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She was awarded an overnight stay anywhere in the park for her and her family, free park passes and $50.
Christopher Sutton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Sutton of Washington, received fifth place recognition for his essay. Christopher’s sixth grade English teacher, Mrs. Lucy Maeyer used the contest as a class assignment.
“I wrote about the beauty of nature,. animals, and trees in the park,” Chris stated. “I wrote it once and handed it in and Mrs. Maeyer corrected it and I wrote it again.
“I didn’t know what place I had won until my parents and I got there. I won fifth place and got $10 and a free park pass,” he said.
The awards ceremony was held at Skyland in conjunction with the park’s fiftieth anniversary. Mrs. Baines and Mrs. Maeyer attended the ceremonies because they had submitted essays for the contest. Mrs. Baines entered approximately forty essays. All seventh grade students who entered were given science credit. The park service also gave the elementary school two books for participating.
Mrs. Baines said that the contest is a yearly event which is limited to three and four different counties bordering the park each year. She noted that William Monroe was the only other school to have essay winners this year. They had second, third and fourth place winners.
The contest was sponsored by the Woman’s Club of the Shenandoah National park, ARA (the park’s food service group), and the National Park Service.
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