East Side third-grader wins Monster Truck art contest

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[A Harrisburg third-grader won a drawing contest for a Monster Truck contest at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds.

Madeleine DeNeal won tickets and a chance for her class to meet some of the people from the Monster Truck show.

"I drew a Monster Truck. I drew it blue and I drew some bumper stickers on the back," DeNeal said.

DeNeal made sure the truck had lots of stickers and detail, she said.

"It took at least 30 minutes. I wanted to make sure it had a lot of detail."

The pupils met Bobby "Pork Chop" Cox, the Monster Truck clown; driver Bobby Holman; and Treadhead, the mascot.

The pupils also had a chance to get autographs from the Monster Truck show participants.

The shows were held Friday and Saturday at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds.