FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MAYOR HANNEMANN ANNOUNCES STUDENT WINNER OF "YOUTH FOR RAIL" ART CONTEST
Mayor Mufi Hannemann on Friday proudly announced the student winners of the recent "Youth For Rail" art contest.
The art competition, held earlier this fall, is meant to educate students and encourage youth participation in the Honolulu rail transit project. More than 100 students from high schools across Oahu showcased their talents in the art contest.
"These students have displayed their artistic talents in explaining how rail will benefit their generation and others to come, " Hanneman said. " These future users of rail transit will benefit the most from a system that will provide safe, reliable transportation, improve our economy, make us more energy-efficient, protect our environment, and enhance our quality of life."
The student competition was split into two different categories : (1) an art contest that involved individual contestants, and (2) and advertising contest that involved student teams.
Winners of the art contest are:
1st place, Edward Birtodaso, Mililani High School
2nd place, Kathryn Pagaragan, Farrington High School
3rd place, Kiara Garrido, James Campbell High School
The winning team for the ad contest is Chelsie Mangca-Valdez and Brennan and Mata from Mililani High School.
The overall art contest winner, Edward Birtadaso, received an iPod Touch. All the student winners will participate in a transportation-related field trip in January or February, where they will learn more about mass transit and traffic in Honolulu, including TheBus, the Honolulu Traffic Management Center, the Honolulu rail transit project, and bicycle.
PLans are being made to display the artwork entries by all contestants at public venues. To view all contest art contest submissions, visit the student gallery at the website:
www.movingusforward.org or on the "Youth Council on Rail" Facebook page, where students can also engage in online forums discussing the merits of rail transit.
Train service for the first leg of the rail transit route between East Kapolei and Pearl City is scheduled to begin in 2012, with full service along the entire 20-mile route from East Kapolei to Ala Moana in 2019.
