The third annual Eco-Invention Convention drew over three hundred students and their parents to a convention-style exhibition of proposals for environmentally healthy alternatives. Students in grades six through eight competed for top prizes by coming up with ways to conserve natural resources by reducing dependence on fossil fuels or by recycling items that are commonly disposed. Designs were then displayed for a panel of judges made up of Fall River Environmental Officer Priscilla Chapman, Jack Parikian, John Staskiewicz, and Recycling Coordinator Betsy Westell. The project planning included the Mayor's Office, the Fall River Clean Cities Committee, Community Development Recreation, Title I, Spenser Borden School, Domino's Pizza, St. Anne's Credit Union, and Stop & Shop Supermarket, Mariano Bishop Blvd. For further information, contact Maureen Estes at 508-324-2405.
 

(Top row, left) Osborn School teacher Brian Souliere and his student inventors Pylice Dupoux, Jaymeson Souto and Kylie Torres pose in front of their idea for biodegradable golf tees. (Top row, center) Brie-Anne Lavoie, Magatte Toure, Erica Souza and Tylor Medeiros pose behind their proposal for a Trash Picker Upper. (Top row, right) India Bowman, Keyane Wesley and Marisa Hanson stand behind their model of a solar factory. (Bottom row, left) Third place winners Erica Hill, Caitlyn Levesque and Taylah Pelote from Morton Middle School pose with Mayor Edward M. Lambert, Jr. (Bottom row, center) Eric Carvalho and Jordan D'Amaral from Talbot Middle School receive a second place award for thier Heat In/Cold Out award. (Bottom row, right) Cory Hines of Henry Lord School is awarded first place and a $100 savings bond. Other first place team members Chad Aguiar and Brandon Roque were not present to accept their prize for an intention to recycle rain water for plants and grass.