Emily Padget Emily Padget, a junior in two of Richland Northeast High School's magnet programs (Horizon and Palmetto Center for the Arts/Literary Arts), was the first runner- up in the Poetry Out Loud Midlands Regional Competition, held in Sumter on January 18.

Representing Richland School District Two, Padget competed against contestants from 18 South Carolina counties. She read "No Coward's Heart Is Mine" (Emily Bronte) and "Planetarium" (Adrienne Rich).