Wetzel a billboard winner

Ottawa, Sandusky and Seneca County fifth grade students had the opportunity to participate in the OSS Solid Waste District's Billboard Contest.

The contest is run annually and the billboards are posted in April for the Earth Day celebration April 22. Students were encouraged to create a design with a recycling or litter prevention theme. District staff selected three winners from each county, displaying artwork on billboards within their respective counties.

Winning designs include the following students and their school:

Breanna Wetzel; Green Springs School; Sydney Honaker, St. Ann Catholic School, Fremont; and Dylan DeWitt - Shumaker Elementary, Bellevue.

All of the winners and their schools received a replica mini billboard featuring their artwork. Students also received a T-shirt with their winning entry and a fleece blanket made from recycled PET plastic (water bottles).

For more information on Earth Day or recycling opportunities visit the District's website at www.recycleoss.org.

The Ottawa-Sandusky-Seneca Joint Solid Waste Management District was formed in March 1989 under HB 592 which required counties to form single or multi-county solid waste districts. The District has developed a solid waste plan which insures disposal capacity for the next 15 years.