Priest River student wins regional honors
Priest River third grader Clayton Nasseth received third-place regional honors in the Smokey Bear fire safety poster contest.
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Smokey Bear made a visit to Priest River Elementary last Thursday, bringing along with him a few friends and news that several students had won prizes in the annual poster and fire safety contest.
Fire personnel from the U.S. Forest Service and the Idaho Department of Lands, presented campfire safety information to the students and poster contest winners received certificates and prizes.
Posters from four elementary schools in western Bonner County are judged in November. Winners at the district level are then sent to the state level and, if successful there, go to the regional level.
Priest River third grader Clayton Nasseth received third-place in the Pacific Region which includes eight states — Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California, Nevada and Arizona. Among the prizes that Clayton were awarded a Smokey Bear backpack.
The prizes and the contest are sponsored by the Moscow Idaho Chapter of the National Garden Clubs, Bonner County Fire Prevention Co-op, the Idaho Department of Lands and the US Forest Service.