Klamath Falls, Ore. – Second and fourth graders from Klamath And Lake counties are helping to prevent wildfires.
Trapper Cundall had one of the prize-winning entries in a fire prevention poster contest sponsored by the Oregon Department of Forestry.
“It says, ‘One little mistake turns in to one big fire.” Notes Cundall, explaining his poster. “A guy threw a cigarette out the window, and these guys are putting it out, and these guys are digging a trench so the fire can’t get any farther.”
Jack Johnston of Hosanna School also had a poster with a message: “Put out your fires before, because it might cause a bigger fire.”
Triad School’s Bree Drost used her artistic abilities. “I just like the feeling, of just the colors.”
427 posters were entered into this year’s contest.
The top prize posters will be made into place mats for use at local restaurants.
Organizers say over 17,000 students have taken part in the poster contest since it began 23 years ago.
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