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New
Jersey Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Samuel
Garrison and the first vice president of the New
Jersey Association of Conservation Districts Clifford
Lundin, presented the 1998 Conservation Education
Essay and Poster Contest awards today in Trenton.
This year's theme was "Improving the Environment
Around My School."
A certificate of merit and a savings
bond was presented to the first, second and third place winners in
each of the three grade level categories of the essay and poster
contests. The annual contests are sponsored by the NJDA's State Soil
Conservation Committee, the New Jersey Association of Conservation
Districts; the Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA and the
Rutgers Cooperative Extension. The contests highlight the importance
of helping youngsters develop a deeper awareness of our natural resources
and the importance of managing them wisely.
Winners of the ESSAY CONTEST were:
| GRADES
4 - 6GRADES 7 - 8 |
GRADES
9 - 12 |
First
Place - $200 Bond
Bryan Heck
Randolph,
Morris CountyFirst Place - $200 Bond
Brittany A. Engler
Woodstown,
Salem County |
First
Place - $200 Bond
Sara Smith
Toms River,
Ocean County |
Second
Place - $100 Bond
Briana Capacasa
Mt. Laurel,
Burlington CountySecond Place - $100 Bond
Cassie Ostroski
Bloomsbury,
Hunterdon County |
Second
Place - $100 Bond
Marena Hnat-Dem
Holmdel,
Monmouth County |
Third
Place - $50 Bond
Dhruva Chandramoha
Bridgewater,
Somerset CountyThird Place - $50 Bond
Lynn B. McGrath, Jr.
Moorestown,
Burlington County |
Third
Place - $50 Bond
Courtney Russel
Hardwick,
Warren County |
The
POSTER CONTEST winners were:
| GRADES
2 - 3GRADES 4 - 6 |
GRADES
7 - 8 |
First
Place - $200 Bond
Veronia Felzone
Atco,
Camden CountyFirst Place - $200 Bond
Amanda Conrad
Annandale,
Hunterdon County |
First
Place - $200 Bond
David J. Mei
Hopatcong,
Sussex County |
Second
Place - $100 Bond
Bobby Uzzolino
Howell,
Monmouth CountySecond Place - $100 Bond
Jobin Varughese
Lake Hiawatha,
Morris County |
Second
Place - $100 Bond
Jessica Sherry
Chester,
Morris County |
Third
Place - $50 Bond
Kim Clausi
Lodi,
Bergen CountyThird Place - $50 Bond
Alyse Fay
Forked River,
Ocean County |
Third
Place - $50 Bond
Jessica Sandoval
Trenton,
Mercer County |
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