GILLESPIE COUNTY SOIL & WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICT #220
Gillespie County, Texas
2007/2008 Conservation Poster & Essay Contest
Winners
The District sponsors annual Poster & Essay
Contests for boys and girls of Gillespie
County. The entry deadline was in December 2007 for
this competition. We’d like to thank
all the students for submitting their entries! It’s lots of work for everyone involved,
and we appreciate all your efforts.
Entries were judged on January 9, 2008.
Pictured above (back row) SWCD directors James
Wahrmund, Pat Kunz, Guenther Ottmers, Clayton Grona, and Chairman Royce
Herbort.
The POSTER Contest is for students 12 years of age and
younger. The two themes were:
(2008) “Water is Life and
(2007) “Today is the Day to be a Part of Conservation’s Power.”
The poster winners are:
1st place: Scott Burlison, Doss School
2nd place: Jacob Krebs, Harper School
3rd place: Keagan Sieckmann, Doss
School
The ESSAY Contest theme was
“What Soil and Water Conservation Means to Me”.
There were 2 age groups:
Ages 13 and under; maximum of 300 words; and
Ages 14 to 18; maximum of 500 words
Essay winners age 13 and
younger are:
 1st place: Bailey Baethge, Harper School
2nd place: Marlo Jimenez, Harper School
3rd place: Peyton Kneese, St. Mary’s School
No winners were named for the
upper age group.
Plaques for each winner were
donated by the Lower Colorado River Authority. Security State Bank and Trust donated
Savings Bonds for all the winners.
They received their plaques and savings bonds certificates at a
hamburger dinner sponsored by the Fredericksburg Lions Club in March of 2008.
For 2008-2009
contest winners, click here.
For 2006-2007
contest winners, click here.
For the 2005-2006 contest winners, click here.
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