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GILLESPIE COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT #220 Gillespie County, Texas 2008/2009 Conservation Poster & Essay Contest Winners Our District sponsors annual Poster & Essay Contests for boys and girls of Gillespie County. The last entry deadline was in December 2008 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. Winners in the 2008-2009 poster and essay contests, left to right are Jordan White, Cavin Felts, Austin Rodriguez, Logan White, Conor Thompson, and Brittany Sanders. Presenting the awards were Gladys Rogers and Alice Klein from Security State Bank, SWCD directors James Wahrmund, Guenther Ottmers, Jr. and Patrick Kunz; Barbara Hofmann from LCRA, and SWCD director Clayton Grona. The POSTER Contest is for students 12 years of age and younger. A total of 95 posters were submitted by students in Gillespie County. There were two possible conservation poster themes: “Dig It! The Secrets of Soil”, or “Water is Life”. The poster winners are: 1st - Logan White, from Harper Middle School, teacher is Mrs. Brandy Land 2nd - Conor Thompson, St. Mary’s Catholic School, teacher Mrs. Sandra Weinheimer 3rd - Brittany Sanders, Harper Middle School, teacher is Mrs. Brandy Land 1st 2nd 3rd The ESSAY Contest. A total of 35 essays were submitted for Gillespie County’s 2008-2009 contest. The Essay theme was “What Soil and Water Conservation Means to Me”. There were two 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: 1^st place - Jordan White, from Harper Middle School, teacher is Mrs. Brandy Land 2^nd place - Cavin Felts, from Harper Middle School, teacher is Mrs. Amy Randle 3^rd place - Austin Rodriguez, from St. Mary’s Catholic School, teacher is Mrs. Jennifer Petsch No essay winners were named for the upper age group. General information: Entries were judged on January 6, 009. Judges were Mrs. Janice Wahrmund, Mrs. Sandra Swearingen, and Mrs. Virginia Crowell. 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 2009. To read about the 2007/2008 contest winners, click here. For 2006-2007 contest winners, click here. For the 2005-2006 contest winners, click here. Back to Gillespie Co SWCD Home Page The Gillespie County SWCD #220 prohibits discrimination in its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, and marital or familial status.  (Not all prohibited bases apply in all programs.)  "An Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer"