Smokey Bear poster contest winners

LCES produced several district and state winners of the "Smokey Bear Poster Contest" in grades K- 2. Pictured are: (l-r) Norma McKinney, president of the Pine Needle Garden Club; Danielle Carson; Anthony Millett; Zia Williamson; and Veronica Kelly, art teacher at LCES. The contest is sponsored annually by the National Garden Clubs, Inc., the Garden Clubs of Georgia, and the Pine Needle Garden Club of Lincolnton in cooperation with the USDA Forestry Service and the National Association of State Foresters. District and state winners of the "Smokey Bear Poster Contest" in grades 3-5 at LCES are pictured with Veronica Kelly (back row, far left), art teacher at LCES, and Norma McKinney (back row, far right), president of the Pine Needle Garden Club of Lincolnton. The winners are: (front row, l-r) Megan Mercier, Leighann Poss, Sydney Thornton, Lura Shultz, (back row) Shabrekia Smith, Kanika Norman, Camden Gilpin, and Niki Poss.