GIRL PAINTS WINNING WATERCOLOR; FOURTH-GRADER'S WORK PICKED FIRST FOR SECOND TIME.Byline: Teresa Jimenez Daily News Staff Writer Fourth-grade artist Jacquie Schaeffer chose her materials and subject matter carefully, in the end creating a scene of blue clouds hovering hov·er intr.v. hov·ered, hov·er·ing, hov·ers 1. To remain floating, suspended, or fluttering in the air: gulls hovering over the waves. 2. over a small town. ``It took me a while. I chose watercolors for it, but I like oil paint better,'' Jacquie said. ``I took a painting class before, but now I have a book and my mom teaches me how.'' The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District named the watercolor painting watercolor painting, in its wider sense, refers to all pigments mixed with water rather than with oil and also to the paintings produced by this process; it includes fresco and tempera as well as aquarelle, the process now commonly meant by the generic term. the best among those submitted to its annual contest for elementary school elementary school: see school. students. That means Jacquie's poster will be considered for the Metropolitan Water District's 1998 Water Awareness calendar that goes out to thousands of people statewide. Jacquie also received a certificate and a T-shirt with her poster imprinted im·print tr.v. im·print·ed, im·print·ing, im·prints 1. To produce (a mark or pattern) on a surface by pressure. 2. To produce a mark on (a surface) by pressure. 3. on it. And Willow willow, common name for some members of the Salicaceae, a family of deciduous trees and shrubs of worldwide distribution, especially abundant from north temperate to arctic areas. Elementary School will get to keep the perpetual Water Awareness trophy one more year, since it is the second time that Jacquie has won the honor. The contest usually gets hundreds of applicants from the water district area, including Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills and Westlake Village, who create projects based on a water conservation theme, said Arlene Post, public information officer for the district. Nine runners-up also were selected and their works will be sent to the MWD MWD Metropolitan Water District of Southern California MWD Measurement While Drilling (oil drilling) MWD Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (stock symbol) MWD Molecular Weight Distribution MWD Military Working Dog for the calendar competition. ``This is the second year she's won. She's a very cute kid,'' Post said. ``The judges have no idea who has done the posters or what grade they're in.'' Jacquie said she could certainly understand the theme, ``Use Water Wisely,'' since she spends time in the garden caring for plants. ``I have a lot of plants that I water all the time - roses mostly. And my family has fruit trees and stuff,'' Jacquie said. Jacquie's poster included a river going through town, little houses and a barn filled with animals. She explained that the poster included fish in the stream because she likes them. Post said she was amazed a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. at the students' creativity. The ideas included an aerial view of cows in a field, an owl symbolizing sym·bol·ize v. sym·bol·ized, sym·bol·iz·ing, sym·bol·iz·es v.tr. 1. To serve as a symbol of: that people need to be wise about water, and a large drop of water heading toward Earth. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Willow Elementary fourth-grader Jacquie Schaeffer is a two-time winner of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District's poster contest. (2) This watercolor by Jacquie Schaeffer was the winner in an art contest for grade school students promoting water conservation. Phil McCarten/Daily News |
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