PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The Presque Isle Elks Lodge 1954 recently congratulated two Mapleton fifth-graders for having the statewide winning entries in the Elks organization’s 2021 Drug Awareness Program poster contest.
Aleah Rideout, the daughter of Jan Rideout and Danielle LaPlante, created the girls winning entry. Henry Robinson, the son of Whitney and Marie Robinson, submitted the boys winning entry.
Alan Harding (center), northern director for the Maine Elks Association’s Drug Awareness Program, recently presented Henry Robinson (second from left), a fifth-grade student at Mapleton Elementary School, with his award and cash stipend for the statewide winning entry for boys in the program’s poster contest. Also present are, from left, Marie Robinson, Henry’s mother; Whitney Robinson, his father, holding sister Hazel; and sister Alice. (Courtesy of Presque Isle Elks Lodge)
Both are students of Mapleton Elementary School teacher Valerie Black, and have their winning posters featured in the Maine Elks Association’s 2021 Convention booklet.
Alan Harding, northern director for the Maine Elks Association’s Drug Awareness Program, recently paid a visit to the school and presented the awards and cash prizes. He also met with Principal Daniel Duprey and Black.
