
Telephone Book Recycling Contest
First Place Class
Front row, left to right, students
are: Miriam Rizri, Emily Shanklin, Evard DeMott, Cara Bako, Kami
Miller. Back row, left to right, adults are:Allegany
County Commissioners Dale R. Lewis, James J. Stakem, Robert M.
Hutcheson, Coca-Cola Bottling
Works representative Tara Nolan, Allegany County Recycling
Coordinator Terry A. Bennett
The annual
telephone book recycling contest was successful according to Terry
A. Bennett, Allegany County Government Recycling Coordinator. This
contest is held by the Allegany County Commissioners and the
Allegany County Board of Education. Students from 14 public and
private schools in Allegany County participated and collected
out-of-date telephone books for recycling.
This contest is
educational and enhances awareness of both students and community
members about the importance of recycling. This contest definitely
helps the environment because valuable landfill space is not
utilized for these telephone books. In addition, the material is
recycled and reused to manufacture desirable products. All recycled
telephone books help Allegany County reach its’15% recycling goal, a
mandate from the State of Maryland.
The contest is
based on a ratio of the total number of telephone books collected to
the total number of students enrolled in the entire school/in the
specific class. There are four prizes: one for the school
collecting the highest number of telephone books per student and
three for the classes collecting the highest number of
telephone books per student. The three class prizes are won by
classes from three different schools; the top school is also
eligible to win one of the class prizes.
The top school is
awarded a $200 cash prize. Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Cumberland,
donated the $200 cash award. The top school is also given the
proceeds from the sale of all of the recycled telephone books. In
addition, Coca-Cola also gave school supplies to each student in the
top school. Ms. Bennett recognized the significant contributions of
Coca-Cola: “Coca-Cola was a generous and genuine sponsor. Students
and the community at large mutually benefit from this annual
recycling project. Allegany County Recycling greatly appreciates
Coca-Cola’s sponsorship.”
The Allegany County
Commissioners recognized the top school and the first place class at
the public meeting on June 5, 2008. Saint Michael’s School,
Frostburg, was the top school (1,248 books, 85
students, or 14.70 books per student). Ms. Black’s kindergarten
class at Saint Michael’s School was the first place class
(205 books, 5 students, 41.0 books per student).
Ms. Tara Nolan represented Coca-Cola Bottling Works at
the County Commissioners meeting and personally congratulated each
student in the first place class. Ms. Alisa Kyle, District Manager
of Waste Management, Inc.’s Mountainview Landfill, hosted a pizza
party for the first place class. Students in the first place class
include Cara Bako, Evard DeMott, Kami Miller, Miriam Rizri, and
Emily Shanklin.
Allegany County
Government’s Recycling Office treated the second and third place
classes to an ice cream party. Second Place Class: Frost
Elementary School – Mr. Whitehead’s First Grade Class (648 books, 16
students, 40.5 books per student). Third Place Class:
Cresaptown Elementary School – Ms. Irons’ Third Grade Class (435
books, 18 students, 24.2 books per student).
Allegany County
Government congratulates these schools and compliments every school
participating in the contest. They are: Allegany High, Cash Valley
Elementary, Center for Career and Technical Education, Cresaptown
Elementary, Flintstone Elementary, Frost Elementary, John Humbird
Elementary, Mountain Ridge High, Mt. Savage, Northeast Elementary,
Parkside Elementary, South Penn Elementary, St. Michael’s Religious
Education Center, and Westernport Elementary.
The telephone book
recycling contest is one component of Allegany County’s successful
recycling program. In addition to recycling standard newspapers,
cans, glass, plastic, and other materials, Allegany County also
offers electronic recycling (e-cycling) for computers, etc. and
operates a compost site.
Allegany
County’s Recycling Coordinator is available to speak with school
groups, civic organizations, etc. about the recycling program in
Allegany County. For information contact Terry A. Bennett, 701 Kelly
Road, Cumberland, MD 21502-2803, 301-777-5933 Ext. 210,
terry.bennett@allconet.org. Allegany County Government’s website,
www.gov.allconet.org, has recycling information.
From the homepage, click “departments” – click “recycling.”