March 2, 2023 at 8:52 a.m.
Oneida County land and water poster contest winners announced
Oneida County land and water poster contest winners announced
Oneida County conservationist Michele Sadauskas spoke about the contest, which is one of two poster contests the department holds. The other is an invasive species contest held in the spring.
The theme of this poster contest was "One Water." Sadauskas said it was interesting to see all of the posters and to learn what that concept meant to each of the students who entered the contest.
"I do want to send a great big thank you out to a few people here," she said.
She thanked the judges master naturalist Marcia Obukowicz, WDNR water resources specialist Sandy Wickman and Natural Resources Conservation Service district conservationist Michael Stinebrink.
According to a School District of Rhinelander press release, students brainstormed ideas on what images could be used to help them draw out this theme. Work started on a 12-by-18-inch sheet of tag board. Then, student creativity, along with their drawing skills and use of art elements, guided them along the way.
Student posters were due just after Thanksgiving. The following students received recognition for their posters.
Sadauskas thanked parents and teachers who support the kids in the contest as well as the kids, who all worked hard on their posters again this year.
Middle Division placing poster creators were:
1st place and Best in Show: Sage Pelletier, Grade 6, JWMS
2nd place: Emma Ring, Grade 6, JWMS
3rd place: Kendall Kurtz: Grade 6, JWMS
Junior Division placing poster contest creators were:
1st place: Kamden Kostrova, Grade 7, Nativity of Our Lord
Austen Slette, Grade 7, Nativity of Our Lord
Lorelai Aylesworth, Grade 7, Nativity of Our Lord
First place in the elementary division was Matilda Ehrig, a home school student from Germany. Sadauskas mentioned Ehrig's aunt works within the department.
Honorable mentions in the contest in the Middle Division included:
Lilly Liebscher, Grade 4, Sugar Camp Elementary
Abbi Borowski, Grade 4, Sugar Camp Elementary
Blake Bauer, Grade 6, JWMS
Luciana Evers, Grade 6, JWMS
Noelle Mayo, Grade 6, JWMS
Kaylee Steinmetz, Grade 6, JWMS
Ahna Cure, Grade 6, JWMS
Evelyn Juedes, Grade 6, JWMS
Amelia Retallick, Grade 6, JWMS
Kylie Treder, Grade 6, JWMS
Honorable mentions in the Junior Division were:
Hailey Perry, Grade 7, Nativity of Our Lord
Emily Schiek, Grade 7, Nativity.
In all there were 74 entries into this contest this year. One participant was in the second to third grade category. Sixty entries were in the fourth-to-sixth grade category. The seventh-to-ninth grade category accounted for 13 posters.
According to a post from Oneida County Land and Water conservation department, the contest was open to kindergarten through 12th grade students and posters are evaluated the criteria of conservation message, visual effectiveness, originality, universal appeal and individual artwork.
The fourth graders who participated were instructed by Robin Lemoine of Sugar Camp Elementary School. The sixth graders who participated where instructed by JWMS art teacher Brian Carpenter. The seventh graders who participated from Nativity were instructed by Nick Schiefelbein.
Beckie Gaskill may be reached via email at [email protected].
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