Entries
in the second annual Friends of Schmeeckle Reserve Writing, Art, and Photo
contest will be exhibited during December at the Portage County Public Library
in Stevens Point.
First
and second-place winners in each of the categories will be honored at an
opening reception at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2. The public is welcome to
attend. All contest entries will be on display through Dec. 30 in the main
lobby of the library, 1001 Main St.
The
Friends of Schmeeckle Reserve hosts the contest to raise awareness of the
reserve and the friends group, which supports the natural area.
“We
hope the community will come see these beautiful photographs, the stunning
artwork, and the thoughtful and moving writing entries,” said Barbara Dixson, a
Friends of Schmeeckle board member who serves on the arts contest
committee. “Taken together, they evoke the beauty of Schmeeckle Reserve
and reveal how dearly we hold it.”
Winning
entries were submitted by:
- Photography (animal/plants category): First
place, Angela King, Stevens Point; second place, Tom Razner, Stevens Point.
- Photography (landscape/scenery category): First
place, Matt Brabender, Stevens Point; second place (tie), Bob Mosier, Plover,
and Jacob Elliot, Stevens Point.
- Artwork: First place, Bronda Smeltzer, Stevens
Point; second place, Erin Kloskowski, Junction City.
- Writing: First place tie between Lisa Trogdon,
Martin, Tenn., and group research project by UW-Stevens Point students Shane
Loesch, Grant Haynes, Brian Adams and James McCoy.
All
winners will receive a certificate of recognition. First-place winners also
will receive a $25 gift certificate to the Browse Shop, a gift shop in the
Schmeeckle Reserve Visitor Center that features natural and cultural gifts.
Contest
submissions and winning entries are posted on the Friends of Schmeeckle Reserve
website. Visit www.uwsp.edu/schmeeckle
and then click on “Friends of Schmeeckle Reserve” and “Arts Contest.” The
Friends will host the arts contest again in 2016. Entries are due Nov. 1.
Schmeeckle
Reserve, part of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, is located at 2419
North Point Drive.
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