Highland SWCD announces Conservation Poster Contest winners
Lead Summary
By
Pam Bushelman-
Students from all of the Highland County middle schools were given an opportunity to design a poster with the theme “Healthy Soils are Full of Life.” The posters were created on paper grocery bags donated by Hillsboro Kroger.
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The top three poster winners from each school received a Highland SWCD cinch bag donated by the Highland Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD). Each of the top school posters were then judged for the overall top four county poster winners, which will receive cash awards during the Highland SWCD’s 75th Annual Meeting on Oct. 18, located at the Good News Gathering Church in Hillsboro. The county poster cash awards are sponsored by the Highland County Farm Bureau.
The 2017 County Conservation Poster contest winners are: first place, Sydney Hamilton from Lynchburg-Clay; second place, Rachel Pegram from Hillsboro; third place, Caitlyn West from Lynchburg-Clay; and fourth place, Hailey Phillips from Hillsboro.
Winners by school district were:
• Bright Local: Claire Ames, Lance Gruber, Brianna Hill.
• Fairfield: Lottie Evans, Maggie Sowders, Levi Woods.
• Greenfield: Kenton McGlone, Harley Royse, Renae Wright.
• Hillsboro: Rachel Pegram, Hailey Phillips, Megan Smith.
• Lynchburg-Clay: Sydney Hamilton, Rylee Oglesby, Caitlyn West.
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The top three poster winners from each school received a Highland SWCD cinch bag donated by the Highland Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD). Each of the top school posters were then judged for the overall top four county poster winners, which will receive cash awards during the Highland SWCD’s 75th Annual Meeting on Oct. 18, located at the Good News Gathering Church in Hillsboro. The county poster cash awards are sponsored by the Highland County Farm Bureau.
The 2017 County Conservation Poster contest winners are: first place, Sydney Hamilton from Lynchburg-Clay; second place, Rachel Pegram from Hillsboro; third place, Caitlyn West from Lynchburg-Clay; and fourth place, Hailey Phillips from Hillsboro.
Winners by school district were:
• Bright Local: Claire Ames, Lance Gruber, Brianna Hill.
• Fairfield: Lottie Evans, Maggie Sowders, Levi Woods.
• Greenfield: Kenton McGlone, Harley Royse, Renae Wright.
• Hillsboro: Rachel Pegram, Hailey Phillips, Megan Smith.
• Lynchburg-Clay: Sydney Hamilton, Rylee Oglesby, Caitlyn West.