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Friday, November 4, 2011                                                     wiesner@prosecutor.summitoh.net

Prosecutor Walsh Announces 2012 Calendar Winners

Hyre CLC student wins grand prize, will be featured on calendar cover

AKRON, OHIO – November 4, 2011 – On Wednesday, November 2, Summit County Prosecuting Attorney Sherri Bevan Walsh announced the winners of the 2012 Safety Kids Calendar contest at an awards ceremony at the Akron-Summit Library. Of the 1,431 posters submitted, Hyre Middle School student Tanner Baker’s entry was chosen as the grand prize winner. Baker’s poster, which focuses on gun safety, will be on the cover of the 2012 Safety Kids calendar.

Prosecutor Walsh and emcees Tim Daugherty and Christi Nichols from WONE-FM presented the 48 winners with congratulatory certificates and gift cards in front of a packed audience of family, friends, teachers and contest judges. The evening started with the presentation of the flag by the Sheriff’s Department Honor Guard and an a cappella rendition of the national anthem by Miller South students Jonathan Sommer, Juliette Streeter and Josephine Wright.

“I am always impressed by the posters submitted for our Safety Kids Calendar, and it is an honor to be able to recognize the creativity, enthusiasm and hard work exhibited by these students” said Summit County Prosecuting Attorney Sherri Bevan Walsh. “I’d like to congratulate all of the students who submitted a poster, as well as our judges, who had an extremely difficult task of selecting winners. I’d also like to thank Jonathan Sommer, Juliette Street and Josephine Wright for their beautiful singing and the Sheriff’s Honor Guard for their flag presentation.”

Winning posters were submitted from the following schools: East CLC, Holy Family, Hyre CLC, Litchfield, Nordonia Middle School, Revere Middle School, Spring Hill, St. Barnabas, St. Hilary, St. Paul School, St. Sebastian and Tallmadge Middle School. Each of the first-place posters will be featured on one page of the 2012 Safety Kids Calendar.  

The winners are:

Grand Prize: Tanner Baker, 8^th grade, Hyre CLC

Rule 1: Trust yourself! Don’t give in to peer pressure.

1^st Place:  Sierra Azar, 8^th grade, Holy Family School

2^nd Place:  Briana Graybeal, 7^th grade, Spring Hill Junior High School

3^rd Place:  Essence Martin, 8^th grade, Hyre CLC

Honorable Mention:  Sarah Denham, 6^th grade, Hyre CLC

Rule 2:Don’t do drugs!

1^st Place:   Kaitlyn Luggelle, 8^th grade, Tallmadge Middle School

2^nd Place:  Taiana Cook, 7^th grade, East CLC

3^rd Place:  Sabrina Anderson, 8^th grade, Spring Hill Junior High School

Honorable Mention:  Jack Wurts, 7^th grade, Nordonia Middle School

Rule 3: Don’t use alcohol!

1^st Place:   Cassidy Rees, 7^th grade, Spring Hill Junior High School

2^nd Place:  Sarah Remmy, 6^th grade, Hyre CLC

3^rd Place:  Mike Smith, 8^th grade, St. Hilary School

Honorable Mention:  Jessica Swan, 8^th grade, Spring Hill Junior High School

Rule 4: Never play with guns!

1^st Place:  Keith Contrera, 8^th grade, St. Sebastian School

2^nd Place:  Kyler Lehman, 8^th grade, Spring Hill Junior High School

3^rd Place:  Nathan Sposit, 8^th grade, St. Barnabas School

Rule 5: Don’t smoke!

1^st Place: Megan Smith, 8^th grade, Holy Family School

2^nd Place:  Abbi Croft, 8^th grade, Spring Hill Junior High School

3^rd Place:  Bailey Anne Ferance, 8^th grade, Litchfield Middle School

Honorable Mention: Daniel Mason, 8^th grade, Hyre CLC

Rule 6: Never give out personal information in chat rooms.

1^st Place:  Emma Dudones, 6^th grade, Hyre CLC

2^nd Place:  Ryan Hanlon, 6^th grade, Hyre CLC

3^rd Place:  Kylie Walker, 8^th grade, St. Paul School

Honorable Mention:  Sukhmani Kaur, 6^th grade, Revere Middle School

Rule 7: Don’t talk to or go with anyone you don’t know.

1^st Place:  Jessie Bender, 8^th grade, St. Hilary School

2^nd Place:  Elizabeth Skelin, 8^th grade, St. Barnabas School

3^rd Place:  Claire Stock, 7^th grade, St. Hilary School

Honorable Mention:  Emily Clay, 8^th grade, Hyre CLC

Rule 8: Say NO to unwanted touch!

1^st Place:  Lexi Majoros, 7^th grade, St. Barnabas School

2^nd Place:  Taylor Abbe, 8^th grade, Hyre CLC

3^rd Place:  Jennifer Zushin, 8^th grade, East CLC

Honorable Mention:  Slobodanka Petrovic, 8^th grade, Hyre CLC

Rule 9: Never tell anyone you are home alone.

1^st Place:  Olivia Carpenter, 7^th grade, Revere Middle School

2^nd Place:  Mia Brady, 7^th grade, St. Hilary School

3^rd Place:  Zakary Kisner, 6^th grade, Hyre CLC

Honorable Mention:  Darchella Woodall, 8^th grade, East CLC

Rule 10: Say NO to gangs!

1^st Place:  Caleb Minard, 6^th grade, Hyre CLC

2^nd Place:  Hunter Hockman, 7^th grade, Hyre CLC

3^rd Place:  Kayla Dawson, 8^th grade, Spring Hill Junior High School

Honorable Mention:  Julie Ciotola, 8^th grade, St. Sebastian School

Rule 11: Stop bullies in their tracks. Always tell an adult.

1^st Place:  Tori Golden, 8^th grade, Hyre CLC

2^nd Place:  Montazia Davis, 7^th grade, East CLC

3^rd Place:  Charlie Drawkulich, 7^th grade, Spring Hill Junior High School

Honorable Mention:  Emily Knight, 8^th grade, Hyre CLC

Rule 12: Violence at home is never OK. Your home should be a safe place.

1^st Place:  Taylor Ford, 6^th grade, Hyre CLC

2^nd Place:  Shelby Fisher, 8^th grade, Hyre CLC

3^rd Place:  Maria Bradley, 8^th grade, Spring Hill Junior High School

Honorable Mention:  Danie Yeager, 8^th grade, Spring Hill Junior High School

Note to editors: Please let me know if you’d like copies of any of the posters.

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