A work by local student Ashley Conner was chosen by the Haddonfield Lions Club as the winner in the annual Peace Poster Contest. Ashley is a seventh grader at Christ the King Regional School in Haddonfield. The theme for the 2007-2008 contest, sponsored by the Lions Club International, was "Peace Around the World". Students, ages 11 thru 13, are eligible to participate and visually interpret their idea of the theme. The posters are judged, first by the local club, on originality, artisic merit and expression of the theme. Winning posters can then advance through several levels, including district, multiple district, and international. At the international level, judges convene from the art, youth, education, and media communities to select one grand prize winner and 23 merit award winners. These winners are honored at a ceremony at the United Nations in New York City in March. Ashley's poster was chosen from 25 entries received by the Haddonfield Lions Club. Ashley went on to win honorable mention at the Distric 16C level, which consists of 51 clubs in the South Jersey region. In describing her poster, Ashley explained that she drew a globe, surrounded by people of all races and countries and depicted some of the events that express harmony and peace in the world.