Chayse Rivera, a former fifth-grade student at Schnecksville Elementary School, was recognized at the August meeting of the Parkland Garden Club after earning first place in the fifth-grade division of the Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania’s Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl Poster Contest. The contest is sponsored by the National Garden Clubs and the U.S. Forest Service and is open to students in first through fifth grades.

Megan Kirschman, an art teacher at Schnecksville Elementary, coordinates the contest in partnership with the Parkland Garden Club.