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Essay winner Gordon Moller captures 1970 It’s Your World prize
Gordon Moller a fifth grader at Alpine Central Elementary won the 1970 It’s Your World essay contest with Our Precious Air. From 400 essays by 4th and 5th graders from Marathon Marfa Bend Park and Alpine his piece earned a weekend family vacation to Big Bend National Park and his teacher Mrs Woodrow Mills plus her family. Prizes include rooms at Chisos Basin donated by James Milburn with other expenses covered by the Alpine Rotary Club and Big Bend Natural History Association. Co chairs Paul Forchheimer and Bo Wauler praised the high quality entries and noted two second and multiple honorable mentions. The Mills and families will be honored at Rotary Ladies Night May 26 at Camp Musquiz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Moller
Alpine Central
Gordon
Gunther Moller
Alpine
Marathon
Marfa ii Bend Park
Big Bend National Park
Woodrow Mills
Chisos Basin
National Parks
James Milburn
Alpine Rotary Club
Big Bend
Mark Rabenstein
Big Bence Park
Tommy Anthony
Richard Parker
Jess Evans
Marfa
Jose Encinos
Rocky McBride
Jo Valero
Ann Barney
Elidia Carrasco
Michelle White
Linda Bryant
Alonzo Garcia
the Mills
Rotary Club
Camp Musquiz