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Contest For Third- Through Sixth-Grade Students Encourages Water Conservation

Downers Grove, Ill.; Fed. 17, 2006 - Third- through sixth-grade students living in Lake and McHenry Counties are invited to submit entries for the "It's A Snap - Turn Off The Tap" poster contest being sponsored by the Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors Authority of Northern Illinois. The focus of the contest is on encouraging water conservation.

Grand, Individual Prizes For Grade Levels, Schools

The Grand Prize of a $500 U.S. Savings Bond will be awarded to a winner selected from all the entries submitted; the winning student's school will be awarded a $2,000 Computer Discount Warehouse gift certificate.

Prizes also will be awarded for first through third place and optional honorable mention at each grade level. The winning students will receive U.S. Savings Bonds of $200, $150, $100 or $75 respectively. In addition, schools that have first-, second- or third-place individual winners will receive $100, $50 or $25, respectively.

All participants will receive an award and gift item.

Entries must encourage water conservation, focusing on the "It's A Snap - Turn Off The Tap" theme. They may be rendered in any art medium but overall size must not exceed 24x36 inches. They must be submitted at one of the official drop off sites listed below by April 7, 2006.

Each participant is allowed one entry. The student's name, school and grade must be clearly printed on the back of the entry. Winners will be announced by May 5, 2006.

A complete copy of the rules and further information can be obtained from the PAMCANI office at (630) 960-3970.

The drop off locations for entries are:
Antioch - Collete & Ano (Cheryl), 822 Picard Ave., (847) 395-6600
Barrington - Professional Plumbing (Mary), 1435 S. Barrington Rd., (847) 382-0781
Cary - H. R. Stewart Plumbing (Kris), 52 W. Crystal St., (847) 639-3331
Crystal Lake - Althoff Industries (Ruth Ann), 8001 S. Route 31, (815) 455-7000
Grayslake - Gil Plumbing (Karen), 995 Progress Dr., Unit 100, (847) 223-1759
Highwood - Mahoney Plumbing (Peg), 501 Bank Lane, (847) 432-0320
Lake Bluff - Controlled Systems (Mary Lee), 28835 N. Herky Dr., Unit 107, (847) 362-7500 Ext. 222
Waukegan - Ernie Peterson Plumbing (Jan), 2421 Delaney Rd., (847) 244-4234
Woodstock - Jensen Plumbing & Heating (Annette), 670 E. Calhoun St., (815) 338-1936.

PAMCANI represents union contractors and sustaining members providing and maintaining plumbing, heating and cooling systems for institutional, commercial, business and residential applications. It invests more than $500,000 annually in education and training for apprentices and journeymen.

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