The Tour of California organizers are holding an essay contend for to find two children to be "podium kids" at the awards stateliness following stage 4 of the 8-day race.

The Tour of California organizers are holding an essay contend for to find two children to be "podium kids" at the awards stateliness following stage 4 of the 8-day race.

The winners would hand nosegays of flowers Feb. 23 to the winners of stage 4 which begins in Monterey and finiss in downtown San Luis Obispo.

Children in grades 2 by means of 8 are eligible to set in the contest and the entrance deadline is Wednesday. A local