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| Samuel Rodrigue, center, with his parents Glen and Melissa |
SEYMOUR - Seymour 5th grader Samuel Rodrigue was recently recognized as one of two New Haven County students who won the state's annual fire prevention poster contest.
Samuel and his parents, Melissa and Glen Rodrigue, attended the 2017-18 awards banquet of the Connecticut Fire Prevention Poster Program, along with Seymour Fire Marshal Paul Wetowitz and Chatfield-LoPresti School Principal Dave Olechna.
"It was a great event that involves 4th and 5th graders around the state to draw posters and send a fire prevention message," Wetowitz said.
Samuel, a student at Chatfield-LoPresti School, won a $150 prize and a certificate. The awards program held at the Chowder Pot Restaurant in Hartford, featured lunch, a magic show and the awards presentation. Samuel's poster will be in next year's calendar and hang in the State Capitol building during fire prevention week in October.
Wetowitz said Samuel competed amongst thousands of other students in 5th grade in New Haven County, with his poster one of the two winning selections.
(Information submitted by Seymour Fire Marshall Paul Wetowitz)
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