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Students Invited to Enter "Water Lost - At What Cost?" Poster Contest

Downers Grove, Ill.; Aug. 31, 2006 - Grade-school students are invited to submit entries in the "Water Lost - At What Cost" poster contest being sponsored by the Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors Authority of Northern Illinois, its 13th such annual competition to encourage water conservation. Entries are welcome from all third- through sixth-grade students living in DuPage, DeKalb, Kane and Kendall Counties.

$500 Bond Grand Prize
The contest Grand Prize is a $500 U.S. Savings Bond to be awarded for a poster selected from all the entries submitted; that student's school will be awarded a $2,000 CDW (Computer Discount Warehouse) gift certificate.

Prizes For Each Grade Level, Winners' Schools
Prizes will be awarded for first through third place in each grade level; the winning students will receive U.S. Savings Bonds of $200, $150 and $100, respectively. Honorable Mention awards of $75 U.S. Savings Bonds will be made at the judges' discretion.

In addition, schools that have first-, second- or third-place individual winners will receive checks for $100, $50 and $25, respectively.

Deadline Oct. 20
Entries may be rendered in any medium; overall size must not exceed 24x36 inches. They must be submitted by Oct. 20, 2006 at any of the locations listed below and will become the property of PAMCANI. They will be judged for originality, design and theme topic. Each student is allowed only one entry. Winners will be announced by Nov. 17, 2006.

A detailed copy of all the rules and further information can be obtained from the PAMCANI office at (630) 960-3970 or at www.get2knowh2o.org.

Entries may be dropped off at any of these locations:

Aurora - Artlip & Sons (Hank, Rebecca), 230 S. Broadway, (630) 896-1560 and Paul Buddy Plumbing (Kim), 195 W. Ashland Ave., (630) 896-4888

Barrington - Professional Plumbing (Mary), 1435 S. Barrington Rd., (847) 382-0781

Batavia - K. W. Kraft & Sons (Sandy), 923 First St., (630) 879-5507

Bensenville - Abbott Industries (Giesel), 225 W. William St., (630) 595-2320

Darien - Wiltjer Plumbing (call first, Pat), 8400 A Wilmette, (630) 852-2939

DeKalb - G's R Plumbing (Laurie), 1831 W. Lincoln, (815) 758-5228

Downers Grove - PAMCANI (JoAnn), Suite 2, 603 Rogers St., (630) 960-3970

Elgin - F. J. Bero (Barbara), 1629 Weld Rd., (847) 741-6140

Hampshire - Bestler Corp. (Laurie), 246 Keyes Ave., (847) 683-5050

Hinsdale - Glinke Plumbing (Vicki), 121 Post Circle, (630) 323-7320

Montgomery - Hagerty & Son (Lynn), 617 Montgomery Rd., (630) 898-2450

Naperville - Belle Engineering (Vicki), 26W161 Plank Rd., (630) 305-6800 and Lenert Plumbing (April), 1684 Quincy Ave., (630) 355-1133

Oswego - R. J. Kuhn Plumbing (Dawn), 585 A Route 31, (630) 554-3336

St. Charles - J. L. Wagner Plumbing (Connie), Suite 4B, 920 Cedar Ave., (630) 584-1181

Westmont - All American Plumbing (Helene), 6S716 Vandustrial Dr., (630) 663-1111

Wheaton - Armbrust Plumbing (Rhonda), 111 E. Illinois, (630) 668-6273

West Chicago - Action Plumbing (Ellen), 1050 W. Washington Rd., (630) 293-0475

Wood Dale - Apex Plumbing (Sandy), 300 E. Irving Park Rd., (630) 350-2787

Yorkville - Martin Plumbing (Darlene, Chris), 1201 Deer St., (630) 553-1111.

PAMCANI is headquartered in Downers Grove. It represents more than 400 union contractors and sustaining members who provide and maintain plumbing, heating and cooling systems for institutional, commercial, business and residential applications. It invests more than $3 million dollars annually in education and training for apprentices, journeymen and contractors.

 
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