Contest winners honored

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County commissioners recently recognized eight first-place winners in the county recycling division’s annual recycling and anti-litter poster contest for students in local public, private and parochial schools.

First-place winners and their schools are: Diane Smith, first grade, Poland Union Elementary School; Addyson Miller, second grade, Holy Family School, Poland; Kayci Harding, third grade, West Boulevard Elementary School, Boardman; Daphne Snyder, fourth grade, Damascus Elementary School; Jenna Madick, fifth grade, Glenwood Middle School, Boardman; Alaina Fitch, sixth grade, Western Reserve Middle School, Berlin Center; Alisa Telega, seventh grade, and Anson Hankey, eighth grade, both at St. Christine School, Youngstown.

The first-place winning posters, chosen from among 564 entries, will be used as place mats in local restaurants and community organizations.

First-place winners received $25 prizes from Dominion East Ohio Gas and certificates from the recycling division, known as the Green Team.