RECIPIENTS OF THIS YEAR'S GRANTS

YELL grants awarded Tuesday went to.

Cape Girardeau* Blanchard Elementary, $200 to implement early literacy groups in first-grade classrooms suited to students' needs.* Cape Girardeau Public Library, $1,500 to purchase gift books for youths who participate in the Teen Summer Reading Club and, or attend the other book give-away opportunities in which the library participates throughout the year.* Central Junior High ninth grade, $393.80 for books with a reading level of approximately 3.5 that would be of interest to students through 12th grade.* Central High School, $600 for a book club open to students, staff and members of the community.* Clippard Elementary, $200 for books for second-grade students with appropriate text level difficulty.* Franklin Elementary, $150 to help children who are reading at least one year below grade level.* Girl Scouts of Otahki Council, $250 to help children evaluate messages and images they see and hear through the media.* Jefferson School, $200 to teach reading and writing skills in grades K-3.* Jefferson School, $280.40 for a program in which students explore their multifaceted portraits through various media.* Jefferson School, $400 for a program in which students learn basic research techniques on topics related to their classroom curriculum.* L.J. Schultz Middle School, $500 for a program in which seventh-grade students, especially remedial reading students, are challenged to read a certain number of pages.* Notre Dame High School, $400 for a program in which students read a book then are tested by a computer program.* Rolling Readers of Cape Girardeau, $625 to ensure that children can read independently by the end of third grade.* Southeast Missourian, $27,000 for Newspaper in Education program. * St. Mary Cathedral School, $200 for individualized, computerized reading program that motivates students to read more and increases reading comprehension and competencies.* Adult Basic Education, $500.

Jackson* Immaculate Conception School, $200 for Scholastic Reading Counts disks that help students read at their own level and challenges them to go to the next level.* North Elementary School, $200 for books to be used by specialized teachers to enhance their curriculum.* North Elementary, $200 to help at-risk students in first grade develop concepts and oral language.* Orchard Drive Elementary, $200 for a computer program to test comprehension after students read books.* Riverside Regional Library, $200 for a program to reach early readers, reluctant readers and theirs parents.* St. Paul Lutheran School, $200 for a computer program to test comprehension after students read books.* West Lane Elementary, $300 for a program to develop in fourth- through eighth-graders an interest in reading.

Other* Oak Ridge Elementary, $200 to implement an early literacy approach for building reading skills in grades K-3.* Riverside Regional Library at Scott City, $200 for a project designed to reach early readers, reluctant readers and their parents.