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FIVE ANAHEIM STUDENTS TAKE TOP HONORS
IN LOCAL WATER DISTRICT’S POSTER SLOGAN CONTEST
ANAHEIM, CA (June 2, 2008) - Five Anaheim elementary students were among winners in the Metropolitan Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) 2008 Poster and Slogan Contest. All winning posters and slogans will be featured in MWDOC’s 2008-09 Water Education Calendar, which will be printed this fall.
Anaheim winners in the slogan contest included: Sabrina Orozco, second-grader at Centralia with “We love H2O, it keeps you on the go”; Ciara Nagao, sixth-grader at Nohl Canyon with “We need water to survive, without it nothing would be alive”; and Tiffany Nguyen, sixth-grader at Nohl Canyon with “Turn off the shower and the sink, we’ll save our water, it’s what we drink.”
Among the poster contest winners were Simon Tran, third-grader at James Madison, and Alyssa Columbus, sixth-grader at Nohl Ranch.
This year’s overall theme was “The environment needs help, it’s true, conserving water starts with YOU!” All winners, along with their parents and teachers, were invited to attend a special awards ceremony at the Discovery Science Center on May 29.
Anaheim Public Utilities and Angels Baseball also honored several Anaheim elementary students as winners of the Utilities’ 18th Annual Water Conservation Poster Contest. Winners received trophies on May 27 during a pre-game ceremony prior to the game against the Detroit Tigers.
Anaheim Public Utilities encourages its customers to save water, save money and help preserve our most precious resource by offering a variety of water-efficiency programs. Program information may be obtained by calling 714/765-4256 or by visiting www.anaheim.net and clicking on Public Utilities, then Water Services. ### ABOUT ANAHEIM PUBLIC UTILITIES For more than 100 years, Anaheim Public Utilities has served Anaheim water and electric customers with low rates and reliable service. Anaheim Public Utilities is Orange County's only publicly owned water and electric utility.
ABOUT ANAHEIM The City of Anaheim, founded in 1857, is one of the nations premier municipalities and is Californias 10th most populous city. Anaheim covers 50 square miles with more than 345,500 residents and more than 2,100 City employees. The municipal corporations annual budget is $1.3 billion. Anaheim supports a thriving business community with companies such as CKE Restaurants, Inc., L-3 Communications, Pacific Sunwear, and Disneyland Resort. Successful sports franchises call Anaheim home, including Angels Baseball, Anaheim Ducks, Anaheim Arsenal, and the 2008 Olympic Gold Medal winning USA Men's Volleyball team. Anaheim also boasts world-class meeting and entertainment venues with the Anaheim Convention Center, the largest on the west coast, Honda Center, The Grove of Anaheim, Anaheim GardenWalk, and Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Annually, Anaheim welcomes millions of visitors to the city, truly making it where the world comes to live, work and play. For more information, please visit www.anaheim.net.
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