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May 15, 2011: North Carolina Student(s) Win State Award for National ‘Fight the Bite' Poser Contest.

• Fifth-grade winner Kade Sutton receives his award and is standing beside his award-winning poster
• Dr. Megan Davies, state epidemiologist; Kade Sutton, fifth-grade 'Fight the Bite' winner; Diana Gore, Kade's teacher at Sunset Avenue School in Clinton, NC; and Terry Pierce, state environmental health director
• Not picture: Brooke Hall, sixth-grade 'Fight the Bite' winner

January 5, 2011: Poster contest winners illustrate important health message during Radon Action Month
All winners are shown with NCDENR Secretary Dee Freeman.

• 1st place: Kelly Thomas, an eighth grader at Our Lady of Mercy School in Winston-Salem
• 2nd place: Maya Gouw, a ninth grader at the City of Medicine Academy in Durham
• 3rd place: Jack Thomas, an eighth grader at Our Lady of Mercy School in Winston-Salem
• Honorable Mentions
  • Jennifer Martinez, a tenth grader at Fairmont High School in Fairmont
  • Kolton Bishop, an eighth grader at Balfour Education Center in Hendersonville
  • Mattison Domke, a seventh grader at Elizabeth City Middle School in Elizabeth City
  • David Yang, a sixth grader at Whitewater Middle School in Charlotte
  • Sabrina Eulberg, an eighth grader at Our Lady of Mercy School in Winston-Salem
  • Quiwania Miller, a seventh grader at Hertford County Middle School in Mufreesboro

May 4, 2010: North Carolina Student(s) Win State Award for National ‘Fight the Bite' Poser Contest.
Please provide photo credit to J. Kim Photography.

• Lt. Governor Walter Dalton Presents Fifth Grade Winner Vladimir Zalakov with a Certificate.
• Fifth Grade Winner (left to right): Lori Pearce, teacher at CC Bell Elementary School in Asheville; Lt. Governor Walter Dalton; Vladimir Zalakov, winner; and Alexandra Zalakov, mother.
• DENR Secretary Dee Freeman; fifth-grade winner Vladimir Zalakov; and Lt. Governor Walter Dalton
• Lt. Governor Walter Dalton Presents Sixth Grade Winner Angel Sanchez with a Certificate.
• Sixth Grade Winner (left to right): Della Cummings, teacher at East Union Middle School in Marshville; Angel Sanchez, winner; Lt. Governor Walter Dalton; and Kim Vague, assistant principal at East Union Middle School in Marshville.
• DENR Secretary Dee Freeman; sixth-grade winner Angel Sanchez; and Lt. Governor Walter Dalton

Dec. 4, 2009: North Carolina Officials Announce Three Winners of Statewide Radon Poster Contest
All winners are shown with NCDENR Secretary Dee Freeman (left) and Division of Environmental Health Deputy Director Mike Kelly (far right).

• 1st Place -- Maya Gouw , a eighth grader at Carrington Middle School in Durham
• 2nd Place -- Melissa Moreno, an eighth grader at Guilford Middle School in Greensboro.
• 3rd Place -- Erica Perine, an eighth grader at The Academy at Lincoln in Greensboro.
• Honorable Mentions:
  • Alejandra Cortez Luna, a seventh grader at Neal Middle School in Durham.
  • Andre Jimenez, an eighth grader at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School in Winston-Salem.
  • Nick Boyles, an eighth grader at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School in Winston-Salem.
  • Conor Britton, a seventh grader at Rainbow Mountain Children's School in Asheville.
  • Rachel Utz, an eighth grader at Rainbow Mountain Children's School in Asheville.
  • Jessica Gleaves, a seventh grader at Reid Ross Classical School in Fayetteville.

June 19: Neuse Regional Water and Sewer Authority Honored for Drinking Water Project

• Plaque presentation (left to right): Marty Stone, Wooten Company; Wayne Miles, CDM; Terry Pierce, director of the Division of Environmental Health; DENR Secretary Dee Freeman; Wayne Malone, NRWASA Chairman; Barry Sutton, NRWASA Vice-Chairman; Adam Mitchell, NRWASA Secretary; Ralph Mobley, Wooten Company; and Harold Herring, NRWASA Executive Director

June 10: North Carolina Students Win State Awards for National 'Fight the Bite' Poster Contest

• Fifth-grade winner -- Bobby Williams, of Holly Springs in Wake County, with Terry Pierce, director of the N.C. Division of Environmental Health
• Sixth-grade winner -- Sabrina Carraway, student at Beaufort Middle School in Carteret County, with Terry Pierce, director of the N.C. Division of Environmental Health

Gauge Containing Radioactive Material Reported Missing in Buxton

• LPA-1 Lead Paint Spectrum Analyzer package/case
• LPA1XRF Lead Paint Spectrum Analyzer device
• Images courtesty of Brandt Instruments

North Carolina Officials Announce Three Winners of Statewide Radon Poster Contest

• 1st Place -- Brooke Midtsjo, a seventh grader at Gorman Christian Academy in Durham, and her teacher Izabella McMillon
• 2nd Place -- Melina Pappas, eighth grader at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School in Winston-Salem.
• 3rd Place -- Tyler Gutosky, sixth grader at Southeast Middle School in Kernersville.
• Honorable Mentions:
  • Domenico Coppola, eighth-graders at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School in Winston-Salem.
  • Gwen Gies, eighth-graders at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School in Winston-Salem.
  • Miriam Martincova, eighth-graders at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School in Winston-Salem.
• Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School (FORSYTH COUNTY) Winners -- Melina Pappas, Domenico Coppola, Nancy Farmer (teacher), Gwen Gies and Miriam Martincova
• All award recipients