10-28-2013 Fire Prevention Week Contest Winners Announced

Fire Marshal Beau Matlock and Deputy Fire Marshal Seth Miller announced the winners of the fire safety poster contest. The winning posters were the ones that best illustrated this year's fire safety theme, which was "Prevent Kitchen Fires." The winners received gift cards from Walmart, and the overall winner (i.e. Best of Show) will have her poster prominently displayed on a billboard for a month. A complete list of the poster contest winners is included below:

INDIVIDUAL GRADE WINNERS

Kindergarten – Emily Wilkey, Berean Academy

$50 Walmart Gift Card

1st Grade – Clark Imhoff, Calvary Christian School

$50 Walmart Gift Card

2nd Grade – Sarah Liston, Calvary Christian School

$50 Walmart Gift Card

3rd Grade – Ava Culpepper, Boyd Buchanon Elementary

$50 Walmart Gift Card

4th Grade – Ariana Vega, Red Bank Elementary School

$50 Walmart Gift Card

5th Grade – Emma Sofia Griffin, St. Jude School

$50 Walmart Gift Card

6th Grade – Courtney Wilkey, Berean Academy

$50 Walmart Gift Card

7th Grade – Gardenia Velasquez, Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy

$50 Walmart Gift Card

8th Grade – Cassidy Simms, Brown Middle School

$50 Walmart Gift Card

9th Grade – Tennille Rogers, Boyd Buchanan

$50 Walmart Gift Card

10th Grade – Alex Patton, Boyd Buchanan

$50 Walmart Gift Card

11th Grade – Sarah Keller, Boyd Buchanan

$50 Walmart Gift Card

12th Grade – Zach Jenkins, Boyd Buchanan

$50 Walmart Gift Card

Top Overall Winners:

3rd Place – Mackenna Hood, Boyd Buchanan, 8th Grade

$60 Walmart Gift Card

2nd Place – Katie Oakley, Boyd Buchanan, 10th Grade

$70 Walmart Gift Card

1st Place – Kirsten Scholl, Boyd Buchanan, 12th Grade

$80 Walmart Gift Card

Best of Show – Elizabeth Hoilman, Boyd Buchanan, 8th Grade

$100 Walmart Gift Card & Poster Displayed on Billboard

In the photo: Fire Marshal Beau Matlock and the Fire Prevention Bureau staff pose for a group photo with the students in public and private schools who won this year's Fire Prevention Week poster contest.