2009 News

April 16, 2009

Commissioners Honor Earth Day Every Day Poster Contest Winners

Continuing an annual tradition, the Bucks County Commissioners, Chairman Charles H. Martin, Jim Cawley and Diane M. Ellis-Marseglia, honored the 13 grade-level grand- prize winners of the 2009 Waste Management/Newspaper in Education “Earth Day Every Day” Poster Contest April 15 inside the Delaware Valley College Farmers Market.

Following an introduction by Chairman Martin, Waste Management Community Relations Coordinator Geri Thompson announced the winners. According to Mrs. Thompson, more than 52,000 Bucks County students have participated in the contest since its inception. Each of this year’s winners received a gift bag, a $50 gift certificate, and will have their original poster reproduced in the annual Earth Day calendar. 

“We extend our congratulations to all of the contest winners. We are impressed with the creative talents these young artists from around Bucks County have shared through this venture,” Chairman Martin noted.

Below is the complete list of winners:

NAME	GRADE	SCHOOL
Ava Baccari	Kindergarten	Holland Elementary
Haley Crowley	1st Grade	Nazareth Academy
Zachary Jones	2nd Grade	Walt Disney Elementary
Stephen Johnson	3rd Grade	Valley Day School
Kate Minlioonica	4th Grade	Jamison Elementary
Dante Palantino	5th Grade	Nazareth Academy
Olivia Bauer	6th Grade	Log College Middle
Renee Eastburn	7th Grade	Saint Ephrem School
Nick Gross	8th Grade	Log College Middle
Valeria Giacobbe	9th Grade	New-Hope Solebury High
Jame Lee	10th Grade	Valley Day School
Jess Meyer	11th Grade	Morrisville High
Eddie Ochoa	12th Grade	New Hope-Solebury High