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Rutherfordton ©Community First Media Community First Media Find us on Monday-Friday 7:30AM-5:00PM, Saturday & Sunday 4:30-5:30PM Grooming & Boarding by Appointment 828-287-7040 828-287-7040 Please make your vacation reservations soon so your pets can have one too. The votes have been tallied and recounted and the winners for the 2021 RecycleBots Challenge have been chosen! Keep Rutherford County Beautiful (KRCB) is thrilled to have the broad and creative fi eld of over 80 entries from Rutherford County third- graders. It made for a tough, but impressive judging process. Judges included Eco-Artist Natalya Khorover, Litter Committee Chair Jess Kerr, Mascots Roxi and Rocki Raccoon, and community partner Shelley Roberts. The winners of the 'Fan Favorite' category were selected by our Facebook community collecting hundreds of votes! Three RecycleBots were selected as the Best-of-the- Best in six categories: Most Unique (good message, fun, unusual items), Best Use of Plastic and/or Styrofoam, Best Use of Paper and/ or Textiles, Most Creative (good imagination or original ideas), Fan Favorite (based on Facebook votes), and Best Overall (Bot and Story). Winners for Most Unique are: • 1st Place; Max Ramirez with "Clyde" the RecycleBot at Rutherfordton Elementary. What materials were used? Cardboard, fabric, tape, plastic bottles, mask, plastic bags, and newspaper. Winners for Best Use of Plastic and/or Styrofoam are: • 1st Place; Gabriel Horne "Wally" the RecycleBot at Rutherfordton Elementary. What materials were used? Paint, metal, bottle holder, marker, and milk jug. Winners for Best Use of Paper and/or Textiles are: • 1st Place; Alexis Bailey with "Lola the Robot" at Rutherfordton Elementary. What materials were used? Cardboard, tape, fabric, and paint. Winners for Most Creative (good imagination or original ideas) are: • 1st Place; LJ Wilkins with "Blakee" the RecycleBot at Cliffside Elementary. What materials were used? Box, wood, wheels, tape, and foil dish. Winners for Fan Favorite (based on facebook votes) are: • 1st Place; Ridge Warlick with "Kaden" the RecycleBot at Sunshine Elementary. What materials were used? Juice boxes, cereal boxes, paper towel rolls, clothes pins, candy, egg cartons, glue, and tape. Winners for Best Overall (Bot and Story) are: • 1st Place; Annsley Bumgarner with "Mr. Bot" at Sunshine Elementary. What materials were used? Paper towel rolls, toilet paper rolls, milk jugs, and plastic containers. Winners received family passes to Chimney Rock State Park, coupons for McDonald's Happy Meals and coupons for free ice cream from Scoop. Every third-grader who submitted a RecycleBot in the challenge received a special RecycleBot sticker and a paper leaf seed packet to plant. To see all 83 submissions, head to the KRCB Facebook page. Visit www.KeepRCNCBeautiful. org, the Facebook page @ KeepRCNCBeautiful or email K e e p R C N C B e a u t i f u l @ RutherfordCountyNC.gov. Third graders treated to CRSP family passes Article Provided By: Jean Gordon Best Overall: Mr. Bot by Annsley Bumgarner at Sunshine Elementary, Best Overall RecycleBot Best Paper Textiles: Lola the Robot by Alexis Bailey at Rutherfordton Elementary, Best Use of Paper and/or Textiles RecycleBot Best Plastic: Wally by Gabriel Horne at Rutherfordton Elementary, Best Use of Plastic and/or Styrofoam RecycleBot Fan Favorite: Kayden' by Ridge Warlick at Sunshine Elementary Most Creative: Blakee by LJ Wilkins at Cliffside Elementary Most Unique: Clyde by Max Ramirez at Rutherfordton Elementary Ads Work! Ads Work! North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey urges motorists to focus on the job at hand and keep distractions at bay when they get behind the wheel. "Driving requires a lot of concentration, whether you're a novice or you've logged thousands of miles on the road," Commissioner Causey said. "I'm asking every driver to focus on the road and not let distractions veer their concentration from safely getting to their destination." Commissioner Causey joins the National Highway Traffi c Safety Administration, other insurance commissioners and safety advocates across the nation in raising the awareness of the dangers of distracted driving. Distracting driving can cause a driver to veer off the road or hit another car, resulting in property damage, personal injury and loss of life. According to the National Highway Traffi c Safety Administration, distracted driving killed 3,142 people in 2019, a 10% increase from 2018. In addition, distracted driving can put upward pressure on insurance companies to increase automobile insurance rates due to the number of claims fi led as a result of accidents. There are many forms of distracted driving– talking or texting on a cell phone, eating or drinking coffee, putting on makeup, setting the navigation system, changing the radio station or tending to a child in the car. By distracted driving, you're robbing yourself of the concentration you need to avoid a crash. Commissioner Causey offers a few tips to help drivers avoid the pitfalls of distracted driving: • If you feel you really need to send a text, pull off the road and safely park before sending the text. • Select a passenger as your "designated texter" to send and receive texts for you. • Set your navigation system before you start driving. Do the same for your radio station. • Don't scroll through apps or social media while driving. If you feel tempted, you can turn your phone off, or put it in the glove box, back seat or trunk. • Ask someone in the car to tend to the needs of children if the need arises. • Ask your passengers to help you stay focused and avoid distracted driving. Commissioner Causey urges drivers to keep their eyes on the road DRIVE-IN THEATRE 704-434-7782 • 3935 SUNSET BLVD., SHELBY SUNSET Check Us Out On Facebook! OPEN 6:30 SHOW 8:30 $ 15 00 00 PER CAR PER CAR (Plus Tax) ADMISSION ADMISSION OPEN OPEN PG-13 TO BE ANNOUNCED Second Feature FRI,SAT & SUN FRI,SAT & SUN MAY 28,29 MAY 28,29 & & 30 30

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