ELIZABETHTOWN — Bladen Soil and Water Conservation District recently announced the Area 7 winners in the 2016 Poster, Public Speaking, Computer Generated Slide Show, and Computer Generated Poster contests for Bladen County academy, primary, elementary, middle school, and high school students.

This year’s theme is “We All Live in a Watershed.” These students won the district competition and have advanced to State-level competition.

The Soil and Water Conservation District believes that teaching children the importance of conserving our natural resources at an early age will benefit everyone in the future. The winners were:

Computer Designed Poster

—First Place: Blake Tyner, Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy

Slide Show-Sixth Grade

— First Place: Kayla Todd, East Arcadia School

Public Speaking

— Eighth grade, First Place: Samaria Grant, Tar Heel Middle School

— Seventh grade, First Place: Cheyanne Jacobs, East Arcadia

Poster

— Sixth Grade, First Place: Sydney Gardner, Clarkton School of Discovery

— Fifth Grade, First Place: Alyssa Strickland Elizabethtown, Christian Academy

— Fourth Grade, First Place: Addie Bowen, Elizabethtown Christian Academy

— Third Grade, First Place: Chandler Bordeaux, Elizabethtown Christian Academy