10-29-2012 Fire Prevention Week Contest Winners Announced

Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield joined Fire Chief Randy Parker and Fire Marshal James Whitmire in handing out prizes to the winners of the fire safety poster contest. The winning posters were the ones that best illustrated this year's fire safety theme, which was "Have Two Ways Out!"  The winners received gift cards from Walmart, and the overall winner (i.e. Best of Show) will have her poster prominently displayed on a billboard for a month. A complete list of the poster contest winners is included below:

Individual Grade Winners:

Kindergarten – Frances Bohner, St. Nicholas School

$50 Walmart Gift Card

1st Grade – Logan Gray, DuPont Elementary

$50 Walmart Gift Card

2nd Grade – Hennessy Pell, Chattanooga Charter

$50 Walmart Gift Card

3rd Grade – Dillon Kosik, DuPont Elementary

$50 Walmart Gift Card

4th Grade – Aislinn Bird, Lookout Valley Elementary

$50 Walmart Gift Card

5th Grade – Elizabeth Van Deusen, St. Peter's Episcopal School

$50 Walmart Gift Card

6th Grade – Jasmin Galvan, Hixson Middle School

$50 Walmart Gift Card

7th Grade – Carmen Gonzales, Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy

$50 Walmart Gift Card

8th Grade – Lacey Watts, Chattanooga Christian School

$50 Walmart Gift Card

9th Grade – Katie Oakley, Boyd Buchanan

$50 Walmart Gift Card

10th Grade – Julia Sanderson, Boyd Buchanan

$50 Walmart Gift Card

11th Grade – Zach Jenkins, Boyd Buchanan

$50 Walmart Gift Card

12th Grade – Kim Dieu Tran, Ooltewah High School

$50 Walmart Gift Card

Top Overall Winners:

3rd Place – Leila Lin, Hixson High School

$60 Walmart Gift Card

2nd Place – Lina Ye, Boyd Buchanan

$70 Walmart Gift Card

1st Place – Kirsten Scholl, Boyd Buchanan

$80 Walmart Gift Card

Best of Show – Dana Ortega, Boyd Buchanan

$100 Walmart Gift Card & Poster Displayed on Billboard

In the photo: Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield, Fire Chief Randy Parker, Fire Marshal James Whitmire and the Fire Prevention Bureau staff all pose for a group photo with the students in public and private schools who won this year's Fire Prevention Week poster contest.

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