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Recently, REC held its annual art calendar contest for students within REC’s service territory. The winning artwork submitted will be used in the calendar given to the members at REC’s 84th Annual Meeting.

Students from five schools: Bray-Doyle, Cement, Pauls Valley, Purcell and Rush Springs submitted 28 entries. REC received submissions from students in seventh grade through 12th.

Entries needed to include a rural electricity theme and contain the letters REC.

Students were allowed to use their desired medium on an 8 ½ x 11 inch paper.

REC had local member artists:Valerie Beck and Tara Zangari, anonymously select the winners for the contest. Beck is a former art teacher and artist from Lindsay and Zangari is an artist and the art teacher for Lindsay Public Schools. The judges selected the front cover art winner along with each month's winners. The cover art winner won $100 while the individual month winners won $50 each.

The front cover art winner is Macey Gilm- ore from Pauls Valley. Monthly calendar winners include: Kadyn Humphrey from Rush Springs, Madeline Russell from Pauls Valley, B.J. Ford from Bray-Doyle, Haylee Peters from Pauls Valley, Victoria Brooks from Pauls Valley, Skiliey Turner from Cement, Rey Smith from Rush Springs, Callie Babcock from Pauls Valley, Lily Frazier from Pauls Valley, Hannah Whitehouse from Pauls Valley, Ellie Feroli from Purcell, Rebecca Anoatubby from Rush Springs and Zoely Stephens from Pauls Valley.