Downers Grove, Ill.;
May 31, 2006 - Twenty third- through sixth-grade students living in Lake and
McHenry Counties earned awards in the seventh annual poster contest held
recently by thePlumbing and Mechanical Contractors Authority of
Northern Illinois. The competition theme, "It's A Snap - Turn Off The Tap,"
encourages students and their families to conserve water.
Crystal
Lake Third-Grader Wins Grand Prize
Rachel Melchionna, a 3rd grader at
St. Thomas the Apostle School in Crystal Lake, won the $500 U.S. Savings Bond
Grand Prize; her school was awarded a $2,000 CDW (Computer Discount Warehouse)
gift certificate.
Individual Prizes For Grade Levels, Schools
Prizes also were awarded for 1st through 3rd place and optional honorable
mentions in each grade level. The winning students received U.S. Savings Bonds
of $200, $150, $100 or $75, respectively. In addition, schools that had first-,
second- or third-place individual winners received $100, $50 or $25,
respectively. All participants received an award certificate and gift item.
The other winners are:
Cary, Maplewood School: 3rd grader
Courtney Capra, honorable mention.
Crystal Lake, Bernotas Middle
School: 6th graders Zach Dermont, 2nd place and Jillian Burns, 3rd place.
Crystal Lake, St. Thomas the Apostle School: 6th grader
Charlotte Buettner, 1st place; 4th grader Mia Carzoli , 2nd place; 4th graders
Jacob Tarlow and Sarah Moran, honorable mention.
Ingleside, Gavin
Central School: 4th grader Alexandra Nixon, 3rd place; 3rd grader Megan
Winfrey, honorable mention.
Lake Barrington, Home Schooled: 4th
grader Lorenzo Pizarro, 1st place; 2nd grader Elena Pizarro, 2nd place.
Lake Forest, School of St. Mary PGC: 3rd graders Jonathan
Schoenheider, 1st place, Katie Hanson, 2nd place and Spencer Ryan Welte, 3rd
place.
Lake Villa, Prince of Peace School: 4th grader Aubrey
Jacildo, honorable mention.
Mundelein, Lincoln School: 5th
grader Morgan Lohr, 3rd place.
Mundelein, Washington School: 5th
grader Xiadani Figueroa, honorable mention.
Vernon Hills, Aspen
Elementary School: 5th grader Paige Kibbler, 1st place; 5th grader Lara Mae
Vitanzo, honorable mention.
PAMCANI, headquartered in Downers
Grove, represents 350 union contractors providing and maintaining plumbing,
heating and cooling systems for institutional, commercial, business and
residential applications. It invests more than $3 million annually in education
and training for apprentices and journeymen. |
