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"If I Were Mayor" Contest Entry Deadline April 20
Forest Grove Mayor Peter Truax invites Forest Grove 4th through 6th grade, junior high, high school and college students to enter the 2012 "If I Were Mayor, AFTER-SCHOOL Would Be…" Student Contest sponsored by the Oregon Mayors Association (OMA). Share your creative ideas about what afterschool opportunities you would like to see in your city and what else you would do as mayor.
Mayor Truax and City Council will select one winner in each of three (3) categories:
- POSTER (4th – 6th Grades)
- ESSAY (Junior High School)
- VIDEO / POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (High School/College).
Entries must be received at Forest Grove City Hall by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 20, 2012. Submit your original work with a completed entry form to Anna Ruggles, Forest Grove City Hall, 1924 Council Street, Forest Grove, OR 97116 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
The local winner in each category will be awarded $50 cash and gift certificates to local merchants and a presentation at the televised May 14 City Council meeting. Mayor Truax will submit one winner for each category to the League of Oregon Cities (LOC) to be eligible for the statewide competition. Three statewide winners will receive lap-top computers.
Statewide recognition will be given to one winning poster, essay and video/PowerPoint and any honorable mentions as determined by the evaluation committee (Oregon Mayors Association Executive Board plus two mayors). Statewide winners and their parents will be invited to attend the OMA summer conference in Florence, on Saturday, July 28, 2012, where they will be recognized at the lunchoen and receive their prizes.
Statewide winners will receive additional recognition in a display at the LOC Conference in Salem in September, 2012. Presentation of their work to LOC conference attendees and display in the Capitol Galleria during the next legislative session may be included.
Click here for Contest Rules and Official Entry Form.