Riley County Emergency Preparedness officials took the state-wide tornado drill directly to Amanda Arnold Elementary school Tuesday afternoon, with the grand prize winner of a poster contest pushing the siren button during the 1:30 test. Jamie Kim is a kindergartner at Amanda Arnold, and County Emergency Management Coordinator Laurie Harrison says Kim’s selection as grand prize winner speaks highly of her message. Other winners in the same kindergarten class were Avery Freeman and Brynn Ray.
Teacher Deb Shepek tells KMAN Kim says she wants to be an artist someday .Shepek adds the children have been learning about what to do in an emergency…
Many of the children talked with Harrison about their preparations for severe weather, with literally every one of them talking about going to the basement if a tornado’s in the area.
