Be careful of eroded river banks.

Look before you leap.

There are rules for a reason.

This is the sound advice from the three grand prize-winning students in PPL Montana’s water safety poster contest this fall. Their entries will be featured in a special 2008 calendar that will be distributed to schools, community leaders and PPL Montana facilities.

More than 100 children in Grades 3-5 in Montana communities statewide responded with creative artwork and wise safety messages to PPL’s invitation to submit poster entries.

Students could choose any outdoor water activity — swimming, fishing or boating — to create a poster that contains an important message about safety around Montana’s many lakes, rivers and streams. Some of the most scenic and popular waterways in the state surround the 11 hydroelectric facilities operated by PPL Montana.

“Once again, students from across Montana came up with imaginative ways to convey messages on how to stay safe and enjoy the water recreation opportunities in our state,” said Lisa Perry, PPL Montana’s manager of Community Affairs.

“I’d like to give a special thanks to educators, who encouraged their students to take advantage of this creative, hands-on learning opportunity and help children understand the importance of water safety,” she said.

Grand-prize winners will receive shares of PPL Corporation stock valued at $100; runners-up will receive shares of PPL Corporation stock valued at $75; and honorable-mention winners will receive shares of PPL Corporation stock valued at $50.

The three grand-prize winners are:

• Hanna Maxwell, third grade, Fair-Mont-Egan School, Kalispell.
• Nicolena Boucher, fourth grade, Independent Elementary School, Billings.
• Zach Watchek, fifth grade, Helena Christian School, Helena.

The runners-up are:

• Janisse Ruis, third grade, Rimview Christian School, Billings.
• Joshua Wulfekuhle, fourth grade, Thompson Falls Elementary School, Thompson Falls.
• Taylor Coghlan, fifth grade, Central Heights Elementary School, Billings.

The honorable-mention recipients are:

• Wade Wood, third grade, Thompson Falls Elementary School, Thompson Falls.
• Sophia Mindt, fourth grade, Holy Spirit Catholic School, Great Falls.
• Devin Maves, fifth grade, Forsyth Elementary School, Forsyth.

The teachers of the grand-prize winners each will receive $50 for instructional materials and supplies.

PPL has 500 employees in Montana who generate and sell electricity. PPL Montana operates coal-fired power plants at Colstrip and Billings, as well as 11 hydroelectric plants along West Rosebud Creek and the Missouri, Madison, Clark Fork and Flathead rivers. It has a combined generating capacity of more than 1,200 megawatts and has offices in Billings, Butte and Helena. PPL EnergyPlus operates a trading floor in Butte that markets and sells power in the wholesale and retail energy market. PPL Montana and PPL EnergyPlus are subsidiaries of PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL).