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02-04-2010 Nevada State Parks’ 75th anniversary poster contest winners announced
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Nevada State Parks' 75th anniversary poster contest winners announced
Press Release
January 21, 2010
Carson City, Nev.--The Nevada Division of State Parks announced today the winners of its 75th anniversary K-12 poster contest.ÿ The posters were intended to help celebrate the establishment of the first four state parks by the Nevada Legislature in 1935.
Nearly 200 entries were submitted from throughout the state, competing for cash and other prizes in three different age categories: grades K-5, 6-8 and 9-12.
A first-, second- and third-place prize is being awarded in each age category for a total of nine cash prize winners and 12 honorable-mention awards.
The first prize winners will each receive a donated $100 cash award plus a State Parks Big Horn Sheep walking stick with a 75th anniversary medallion donated by the non-profit Nevada State Parks Cooperative Association (NSPCA).
Second place awards will consist of a donated $50 cash prize and an NSPCA donated 75th anniversary pin, along with an "Explore Nevada State Parks" T-shirt. Third place prizes will consist of a $25 cash prize plus an "Explore Nevada State Parks" T-shirt.
In addition, there are five honorable mention awards in the grades K-5 category, one honorable mention in the grades 6-8 category and six in the grades 9-12 category.
The K-5 winners are:
1st Place - Hector Barron, Grade 5, Eureka Elementary School
2nd Place - Edgar Caro, Grade 5, Claude Perkins Elementary (N. Las Vegas)
3rd Place - Kylee Cameron, Grade 3, Caliente Elementary School
The grades 6-8 winners are:
1st Place - Hailey Lepire, Grade 8, Carson Middle School
2nd Place - Kallee Teel, Grade 8, Meadow Valley Middle School (Caliente)
3rd Place - Tavix Robertson, Grade 6, White Pine Middle School (Ely)
The grades 9-12 winners are:
1st Place - Alexis Church, Grade 12, Carson High School
2nd Place - Sara Lyn Shores, Grade 11, Carson High School
3rd Place - Sierra Whitten, Grade 12, Carson High School
Honorable mention award winners include: (grades K-5) Ruthie Montes (Imlay), KayLee Sonneberg (Caliente), Celeste Manrique (Stagecoach), Ivan Heredia (Silver Springs), and Jaiden Guy (North Las Vegas); (grades 6-8) Teana Marshall (Ely); (grades 9-12) Johanna Thorsen (Panaca), Charissa Johnson, James Atkinson, Trevor Stocke, Abigail Hersey and Brian Rosas, all of Carson City.
"There were many commendable entries and the judges had a difficult time picking the best of the best," said Dave Morrow, State Parks' administrator. "We want to express our sincere thanks to all the talented students who took the time and made the effort to help us celebrate Nevada State Park's 75th anniversary."
The judges were Rossitza Todorova, representing the Nevada Arts Council; Christian Passink, representing the Nevada Commission on Tourism; and Steve Weaver, deputy administrator of the Nevada Division of State Parks. All winners, including the honorable mention posters, had to be nominated by at least two judges to qualify for an award.
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