Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. has selected the 30 winners in its 1996 Electrical Safety Poster Contest for students grades K-12. They are:

Grades K-1

Brynna Ditchey (grand prize), 1st grade, Holy Spirit, Mt. Carmel; Kriza Rusnak (first place), 1st grade, Holy Spirit, Mt. Carmel; Terese Avery (honorable mention), 1st grade, St. Clare's School, Scranton

Grade 2

Lee Flynn (grand prize), St. Clare's School, Scranton; Joseph E. Stella (first place), St. Clare's School, Scranton; Carolynn Velas (honorable mention), Village Fellowship Homeschool, Quakertown

Grade 3

Brianna McPeak (grand prize), Holy Spirit, Mt. Carmel; Karey Claar (first place), Bible Baptist School, Shiremanstown; Joseph Augello (honorable mention), St. John the Baptist, Pittston

Grade 4

Brittany Turner (grand prize), Salladasburg Elementary, Jersey Shore; Jennifer Segner (first place), Cetronia, Allentown; Danielle Wolfgang (honorable mention), Holy Spirit, Mt. Carmel

Grade 5

Anthony T. Rizzardi Jr. (grand prize), Shenandoah Valley Elementary School, Shenandoah; Caitlin Zimpelmann (first place), Wallenpaupack North Intermediate, Hawley; Alison Woody (honorable mention), Old Forge Elementary, Old Forge

Grade 6

Ashley Bernetskie (grand prize), Holy Cross School, New Philadelphia; Roseann Ramsay (first prize), Slatington Elementary, Slatington; Laura Leer (honorable mention), Eagle View Middle School, Mechanicsburg

Grade 7

Allison Fernando (grand prize), Holy Cross School, New Philadelphia; Kate Jordan (first place), New Cumberland Middle School, New Cumberland; David Turturo (honorable mention), St. Paul's School, Scranton

Grade 8

Sheila Bal (grand prize), East Pennsboro Middle School, Enola; Thomas Szy (first prize), Saucon Valley Middle School, Hellertown; Sarah Gibb (honorable mentiob), Warwick Middle School, Lititz

Grade 9

Andrea Velas (grand prize), Village Fellowship Homeschool, Quakertown; Shannon Brennan (first prize), Cardinal Brennan, Ashland; Anacelis Perez (honorable mention), Dieruff High School, Allentown

Grades 10-12

Hilary Anstead (grand prize), 12th grade, Carbon County Vo. Tech., Jim Thorpe; Becky Stametz (first prize), 10th grade, Southern Columbia High School, Catawissa; Kofa Boyah (honorable mention),12th grade, Lehigh County Vo. Tech., Schnecksville

More than 7,800 posters were submitted. Three winners were chosen in 10 grade categories. "Subscribe To Electrical Safety" was the contest theme. Students were asked to create and name their own magazine cover.

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 1997 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 11th year for the contest.