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Kansas
Department of Health & Environment
Bill Graves, Governor
Clyde D. Graeber, Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 3, 2001
Maggie Thompson (785) 273-8909
2933 SW Woodside Drive, Suite C
Topeka, Kansas 66614 December 3, 2001
Kent Foerster (785) 296-1540
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 320
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1366
Nine lucky people from across the state of Kansas just won some unique prizes for their participation in the annual America Recycles Day (ARD) event.
Maggie Thompson, Kansas ARD Program Coordinator, reported that "thousands of Kansans in at least twenty-three communities participated in more than seventy activities and events across the state to celebrate America Recycles Day on November 15th."
This is the fifth year of this national event to encourage people to remember to reduce, reuse, recycle and buy recycled products. This is the first year the Kansas program was coordinated by the new Keep Kansas Beautiful program.
The Grand Prize Family Weekend Package includes a two night stay in the stone family cabin at Camp Wood in the heart of the Flint Hills, Elmdale, Kansas, a four-course dinner for two at the Grand Central Hotel in Cottonwood Falls, two brisket dinners at the Hays House in Council Grove and a breakfast for two at the Emma Chase Café in Cottonwood Falls. Anyone who filled out an ARD pledge card was eligible for national and state prizes.
The winners:
| Prize Winner | Location | Prize |
| Kily Miller | Brewster, Kansas | Family Weekend Prize Package |
| Danielle Petty | Ensign, Kansas | Week at Camp Wood in Elmdale |
| Garvin Preston | Leavenworth, Kansas | Kansas AAA Luggage |
| John Windscheffel | Smith Center, Kansas | Recycled Jean Rug |
| Frank Weber | El Dorado, Kansas | Kansas Don't Spoil It! Backpack |
| Matthew Focks | Severy, Kansas | Kansas Don't Spoil It! Backpack |
| Michael Mitchell | Severy, Kansas | Kansas Don't Spoil It! Backpack |
| Ryan Gomez | El Dorado, Kansas | Kansas Don't Spoil It! Fun pack |
| Tyler Reimer | Meade, Kansas | Kansas Don't Spoil It! Fun pack |
Kansas sponsors of the America Recycles Day include the Kansas Business and Industry Recycling Program (Kansas BIRP), Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), Jostens, AAA Kansas, Camp Wood, Grand Central Hotel, Hays House, Emma Chase Café, Fiber Factory, Emporia Motors and other Keep Kansas Beautiful and Kansas Don't Spoil It! Partners.
National sponsors of America Recycles Day are America Recycles Day, Inc., Ford Motor Company, Home Depot, Waste Management, 100% Recycled Paperboard Alliance, National Soft Drink Association, Staples, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Founding organizers include Environmental Defense, National Recycling Coalition Office of the Federal Environmental Executive, Recycling Coalition of Texas, Solid Waste Association of North America, and the U.S. Conference of Mayors.