03/23/2026
Grady County Farm Bureau announces winners of art contest (s)
Grady County student Melissa Perez Lopez and Emily Tiburcio are the winners of the Grady County Farm Bureau Middle School Bookmark and High School Art Contests, respectively.
Lopez, a 7th-grade student at Whigham School, won $50.00 for winning the GCFB Bookmark Contest, which was open to sixth-eighth grade students. Bookmark contest participants were provided a blank bookmark and asked to draw a picture that depicts some aspect of Georgia agriculture. Students were allowed to use crayons, markers or colored pencils to create their bookmark. As the county winner, Lopez’s winning bookmark advanced to the Georgia Farm Bureau District 9 Bookmark Contest.
Tiburcio, a 12th-grade student at Cairo High School, won $50.00 for winning the GCFB High School Art Contest, which was open to ninth through twelfth-grade students. Art contest participants were asked to draw a picture that depicts some aspect of Georgia agriculture. Students were allowed to use a variety of media to create their artwork including graphite, charcoal, pastel, chalk, colored pencil, pen-and-ink, ballpoint pen or mixed media appropriate for printing to create their artwork. As the county winner, Tiburcio’s winning artwork advanced to the Georgia Farm Bureau District 9 High School Art Contest.
“On behalf of Grady County Farm Bureau, I would like to thank each student and teacher who participated in our contests,” said Grady County Farm Bureau President, Sammy Perkins.