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Poster contest makes a splash

     Eight students from Becky Casey’s sixth-grade class at Sacred Heart School did their best to demonstrate the importance of water through the Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual Conservation Poster Contest.

    While none of the Sacred Heart posters was selected to qualify for district competition, the students gained some pointers while working on the poster for about a week in early March.

    Contestants had to create a poster with the theme, “Water is Life.”

    “We had discussions of water conservation, and ways we can conserve water,” Casey said. “It was fun to see the ideas they came up with.”

    For participating, each student was given a certificate for a free, 30-minute paddleboat ride at Central Park. The certificates were donated by the Jones County Conservation Board.