Alice Yoshida, a sixth grader in Warren County during the 2013-2014 school year, was recognized Saturday at the Ohio State Fair as the overall state winner in a statewide poster contest. Alice’s poster (pictured at left) on lightning safety artistically illustrates a lion roaring. The heading appropriately states: When Thunder Roars Go Indoors.
The Ohio Committee for Severe Weather Awareness chose Alice’s poster as the most informative, accurate and creative out of the many posters received during its annual Severe Weather Awareness Poster Contest.
As the overall state winner, Alice received a variety of awards and prizes from the committee and its partners, to include a check to go toward a $100 U.S. Treasury Direct savings bond, a letter of congratulations from Governor John R. Kasich, a NOAA Weather Radio, a smoke detector, a personalized trophy, a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) backpack and disaster supply kit, and a host of other prizes. Later in the fall, her school will receive an engraved “traveling” trophy to showcase for the remainder of the school year. In an effort to promote severe weather preparedness, the committee will feature Alice’s poster throughout the year.
Seven students, one from first through sixth grades and specialized instruction classes, were announced as state-level winners and received prizes and awards, including checks to go toward $50 savings bonds, NOAA Weather Radios, smoke detectors and letters of congratulations from Gov. Kasich. They are:
- 1st Grader Brianna Sargent of Morrow County (poster pictured below);
- 2nd Grader Grace Draeger of Sandusky County;
- 3rd Grader Corinne Shull of Lucas County;
- 4th Grader Briana Webb of Mercer County;
- 5th Grader Olivia Goble of Meigs County;
- 6th Grader Regan Draeger of Sandusky County; and
- 6th Grader Devin Overall of Lorain County.
This year, a total of 43 students from 27 Ohio counties were honored as regional winners. The students represented grades 1-6 from 33 schools. As regional winners, every student artist received a certificate from the National Weather Service and sling backpacks full of prizes from the offices and their partners that make up the Ohio Committee for Severe Weather Awareness.
Since 1978, the Ohio Committee for Severe Weather Awareness has conducted its annual poster contest. Since its inception, students have designed informative posters on severe weather safety and preparedness. The efforts of these students have helped the committee meet its overall goal – to educate Ohioans about the actions they can take to protect themselves and others before, during and after severe weather occurs.
All posters will be available to view on the Ohio Committee for Severe Weather Awareness website, www.weathersafety.ohio.gov.
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