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Deadline Saturday for student art competition

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The deadline is Saturday for entries from Tennessee second- and seventh-graders in an art competition to promote a clean environment.

Students are to create a design to be printed on a reusable shopping bag and a written paragraph explaining the meaning of their design. The contest is “Think Clean, Think Green, It’s in the Bag.”

Entry forms are at http://www.tn.gov/ecd/CD_energy.html.

The contest is sponsored by the Energy Policy Office of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Department of Education.

Winners get $500, $300 and $200. Teachers who sponsor winning entries get $200 for their classroom.