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Wyoming Student Wins Poster Contest, Featured on County Guide
Millburn Mayor Sandra Haimoff and County Clerk Chris Durkin recognize Alexander J. Ma for his second-place artwork in Essex County contest.
A Millburn fourth-grader's artwork took second place out of 630 entries in the annual 'My Essex County Poster Contest' and his artwork was selected by the county to be featured on the cover of 2013 county clerk's municipal guide.
The student, Alexander J. Ma, of Wyoming Elementary School, was recently recognized by Mayor Sandra Haimoff for his poster, 'How Essex County Enriches My Life' last week.
"This is the young man who made Millburn proud," Haimoff said before she presented the fourth-grader with a proclamation at the last township committee meeting.
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His winning poster depicted images of the Turtle Back Zoo, the Essex County Environmental Center, the Mini-Golf Safari, sledding in South Mountain Reservation, Paper Mill Playhouse, Taylor Park, Cobey Arena, the Newark Museum, NJPAC, Prudential Center and Montclair Art Museum
This isn't the first time Wyoming Elementary has had winners in the county poster contest. Alexander's sister, Maggie took first place in the contest in 2011 and in 2010 a Ryan Sunada-Wong won third place.
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"He comes from a talented family," County Clerk Chris Durkin said. "Maggie Ma won the contest three years ago."
Fourth-graders from all over the county are invited each year to submit their work and share their favorite scenes of Essex County.
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