Monarch Utilities, a subsidiary of SouthWest Water Company, recently recognized three students as winners of its writing contest for Chapa Middle School in Hays Consolidated Independent School District. Winning students received prizes ranging from $100 to $500 during a campus event. Monarch Utiliti...

Chapa Middle School students had the opportunity to enter the 2017 Monarch Utilities essay contest. Essays discussed the importance of water in their life, the community, the state or the world today. The following is  seventh grader Sedona Heaney's winning entry in the 2017 contest. e can all agree...