More than 200 students from across the county participated in the 2006 Ninth Annual Recycling Awareness Week Poster Contest sponsored by Western Oregon Waste. The contest is held in November as part of the statewide promotional effort to help bring attention to the importance of recycling.

Posters were judged on creativity, originality, and most important, recycling message. Winning student-artists will receive cash prizes for their efforts, and their posters will be used in future promotional campaigns.

This year the winners are:

Kindergarten to second grade

First Place – Chelsia Albee, Hilda Lahti Elementary, Knappa

Second -Jeanna Rudolph, Astor Elementary, Astoria

Third Place – Keldon Littell, Astor

Third to fifth grades

First – Annik Fremstad, Hilda Lahti

Second – Haley Rubus, Hilda Lahti

Third – Emily Johnson, Cannon Beach Elementary

Sixth to eighth grades

First – Tess Rund, Hilda Lahti

Second – Jodi Vollmer, Lewis and Clark Elementary, Astoria

Third – Lorraine Basch, Broadway Middle School, Seaside

This year all the teachers of participating students were entered in a drawing for a $100 gift certificate for school supplies.

The winning teacher is:

Nancy Spaan, Hilda Lahti Elementary, Knappa

For more information about the contest or other recycling issues, call Darol Funk at 861-0578.