Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. has selected the 30 winners in its 1995 Electrical Safety Poster Contest for students grades K-12. They are:
Grades K-1
Ashley DePhillips (grand prize), 1st grade, St. John the Baptist, Pittston; Colleen McLane (first place), 1st grade, St. Clare's School, Scranton; Brittany Renzini (honorable mention), 1st grade, St. Clare's School, Scranton.
Grade 2
Joseph Augello (grand prize), St. John the Baptist, Pittston; Deanna L. Draidfort (first place), Canaan Christian Academy, Lake Ariel; Jason Thomas (honorable mention), St. John the Baptist, Pittston.
Grade 3
Jessica Jezerski (grand prize), St. Clare's School, Scranton; Shannon Germain (first place), St. Clare's School, Scranton; Beth Ann Bingaman (honorable mention), Holy Spirit School, Mount Carmel.
Grade 4
Anthony T. Rizzardi, II (grand prize), Shenandoah Valley Elementary School, Shenandoah; Sara Coleman (first place), Hegins-Hubley Elementary, Valley View; Jessica Gottschall (honorable mention), John S. Clarke Elementary, Pottsville.
Grade 5
Kristy Simcic (grand prize), Fogelsville Elementary, Allentown; Laura Remick (first place), Abington Heights Middle School, Clarks Summit; Charlene Christman (honorable mention), Whitehall-Coplay Middle School, Whitehall.
Grade 6
Kathleen Bet (grand prize), Slatington Elementary, Slatington; John Martino (first place), St. Joseph Regional Academy, Jim Thorpe; Traci Kazmerski (honorable mention), Pope John Paul II, Nanticoke.
Grade 7
Mekenna Reiley (grand prize), New Cumberland Middle School, New Cumberland; Tom Szy (first place), Saucon Valley Middle School, Hellertown; Jonathan DeBalko (honorable mention), McAdoo Catholic School, McAdoo.
Grade 8
Anita Cheng (grand prize), East Pennsboro Middle School, Enola; Michelle Bogish (first place), Holy Cross School, New Philadelphia; Rachel Miller (honorable mention), East Pennsboro Middle School, Enola.
Grade 9
Becky Stametz (grand prize), Southern Columbia High School, Catawissa; Gwen Peters (first place), Lancaster Catholic High School, Lancaster; John Goncalves (honorable mention), Cardinal Brennan Jr./Sr. High School, Ashland.
Grades 10-12
John Sirbak (grand prize), 12th grade, Emmaus High School, Emmaus; Sara Pisarchick (first place), 12th grade, Southern Columbia High School, Catawissa; Courtney Rohrbach (honorable mention), 12th grade, Salisbury High School, Allentown.
More than 8,000 posters were submitted. Three winners were chosen in 10 grade categories. The "Four Seasons of Electrical Safety" was the contest theme, stressing the safe use of electricity year-round.
Prizes included five shares of PP&L Resources stock for grand-prize winners, two shares for first place, and one share for honorable mention.
The grand-prize posters will be featured on PP&L's 1996 Electrical Safety Calendar that is distributed to all participating schools. Teachers of grand-prize winners will receive $50 from PP&L for instructional materials or supplies.
This is the 10th year for the contest.