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Local elementary school children were taught that careless acts like a lit cigarette flicked into the weeds, an overheated car pulled onto the shoulder of a road, or a campfire smoldering into the night can give birth to devastating wildfires. They put their concerns on paper during the first Greater Tehachapi Fire Safe Council Poster Contest.More than 2,200 local children met Smokey Bear, Sparky the Fire Dog and local fire personnel from the city of Tehachapi, county of Kern and the Bureau of Land Management as they learned about the danger of fire. The education, however, went beyond the school assemblies and classroom discussions as nearly 350 students accepted the challenge to create a poster warning the community about the dangers of fire. Eighteen students, in grades Kindergarten through fifth, were awarded prizes for their creativity and inspiration; spreading the message that “Fire Safety Begins with Me.”Members of the GTFSC awarded the honors during school...
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