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For Immediate Release: August 4, 2018
Thirty-four Ohio Students Recognized in Annual Severe Weather Awareness Poster Contest
COLUMBUS, OH – Addisyn
Spencer, a second-grader in Cuyahoga County during the 2017-2018 school year,
was recognized Saturday at the Ohio State Highway Patrol Academy, next to the Ohio
State Fair, as the overall state winner in a statewide poster contest. Addisyn’s
poster on flood safety illustrates two people in a lifeboat with the message: FLOOD SAFETY – If you’re in distress, wear a
life vest! SOS!
The Ohio Committee for
Severe Weather Awareness chose Addisyn’s poster as the most informative,
accurate and creative out of the many posters received during its annual Severe
Weather Awareness Poster Contest.
As the overall state
winner, Addisyn received a variety of awards and prizes from the committee and
its partners, to include a check to go toward a $100 U.S. Treasury Direct
savings bond, a letter of congratulations from Governor John R. Kasich, a National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio, a smoke detector, a
personalized trophy, a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) backpack and
disaster supply kit, and a host of other prizes. Later in the fall, her school
will receive an engraved “traveling” trophy to showcase for the remainder of
the school year. In an effort to promote severe weather preparedness, the
committee will feature Addisyn’s poster throughout the year.
Six students, one from
first through sixth grades, were announced as state-level winners and received
prizes and awards, including checks to go toward $50 savings bonds, NOAA
Weather Radios, smoke detectors and letters of congratulations from Gov. Kasich.
They are: 1st Grader Vanshika Rajarapu of Wayne County; 2nd
Grader Lane Paxson of Allen County; 3rd Grader Eden Dwier of Wayne
County; 4th Grader Sarah Patchell of Brown County; 5th
Grader Luke Stouffer of Paulding County; and 6th Grader Grace
Draeger of Sandusky County.
This year, a total of 34
students from 18 Ohio counties were honored as regional winners. The students
represented grades 1-6 from 20 schools. As regional winners, every student
artist received a certificate from the National Weather Service and backpacks
full of prizes from the offices and their partners that make up the Ohio
Committee for Severe Weather Awareness.
Since 1978, the Ohio
Committee for Severe Weather Awareness has conducted its annual poster contest.
Since its inception, students have designed informative posters on severe
weather safety and preparedness. The efforts of these students have helped the
committee meet its overall goal – to educate Ohioans about the actions they can
take to protect themselves and others before, during and after severe weather
occurs.
Names of the 38
regional, state and overall state winners
(*) Denotes state winners
(**) Denotes the overall state winner
1st Grade: Colt Cross, Jackson County; Vanshike Rajarapu*, Wayne County
2nd Grade: Lane Paxson*, Allen County; Zarek Ruiz, Franklin County; Yzabella Smith, Jackson County; Addisyn Spencer**, Cuyahoga County
3rd Grade: Abigail Cain, Muskingum County; Carter Chupka, Licking County; Eden Dwier*, Wayne County; James McDaniel, Jackson County; Elise Tracy, Brown County
4th Grade: Zoe Browning, Muskingum County; Isabelle Dennis, Portage County; Maria Franks, Wayne County; Justice Healy, Henry County; Gaurinanda Lekshmi, Franklin County; Ava Moore, Jackson County; Sarah Patchell*, Brown County; Elias Wright, Ottawa County
5th Grade: Divyagna Abburi, Franklin County; Kyra Dansby, Muskingum County; Jake Hollingstead, Jackson County; Kaylee Houghtlen, Huron County; Brooke Lansing, Scioto County; Dominic Sheridan, Stark County; Lucke Stouffer*, Paulding County; Luciana Vigliotti, Mahoning County
6th Grade: Grace Draeger*, Sandusky County; Jazmin Eckert, Jackson County; Helen Faur, Mahoning County; Camaya Lee, Muskingum County; Ishara Mason, Paulding County; Clarke McGaughey, Pike County; Mikayla McInnes, Stark County
All posters will be
available to view, Monday, Aug. 6, on the Ohio Committee for Severe Weather Awareness Web site: www.weathersafety.ohio.gov.
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For additional information, contact:
Kelli Blackwell, Ohio EMA (614) 799-3694
kblackwell@dps.ohio.gov
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