Elks announce poster winners

From among the posters submitted for the Elks’ 2008 poster contest, two local winners best addressed the “Get Smart Don’t Start” theme. The Elks awarded both fourth grader Dana Marsden and fifth grader Sydney Straw $25 in Red Oak Chamber Bucks along with forwarding their drug awareness posters on to higher competition. Marsden’s poster also won district and state competitions and she received an additional $150 as a U.S. savings bond. Her poster will compete nationally.