Shields students win Lewes fire prevention awards

Members of the Lewes Fire Department present fire prevention poster and essay contest awards to Richard Shields Elementary School students during a Jan. 13 ceremony. First, second and third graders competed in the poster contest and fourth and fifth graders competed in the essay contest.

Winners in the front row are (l-r) Alyssa Berg, third grade, third place; Marcel Kellam, fourth grade, second place; Shelby Manlove, fourth grade, third place; Chelsea Tabaco, fifth grade, third place; Addison Bowman, fourth grade, second place; Reilly Fagles-Carey, fifth grade, second place; Bryna Conley, fifth grade, first place; Rylee Tipton, fourth grade, first place; Lily Reynolds, third grade, first place; and Jordan Mapp, third grade, first place and third place in the county contest.

In the middle row are (l-r) Auden Preston, kindergarten, third place; Brooklyn Wharton, kindergarten, third place; Nicolas DeBarr, first grade, third place; Cole Bunting, second grade, third place; Kindle Schell, kindergarten, second place; Willet Cole, first grade, second place; Addison McIlvaine, second grade, second place; Avary Miller, third grade, second place; Barbara Carneiro-Duarte, kindergarten, first place; Blair Chubb, first grade, first place; and Caiden Juliano, second grade, first place.

In the back row are (l-r) Lewes Fire Department volunteers Caddie Joseph, Chubbie Joseph, Shields Principal Jenny Nauman, and volunteer Bob Nicholson.