Help Tornado-Torn School Get $25,000 Boost

The weight room at Aplington-Parkersburg High School Tuesday, May 27, 2008, in Parkersburg. A tornado tore through the city Sunday. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

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Help Tornado-Torn School Get $25,000 Boost

By Michelle Long

PARKERSBURG - The Aplington-Parkersburg high school is a finalist for a 25-thousand dollar grand prize. Last May, a tornado destroyed the school and now the it must be rebuilt from scratch.

That tornado also killed Richard and Ethel Mulder. Their daughter, Lynne, entered Aplington Parkersburg in the contest for the most deserving school. The contest is sponsored by Henkel, which makes products like Dial, Soft Scrub and Right Guard. A-P is the only Iowa school on the list.

People can vote for A-P online through October 19th. So far, Aplington-Parkersburg High School has 81% of the vote, putting it in the lead. The winner will be announced on October 27th.

To read Lynne Mulder's nomination of A-P and to vote, Click Here.
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Thursday, Oct 9 at 3:57 PM I voted! wrote ...

Everyday since I got the email with the link! Send it out!!

Thursday, Oct 9 at 9:43 AM They deserve it! wrote ...

This school deserves it more so than all the others ones out there.....$25,000 isn't even enough for what they need! Keep voting!

Thursday, Oct 9 at 1:01 AM Old Guy wrote ...

I have got the familiy to vote everyday now. So that will be 10 votes a day till it is over. Way to go.......keep it up all. Hope they win.

Wednesday, Oct 8 at 9:16 PM shaneman in CR wrote ...

One vote per email address per day. So five votes per day if you've got 5 email addresses. Hmmm... Rock it AP! Thank you KCRG.com for posting this article.

Wednesday, Oct 8 at 2:50 PM Mia from Waverly wrote ...

I voted 5 times today. You are allowed one vote per day per email address. I think I will go back a couple more times just to make sure but it looks like they have this in the bag.

Wednesday, Oct 8 at 2:09 PM AP Alumni wrote ...

I was a student at this school and no other school deserves it more. This will spark a new sign of hope and progress not just for the school, but for others in the town who lost their home as well. PLEASE VOTE!

Wednesday, Oct 8 at 1:35 PM VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!! wrote ...

I went out to this website and the schools that are asking for the $25,000 do have issues but they as least have a school, books, desks. These kids lost everything so if we can get as many people to vote that would jsut be awesome to the kids and the community. They are currently in the lead..

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