KINGMAN – On Thursday, February 28, City of Kingman Mayor Jen Miles and the Kingman Clean City Commissioner Clerence Russell awarded certificates and prizes to top winning students in the 2019 American Recycles Day poster and essay contest at the Power House Visitor Center. Seven local schools, 33 classrooms, and 661 students from kindergarten through eighth grade participated.

Teachers recognized as providing encouragement to their students to learn about recycling by submitting a poster or an essay entry were:  KAOL Primary (Andrade, Arnold, Brann, Delgado, Jule, Mason, Osterman, Quinn Schwab, and Smith), KAOL Intermediate (Brazdys, Busby, Hopper Pettigrew, and Snelling), KAOL Middle (Harmon, Jantz, and Scheidegger), KUSD Cerbat (Morey and Thurman), KUSD Manzanita (Baitinger, Chaistan, Hurling, Klastaske, and Reddick), KUSD Desert Willows (C. Lawson), and KUSD Middle School (Nowick).

Local businesses that supported this annual contest by providing donations to the teachers and prizes to the students include Frozen Yogurt Island, McDonald’s, Super Wal-Mart, and  Taco Bell (Desert Del Oro). 

For further information on the Kingman Clean City Commission or the Recycling Contest, please contact the staff liaison, Donna Alderson, at Kingman Public Works Dept., 3700 E Andy Devine Ave, 928-753-7467.