The City of Paris Utilities Department have been sharing about water during and beyond Water Awareness Week, observed May 3-9.
The department held its annual poster contest for elementary students, with this year’s theme “Water, the Original Energy Drink.”
Winners were:
Aikin Elementary
2nd Grade Poster Winners
1st place – Rebecca Ashmore
2nd place – Emma Jones
3rd place – Lincoln Arellano
4th place – Caroline Pilgrim
3rd Grade Poster Winners
1st place – Camila Carrasquedo
3rd place – Chase Armstrong
4th place – Addie Fraser
4th Grade Poster Winners
1st place – Jaelyn Corren
2nd place – Brooklynn Norman
Winners from Aikin also took a tour of the Paris Water Treatment Plant led by Ryan Sitz, one of the plant operators.
Justiss Elementary School
4th Grade: Claire Boettcher – 4th place
4th Grade: Jazzlynn Sampson – 3rd place
3rd Grade: Evan O’Bryan, 2nd place
Poster Judges were Daphney Young, Texas Commission On Environmental Quality, Carla Trent, The City of Paris Parks and Recreation, Becky Weems, The City of Paris Utilities Department, Kay Hayes, Lamar County Water, and Debra Burge, The City of Paris Fire Department Administration.
Pictured with the winners are Tanner Harmening, Justiss Teacher, Cheri Lewis, Aikin Elementary Teacher, and Becky Weems, the City of Paris Director of Public Utilities Secretary.
Paula Rater, with the City of Paris Public Library, also created a beautiful water display for the library to help celebrate Water Awareness Week.
The City of Paris and Lamar County Water also sponsored a hoop shoot at the Boys and Girls Club of Paris in celebration of Water Awareness Week.
They played the game “Horse,” but spelled the word “Water,” and the winners were:
Age 7 to 9 years
1st Place: Bridger Connot
2nd Place: Jazeon Shaw
3rd Place: Aubrey Lee
4th Place: Kyzen Alberty
Age 10 to 12 years
1st Place: J’Shun McClough
2nd Place: Kingston Sheppard
3rd Place: Bryson Finney
4th Place: Dylan Connot
Age 13 to 14 years
1st Place: Taj’Drick Scales
2nd Place: Case Berry
3rd Place: Jerkedain Brooks
4th Place: Dez Thomas
Reginald Hughes, CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Paris, Darrell Mathis, Boys & Girls Club of Paris, and Darryl Williams, Paris Water Treatment Plant Operator, are pictured with the winners.
