The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) High Desert District is pleased to announce Aislyn Pecolar, Domanik Gunyan and Rachel Shiler are the first, second, and third place winners of the wild horse drawing contest. The winners were announced Tuesday, Feb. 21, during an awards ceremony at Westridge Elementary School, Rock Springs, Wyo. The ranking of winners was determined by the number of votes their drawings received.
As first place winner, Aislyn Pecolar from Westridge Elementary School receives a $100 Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce gift certificate, which is accepted at most businesses in Sweetwater County. Pecolar’s family says she loves to draw. As second place winner, Domanik Gunyan from Desert View Elementary School receives a $75 Chamber gift certificate. Third place winner, Rachel Shiler, also from Westridge Elementary School, receives a $50 Chamber gift certificate. Shiler’s teacher says she spent a lot of time on her drawing.
Sweetwater County School District #1 fourth graders submitted more than 85 drawings of their interpretation of a wild horse during the contest. The public voted for their favorite artwork. The contest was held in conjunction with the reopening of the Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility on Jan. 26, when 310 students from Green River, Rock Springs, Eden and Farson, Wyo., toured the facility. Other reopening activities included a preview day for potential adopters to view available mustangs and an adoption event resulting in 24 wild horses being adopted. The contest also coincides with the Wyoming history curriculum. Some of the drawings refer to the “Gift of the Sacred Dog,” which is the Native American term for wild horses.
As first place winner, Aislyn Pecolar from Westridge Elementary School receives a $100 Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce gift certificate, which is accepted at most businesses in Sweetwater County. Pecolar’s family says she loves to draw. As second place winner, Domanik Gunyan from Desert View Elementary School receives a $75 Chamber gift certificate. Third place winner, Rachel Shiler, also from Westridge Elementary School, receives a $50 Chamber gift certificate. Shiler’s teacher says she spent a lot of time on her drawing.
Sweetwater County School District #1 fourth graders submitted more than 85 drawings of their interpretation of a wild horse during the contest. The public voted for their favorite artwork. The contest was held in conjunction with the reopening of the Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility on Jan. 26, when 310 students from Green River, Rock Springs, Eden and Farson, Wyo., toured the facility. Other reopening activities included a preview day for potential adopters to view available mustangs and an adoption event resulting in 24 wild horses being adopted. The contest also coincides with the Wyoming history curriculum. Some of the drawings refer to the “Gift of the Sacred Dog,” which is the Native American term for wild horses.
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