June 20, 2013
An eight year old here in Eastern Carolina is a finalist in a national online contest that could land her $30,000 in college scholarship money.
Lauren Jackson is the North Carolina finalist for the Doodle for Google contest. Google says 114,000 students entered the contest.
Contestants had to design a Google logo in the theme of "If I could travel in time, I'd visit...". Jackson is a student at Bearfield Primary School in Ahoskie.
The winner's logo will appear on Google's homepage, they will receive the $30,000 scholarship and their school gets a $50,000 technology grant.
Voting runs through Thursday and they allow just one vote per computer. To vote, click on the link below.







