City Seal Project

At the September 11th, 2006 Council Meeting, former Councilmember, Terry Marsh informed the Council that he was going to be contacting area schools to ask for their participation in a City Seal Project.

The Project:

Terry Marsh sent a letter to 5 area schools inviting their art classes to participate in a competition to design a City Seal/Logo for the City of Ozawkie. The first place winner of the competition would be eligible to have his or her design made into the City Seal/Logo for Ozawkie. Every art student was encouraged to participate, and the art teacher from each school was asked to narrow down the results to his or her top three choices and send them to the City. From there, the Council was to pick a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winner. The winner's were picked based on 3 categories:

Color
Clarity
City Motto

Each art department was given information about Ozawkie, including the history of the City.

The entries were to be submitted by the beginning of January, before the January Council Meeting, so that the Mayor and Council could choose the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place entries. The Council received a resignation from Terry Marsh at the December 11th Council Meeting, and the Council agreed to have City Clerk, Melissa Zimmerman, continue the project. Later, Terry Marsh was assigned Project Manager. Mark Ralston, the Art Teacher for Jefferson West High School submitted 6 entries from the following students:

Matt Debus
Jolie Van Petten
Jill Kilgore
Emma Brink
Trevor Payne
Rebecca Revelle

At the March 12th Council Meeting, the Mayor and Council chose the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place entries:

1st PLACE - Jolie Van Petten

2nd PLACE - Matt Debus

3rd PLACE - Rebecca Revelle

Schools Invited To Participate:

Valley Falls High School
Jefferson County North High School
Perry-Lecompton High School
Jefferson West High School
Oskaloosa High School

Out of all 5 high schools, Jefferson West was the only school to participate.

The Awards:

The Mayor and Council agreed to honor all 6 contestants with certificates, as well as medals for the top 3 places. The Mayor and Council also agreed to present Jefferson West High School with a "Certificate of Appreciation" and a Trophy and small donation, in the form of supplies or a needed item for the Art Department.

Project Manager, Terry Marsh, and City Clerk, Melissa Zimmerman honored the students at Jefferson West's Fine Arts Night on May 8th at 7pm at the high school.

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