Toby Graham, a student at Fairview Elementary School, was named the winner of a recent contest to create a new logo for the Anderson County Solid Waste Department. Graham, second from right, is pictured with, from left, County Mayor’s Assistant Leean Tupper, County Mayor Terry Frank, and Anderson County Solid Waste Supervisor Geoff Trabalka. (Photo by Anderson County Government)
CLINTON—The Anderson County Solid Waste Department recently honored the nine-year-old winner of the contest to create a new logo for the department.
Toby Graham, a student at Anderson County’s Fairview Elementary School, was deemed the winner of the recent contest. His logo design, which the county plans to digitally convert for use on the Internet, features a drawing of the Earth, surrounded by various phrases and symbols related to litter and “being green.”
“Toby and his family were so proud that his artwork was chosen to be the logo for our Solid Waste Department, and they should be!,” Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank said. “His artwork was not only creative and beautiful, but very thoughtful.”
“I hope Toby stays involved in his community as he grows to be a man. We need young people like him who have a willingness to take the lead,” the mayor added.
As the winner of the logo contest, Graham received $100 worth of art supplies—paint, markers, an easel, sketch pads, and more—paid for with funds designated for educational activities within the Solid Waste Department’s budget.
“You did a great job. Your logo is going to be famous,” Solid Waste Supervisor Geoff Trabalka told Graham.
Trabalka plans to create a Facebook page for the Anderson County Solid Waste Department; he needed a new logo for the department and shared the idea for finding that logo with Leean Tupper, Frank’s administrative assistant.
Trabalka oversees the county’s Solid Waste Department and activities—such as the county’s Litter Grant Program that’s sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Transportation—to reduce litter in the county. Tupper oversees the financial aspect of the county’s TDOT Litter Grant Program and is responsible for preparing monthly reports to TDOT officials of local activities related to the grant funds.
“I’m very proud of Leean Tupper and Geoff Trabalka for coming up with the idea of the art contest. Not only does Anderson County get a new logo for our Solid Waste Department, but their efforts serve another goal of involving the people we serve,” Frank said.
Toby Graham is the son of Amy Graham of Clinton.
