Plantation students drink in praise for noteworthy posters about water

The citywide first-place winner was Heather Hoeffer, 9, a fourth-grader at St. Gregory School. Her poster shows children fishing and hooking debris instead of fish, while overhead the sun and clouds are crying.

``They were asked to draw a poster depicting water conservation or the importance of keeping the water clean,'' said Hank Breitenkam, Plantation assistant director of utilities ``[Heather's] poster shows the true importance of protecting the planet.''

Second prize went to Hunter Griffin, 9, a third-grader at American Heritage School. Third-grader Dana Schwab, 9, of the David Posnack Hebrew Day School, took third place. The winners received T-shirts bearing their illustrations.
Funds donated to museum, library

The Plantation Woman's Club donated a total of $8,000 to the Plantation Historical Museum and the Helen B. Hoffman Plantation Library.

The club traditionally donates $1,000 annually to each of the organizations, but this year it raised the amount to $4,000 each, said club chairman Carol DeWolf.

Some of the extra money came from fund-raising efforts such as the annual antique show, held in February. The bulk, however, came from the President's Project, which enables the club's leader to donate $10,000 to any community improvement projects during her two-year stay in office.
Honor society inductee

Judy Galdencio of Plantation was among 151 people recently inducted into the new Millersville University of Pennsylvania Xi Chi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

Galdencio, 46, a disability case manager at Kemper National Services in Plantation, graduated from Millersville University in 1988 with a bachelor of science in nursing. She now works with workers' compensation patients, helping to get them back to work after they've suffered injuries.

Galdencio has lived in Plantation almost six years with her husband, Timothy, 46, and children Christian, 23; Angela, 21; Theresa, 19; and Michael, 18.

She said she's thrilled to be a new member of the honor society, which was founded in 1922 and has 350 chapters worldwide.

``All the people that are the `Who's Who' in nursing are members,'' she said. ``It's really a great honor to be included.''
Military notes

Navy Airman Lawrence R. Talley, son of Lawrence R. Talley of Plantation, recently reported for duty aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, whose home port is Norfolk, Va.