Elaine Williams, who wrote Chapter 2 of last year’s Centre County Story, penned the final chapter of this year’s story as well.

“I had a lot of fun writing it,” she said.

In the tiny town of Julian, Ann Detwiler was trying to enjoy the long awaited reunion with her parents. Not far down the road in Port Matilda, there was a completely different reunion unfolding. This one wasn’t as pleasant, or filled with love. It was a reunion that neither party was hoping they would ever have.

Ferguson Township resident Debbie Patrick, a kindergarten teacher and Centre Daily Times columnist and blogger, submitted the winning entry for Chapter 4 of the unfolding Centre County Story.

For years Ann had played over in her mind how she would finally return to her family without any encumbrances to keep her from telling the truth. She knew that she needed help but she felt justified in her anger and was not free to trust anyone with her hidden secret from the past.

Jenny Hagemeyer, the winning author of Chapter 3 of this year’s Centre County Story, lives in Belleville, Mifflin County, and leads a women’s ministry that travels from the Huntingdon area in the south to Clarion in northwestern Pennsylvania.

The snow now fell harder in large wet flakes as Sally continued through the winding country roads. The snow seemed to quiet the conversation as Sally adjusted the wipers and paid closer attention to the road; Ann became lost in her thoughts.

When Jim California learned his work had been selected as Chapter 2 of this year’s Centre County Story, he took the news without a big helping of nonchalance.

Even before she turned around, the voice propelled Ann backward through 25 years. She looked up into the lined face of Sally Johnson.

Jill Hackman has lived her entire life in Snow Shoe, and she's been writing poems and stories since her school days at the Centre County Christian Academy in Bellefonte.

Snow stuck to her lashes. It blew into her eyes, frosted her graying bangs and melted down her collar. Somewhere back in Michigan, forgotten by the front door, was a wool hat keeping spare keys warm instead of her.

The fourth Centre County story begins today, and it’s up to you to write the five chapters.

All we provide is the introduction, and you can see that Ann Detwiler is this year’s key character.

What happens to Ann will be determined by our winning fiction entries. You determine the twists and turns for our readers to follow.