{"id":128102,"date":"2020-02-12T09:04:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T14:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=128102"},"modified":"2020-02-12T09:04:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T14:04:38","slug":"swcd-announces-kids-poster-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/02\/12\/swcd-announces-kids-poster-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"SWCD announces children&#8217;s poster contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calling local young artists in grades K through 12!&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s time to break out the paint, crayon, colored pencils, charcoal, stickers, and paper for the Van Wert Soil and Water Conservation District poster contest.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Van-Wert-SWCD-logo-3-2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100029\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The contest is open to all Van Wert County students, and posters may not be traced from other artists\u2019 work or from photographs. Each entry must have a completed form signed by the parent or guardian attached to the back of the poster. This form can be downloaded from the SWCD website at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanwertswcd.org\/\">www.vanwertswcd.org<\/a>&nbsp;on the education page. The topic \u201cWhere Would We BEE Without Pollinators?\u201d must appear on the front of the poster. The deadline to turn in posters to the Van Wert SWCD is 4 p.m. Thursday, May 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Posters will be judged in the following grade divisions: K-1, 2-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. First place entries from each division will receive a certificate from the Van Wert SWCD, and will also be submitted to the state SWCD poster contest, which will be held this summer. Posters selected from the state contest will be forwarded on to the national poster contest.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Posters at this level will be judged on: Conservation message (50 percent); visual effectiveness (30 percent); originality (10 percent), and universal appeal (10 percent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional information can be found at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nacdnet.org\/general-resources\/conservation-district-directory\/\">http:\/\/www.nacdnet.org\/general-resources\/conservation-district-directory\/<\/a>&nbsp;or by calling the SWCD Office at 419.238.9591.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information Calling local young artists in grades K through 12!&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s time to break out the paint, crayon, colored pencils, charcoal, stickers, and paper for the Van Wert Soil and Water Conservation District poster contest.&nbsp;&nbsp; The contest is open to all Van Wert County students, and posters may not be traced from other artists\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 04:20:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}