Entries due soon for essay/art contest
GAINESVILLE -- Entries for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 10th annual 'What Trees Mean to America' contest are due at the Forest Service Office by 4:30 p.m. Friday.
Five entries in the essay category and five in the art category will be accepted from seventh-graders at each public, private and home school in Gainesville/Hall County.
The Forest Office is at 1755 Cleveland Highway.
The contest focuses on what trees mean to America from an ecological, economic and aesthetic standpoint.
Prizes in each category are $100 for first place; $50, second place; and $25, third place.
Bonsai trees also will be presented to the winners at the Arbor Day observance, set for Feb. 16 in the Northeast Georgia History Center at Brenau University.
The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce Beautification and Tree Committee, Keep Hall Beautiful and the Forest Service are sponsoring the contest.
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posted by Davor Novakovic @ Friday, January 19, 2007
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