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PONTIAC, Ill. — The 50th anniversary of National Ag Day is on March 21 and in honor of this milestone, Livingston County Agriculture in the Classroom sponsored Postcard Design Contests for students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
Kindergarten and first-grade students completed a coloring page, while students in second through fifth grades designed postcards. All grades used the theme, “Agriculture Is Everywhere!”
Top entries were as follows:
• Kindergarten and first grade — first place, Ronan Tomko, Tri-Point; second place, Dallas Wysocki, Dwight; third place, Avery Alsdorf, St. Mary’s.
• Second and third grades— first place, Hadley Noonan, St. Mary’s; second place, Holland Tissiere, St. Mary’s; third place, Victoria Reel, Woodland.
• Fourth and fifth grades— first place, Lily Muir, Odell; second place, Annabelle Reiff, Odell; third place, Jovi Aupperle, Washington.
The first-place entries from each division were printed as full-color postcards and bookmarks. The postcards will be used for Agriculture in the Classroom thank you notes. The bookmarks will be distributed to all Livingston County public libraries.
The Postcard Design Contests were sponsored by the Agriculture in the Classroom partnership of Livingston County’s Soil and Water Conservation District, Farm Bureau and University of Illinois Extension.