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Kids get creative with waterways

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

out winnerHaywood County’s young artists got some recognition for the T-shirt designs they dreamed up to celebrate Kids in the Creek, an annual feet-in-the-water education experience for eighth-graders.

First place: Molly Dorgan, Waynesville Middle School

Second place: Caitlin Suttles, Canton Middle School

Third place: Maddi Gosnell, Canton Middle School

Kids in the Creek, a program of Haywood Waterways Association, has gotten nearly 12,000 Haywood County eighth-graders exploring their waterways since its inception almost 19 years ago. As the contest winner, Molly Dorgan will see her design appear on 800 t-shirts given to participants in this fall’s 19th annual Kids in the Creek program. 

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