Students invited to enter poster contest

"Water is Life" is the theme for the 2008 poster contest sponsored by the Freehold Soil Conservation District and the New JerseyAssociation of Conservation Districts.

Students in second through 12th grade in Middlesex and Monmouth counties are encouraged to explore how important water is in our everyday lives- in homes, schools, farms, parks, communities, etc.- and to illustrate their ideas.

Prizes include $100, $75 and $50 cash awards. All first-place district level posters will be submitted to a state level competition where one grand champion poster will be chosen and reproduced onto a pocket folder and distributed statewide.

Call the Freehold Soil Conservation District at (732) 683-8500 or e-mail info@freeholdscd. org to receive an entry form.Contest entry deadline isMarch 14, 2008.