Chelan PUD Celebrates Discovery Center Reopening With Poetry Contest

Chelan PUD is celebrating the Rocky Reach Discovery Center's reopening, set for August 28, by inviting students currently in 1st through 6th grade to participate in a poetry contest. The prizes will be divided into three categories: 1st and 2nd grades, 3rd and 4th grades and 5th and 6th grades.

"We're asking you to accept our challenge and write a short poem or narrative with the theme 'Why I like the Columbia River'," said Bob Bauer, education specialist. "It might be because I like swimming in it, I like boating on it, I like fishing, because I like the way the Columbia River has energy that can be transferred to electrical energy to turn our lightbulbs on."

The young poets have until June 30 to submit handwritten entries of 20 to 250 words. The prizes will be presented at the grand opening.