Former Urbana resident honored for book

Former Urbana resident Beth Finke has won an award for her children's picture book "Hanni and Beth: Safe and Sound."

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gave her the Henry Bergh Children's Book Award in the category of nonfiction companion animals.

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