The Lawrence Soil and Water Conservation District held their 77th annual meeting and banquet on Oct. 19 at Symmes Valley Elementary School.
The district sponsored a coloring contest for county first grade students that had 315 entries from seven elementary schools. A poster contest was also sponsored for county fifth grade students and had 301 entries from six elementary schools.
On Sept. 19, the district sponsored a rural land use/soils judging contest with Symmes Valley FFA and Collins Career Technical Center FFA participating.
The top three school and county winners for each contest were recognized at the banquet.
The top three county winners for the first-grade coloring contest were:
1st – Hattie Adams, Burlington Elementary
2nd – Nash Walker, Symmes Valley Elementary
3rd – Clarity Smith, St. Lawrence Elementary

Top three area school coloring contest winners were:
Burlington Elementary
1st – Hattie Adams
2nd – Lilith Hicks
3rd – Samuel Butcher
Dawson Bryant Elementary
1st – Kinsley Forrest
2nd – Brookelyn Melvin
3rd – Tristan Dirling
Fairland East Elementary
1st – Ana Sophia Chavez
2nd – Jagger Ferguson
3rd – River Anderson
Rock Hill Elementary
1st – Isabella Cordero
2nd – Liam Jiles
3rd – Braelyn Roberts
South Point Elementary
1st – Wyatt Wells
2nd – Auslynn Fitzpatrick
3rd – Brynlee DeHart
St. Lawrence Elementary
1st – Clarity Smith
2nd – Rowan Clyse
3rd – Annistyn Coleman
Symmes Valley Elementary
1st – Nash Walker
2nd – Anonymous
3rd – Caroline Hutchison

The top three County winners for the fifth-grade poster contest were:
1st – Raven Martin from South Point Elementary
2nd – Bella Warner from Chesapeake Middle School
3rd – Hunter Bruce from Dawson Bryant Elementary.

Top three area school poster contest winners:
Chesapeake Middle School
1st – Meela Gahm
2nd – Bella Warner
2nd – Lilli Coffey
3rd – Masyi Brown
Dawson-Bryant Elementary
1st – Hunter Bruce
2nd -Christiana Prichard
3rd – Miranda Henry
Fairland West Elementary
1st – Marley Baker
2nd – Caleb Thompson
3rd – Hayleigh Thurecht
Honorable Mention
Brody Evans
Rock Hill Elementary
1st – Ella Albright
2nd – Madeline Hacker
3rd – Alexis Freeman
South Point Elementary
1st – Raven Martin
2nd – Marley Adams
3rd – Ciara McComas
Symmes Valley Elementary
1st – Audrey Ridenour
2nd – Tynslea Cremeans
3rd – Izzy Williams

Top three FFA rural land use (urban) soil judging winners from Collins Career Technical Center were:
1st – Nichole Taylor
2nd – Olivia Smith
3rd – Gregory Reynolds

Top three FFA rural land use (urban) soil judging winners from Symmes Valley High School were:
1st – Addison Ridenour
2nd – Evan Sells
3rd – Kayden Hopkins