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HEC GORNA ARDA ANNOUNCES WINNERS IN THE ANNUAL PUPILS’ CONTEST IN ARDINO MUNICIPALITY

For the fifth consecutive year Hydro Power Company Gorna Arda, assigned to design, construct and operate the hydro power cascade of the same name, organized for the pupils of Ardino Municipality a festive contest. The children put their creativity into making posters themed ‘Welcome to the Rhodopes. The Natural Resources of My Homeland’. As in the preceding contests, lots of children took part and showed great imagination in their works. About 80 children from the schools in Ardino Municipality entered the contest with over 65 original posters, of which a selection committee from the company distinguished 17 works.

In the three age categories the awarded first place were: Mitko Kisyov (8^th grade), Valeria Ivanova (6^th grade) and Emre Bekir (2^nd grade) from Vassil Levski School in Ardino, as well as Bayram Selim (1^st grade) and Fikret Mehmedov (2^nd grade) from A. S. Makarenko School in Borovitsa village and Meriyan Esadova (7^th grade) from Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodiy School in Gorno Prahovo village. Second place won Sali Hayrula (8^th grade) from A. S. Makarenko School in Borovitsa village, Yoana Pavlova (7^th grade) from Otets Paisiy School in Zhaltusha village and Panar Myumyun (2^nd grade) from Vassil Levski School in Ardino. Third place was awarded to Sonya Simova (12^th grade) and Semir Halilov (2^nd grade) from Vassil Levski School in Ardino, as well as Elif Mehmedova (6^th grade) from A. S. Makarenko School in Borovitsa village.

Impressed by the art merits of the posters and their patriotic spirit, this year the selection committee gave also six special awards: for creativity, for original idea, for teamwork and for tribute to ancestors.

The contest winners were announced at a celebration held at the Rodopska iskra community center in Ardino on Dec. 11, 2015. The prizes were given out by a representative of HEC Gorna Arda in the presence of Mr. Bahar Redzhebov, Head of ‘Education, culture and sports’ Department at Ardino Municipality. After the official part, by tradition, the Drama and Puppet Theatre of Kardzhali performed for all contest participants the spectacle ‘Christmas Gift’.