Anti-smoking art

JOANIE FOGEL

May 29, 2008 at 3:46PM AKST

For the past month, Seward Elementary School fifth- and sixth-graders have been involved in an essay and poster contest to educate the public about tobacco and the dangers of secondhand smoke.

“They worked really hard,” fifth-grade teacher Marilynn Barnwell said.

To reward all of that hard work an ice cream social was held. Winners received t-shirts and ball caps with the slogan: “If you must smoke, smoke salmon.”

It was a fun time for a serious topic.