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Awards presented for fire prevention posters
Fire Prevention Poster Awards 2016
Those attending the Grant County Fire Poster Contest award ceremony at the Jamestown Fire Department in Kieler include, from front left: Emma Hauk, Charlee Kaiser, Mabel Droessler, Morgan Muller; back row: Shayla Trautsch, Cole Churchill, Cameron May, Madeline Bertjens, Katelyn Droessler and Anna Brand.

The Grant County winners of the 2015 fire poster contest were awarded certificates and prize money at a ceremony at the Jamestown Fire Department in Kieler on May 17. The contest is open to students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Those winning first in their grade level at the local fire departments move on to the county competition. The posters placing first in each grade level at the county level proceed to the state contest. This year two Grant County competitors placed in the state contest: seventh grader Shayla Trautsch of River Ridge School in Bloomington (first at state) and eighth grader Mati Terpstra of Cuba City Elementary School in Cuba City (second at state).

The following students were county level winners in the 2015 fire prevention poster contest:

Kindergarten:

- First place—Lukas Weber, St. Clement School, Lancaster

- Second place—Charlee Kaiser, Holy Ghost-Immaculate Conception School, Dickeyville

- Third place—Isaac Adams, St. Charles School, Cassville
First Grade:

- First place—Mabel Droessler, Holy Ghost-Immaculate Conception School, Dickeyville

- Second place—Leah Patterson, St. Mary School, Bloomington

- Third place—Sosie Hoffman, St. Clement School, Lancaster
Second Grade:

- First place—Miriam Adam, St. Clement School, Lancaster

- Second place—Emma Hauk, Cassville Elementary School, Cassville

- Third place—Michael Terpstra, Cuba City Elementary School, Cuba City
Third Grade:

- First place—Ava Stader, St. Clement School, Lancaster

- Second place—Morgan Muller, Holy Ghost-Immaculate Conception School, Dickeyville

- Third place—Riley Infield—St. Charles School, Cassville
Fourth Grade:

- First place—Keyerah Bartow, Holy Ghost-Immaculate Conception School, Kieler

- Second place—Braden Fishnick, Cassville Elementary School, Cassville

- Third place—Jillian Adams, St. Clement School, Lancaster
Fifth Grade:

- First place—Kelsey NeCollins, St. Clement School, Lancaster

- Second place—Anna Brand, Holy Ghost-Immaculate Conception School, Kieler

- Third place—Cole Churchill, Cassville Elementary School, Cassville
Sixth Grade:

- First place—Katelyn Droessler, Holy Ghost-Immaculate Conception School, Kieler

- Second place—Olivia Adams—St. Charles School, Cassville

- Third place—Hope Williams, St. Clement School, Lancaster
Seventh Grade:

- First place—Shayla Trautsch, River Ridge School, Bloomington

- Second place—Anna Kartman, St. Charles School, Cassville

- Third place—Madeline Bertjens, Holy Ghost-Immaculate Conception School, Kieler
Eighth Grade:

- First place—Mati Terpstra, Cuba City Elementary School, Cuba City

- Second place—Cameron May, Holy Ghost-Immaculate Conception School, Kieler

- Third place—Kate Schaal, Holy Ghost-Immaculate Conception School, Kieler