Winners of the Walk, Bike,
Brockport Action Group poster contest named

Mayor Mort Wexler and local artist and retired teacher Lori Skoog selected the winning posters from the 101 entries in the Walk, Bike, Brockport Action Group's third annual pedestrian and bicycle safety poster contest. Students in grades one through five in the Brockport central schools participated.

Winners were chosen based on their posters' effectiveness in portraying a walking or biking safety rule. Teachers discussed safety rules in class, and then the students depicted these rules on their posters.

Winning posters will be displayed for two weeks in the Brockport Village Hall before moving to the Sweden Town Hall for two weeks. First prize winners received $20 gift certificates to the Liftbridge Book Store. Second prize winners received $10 certificate.

Winners in first grade are: Andrew Sheffer, first place, Mary Kate Beel, second place; second grade: Alayna Valvano, first place; Jessica Pruss, second place; fourth grade: Sarah Heyden, first place; Kate DiClemente, second place; fifth grade: Sophia Avery, first place and Mackenzie Pye, second place.

November 19, 2006