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Ciara’s peace poster secures place in Lions district competition


TULLA Secondary School pupil, Ciara Bassford, is to go through to the district level stages of the Lions International Peace Poster contest after she was named the Clare winner of the competition. 
The Lions International Peace Poster contest is an annual competition organised to encourage children aged between 11 and 13 to creatively express what peace means to them. The contest allows pupils to share their unique image of peace with others, so all have a greater tolerance and international understanding.
This year’s competition kicked off in late October running in schools across the county, co-ordinated by Rosemarie Harte of the Clare Lions Club and the closing date for submissions was November 15.
Participants were asked to design a poster with an international theme under the title Children Know Peace. Ciara, who is 12, designed a poster that depicted international people in their national costumes intermingling with one another.
Following a judging process of all the entries submitted, Ciara’s poster design was chosen last Thursday as the Clare winner.
The competition was judged by the local president of the Lions Club and other club members and Ciara’s poster will now go forward to the district finals and if successful there, it will go to the multiple district final.
The competition has three further stages – district, multiple district and international levels. The district level includes entries from counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary clubs, while the multiple goes to an All-Ireland stage and thereafter, the chosen finalist will go forward to the international stage, where a prize of USD$5,000 dollars or the local equivalent is up for grabs.
The decision at district level is due to be made by the end of 2011 and judging on the whole international process will conclude in March 2012.

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