sylvia received $100 each, while Oliver and Christopher received $50.
Their essays, along with six others, will be handed over to an Orange Coast College architectural class, which is in the midst of drafting a design of the library and plans to incorporate some of the students' ideas.
