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Whitesboro High School Team Headed For State Envirothon Contact: May 15, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VERONA BEACH—A team from Whitesboro High School took top honors in the 12th annual Oneida County Envirothon and will represent the county at the New York State competition on May 23 and 24 at the State University of New York College at Cobleskill. The New York Power Authority was a sponsor of the Oneida County event. Twenty teams of students from eight Oneida County high schools gathered at Verona Beach State Park on May 2 to answer questions on aquatics, forestry, wildlife, soils and current environmental events. The winning team from Whitesboro High School consisted of Alex Armstrong, Max Brandstadt, Corey Cox, Alek Fazlipour and Payel Patel. A team from Waterville High School placed second and a Camden High School team was third in the overall competition. Whitesboro High School teams took top honors in the soils, wildlife and current events categories. A Waterville High School team won in aquatics and the Herkimer/Oneida County BOCES team placed first in forestry. About NYPA: ■ NYPA uses no tax money or state credit. It finances its operations through the sale of bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of electricity. ■ NYPA is a leader in promoting energy-efficiency, new energy technologies and electric transportation initiatives. ■ It is the nation’s largest state-owned electric utility, with 18 generating facilities in various parts of the state and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. |
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