Mayor Luis Ayala congratulates these kindergarten & first-graders, who are 2008 winners in the city's Annual Water Poster Contest. Standing with them is H2Owl, the new mascot of the San Gabriel Municipal Water District, who will be promoting information about water conservation at many upcoming local events.

 2008 Water Awareness Poster Contest Winners Honored by City Council

“Water Awareness” is both a campaign, to promote public interest in water and the role water agencies play in conservation, management, water supply, water quality, and distribution, and a state of mind that water officials and political leaders are working to instill in each citizen.

It is particularly important for residents of this Southern California desert climate to become water aware, and to actively participate in the conservation of water, our most essential element.

The City of Alhambra Utilities Department has actively waged this Water Awareness campaign for years, and they have enlisted a key segment of our population to  proclaim the Water Awareness message to the public – elementary school children, K-8.

For the past 14 years the students have been asked to portray, through art, the message of Water Awareness, and the students have come through big time.  Those posters judged most effective in the 2008 Water Awareness campaign have been selected, and the artists have been honored with Certificates of Recognition, from the Alhambra City Council, and have received U.S. Savings Bonds (from $50 for Honorable Mention to $200 for the winning poster) for their successful efforts.

The winners of the 14th Annual City of Alhambra Utilities Department Water  Awareness Poster Contest are:

Kindergarten – First Grade:
   1st place: Justine Dondonay, Kindergarten, Northrup School
   2nd place: Gabrielle Dondonay, First Grade, Northrup School
   3rd place: Lauren Lubeley, First Grade, St. Therese School
   Honorable Mention: Isabella De La Torre, First Grade, St. Therese School

Second Grade – Fourth Grade
   1st place: Victoria Shen, Fourth Grade, Ramona School
   2nd place: Xioa Hui Yong, Fourth Grade, Martha Baldwin School
   3rd place: Kyle Ang, Third Grade, Park School
   Honorable Mention: Ashley La, Third Grade, Park School

Fifth Grade – Sixth Grade
   1st place: Patrick Lai, Sixth Grace, Garfield School
   2nd place: Kevin Kong, Fifth Grade, Emery Park School
   3rd place: Francis Lin, Sixth Grade, Marguerita School
   Honorable Mention: Samantha Liu, Sixth Grade, Marguerita School

Seventh Grade – Eighth Grade
   1st place: Mathew Chan, Eighth Grade, Emmaus Lutheran School
   2nd place: Stephanie Wang, Seventh Grade, Ramona School
   3rd place: Esther Suen, Seventh Grade, Emmaus Lutheran School
   Honorable Mention: Gaston Lopez, Seventh Grade, Fremont School

Congratulations to all participants in the Water Awareness Poster Contest!