CORINTH – Gov. John Baldacci congratulated two students from Central Middle School recently and one student from St. Michael’s School in Augusta for being selected as the winners of the 2008 Clean Water Week Poster Contest. The 2008 theme was “What Clean Water Means to Me.”

The contest generated more than 100 entries from schools throughout Maine. Baldacci congratulated the students for being chosen as finalists.

“We use water in many ways every day – drinking, cooking, bathing, cleaning and in our gardens, lakes and rivers to allow for plants and animals to live and grow,” Baldacci said. “We cannot overstate the importance of preserving our lakes and rivers and keeping our water supply clean.”

Winners were:

. First place, Makayla Moors of Corinth, a seventh-grade student at Central Middle School.

. Second place, Courtney White of Hudson, a seventh-grade student at Central Middle School.

. Third place, Olivia Rancourt of Augusta, a fifth-grade student at St. Michael’s School.

All three students received cash prizes for being finalists in the contest. Central Middle School also received a new microscope as the sponsoring school of the first-place student.

Baldacci was presented with a framed copy of the first-place poster by Makayla Moors for the Governor’s Office.

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