Home

Resorts and Lodging

Guides

Restaurants

Bait and Tackle

Reelfoot Maps

General Reelfoot
Information

Calendar of
Events

Fishing Information

Hunting Information

Eagle Information

Fishing Report

Links

Waterfowl
Seasons

Weather

River Levels

Eagle Cam

Contact Us

Advertising

2005 JUNIOR DUCK STAMP WINNERS
April 8th, 2005

Hamilton County High School student Lauren Pollard from Chattanooga has won top honors in the 2005 Tennessee Federal Junior Duck Stamp art competition held March 31st at the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge. Lauren’s “Best of Show” entry of a Canada Goose was designed in oil paint.

Also entered in Tennessee’s eleventh Junior Duck Stamp Contest were over 593 individuals in four different age group categories.  The other eleven finalists and first place winners in their category included Rachel Williams of Chattanooga,  Mary Catherine Newbill, Kent Kirby, Alex Price, Hollie Adcock, Olivia Hughes and Ryland Guthrie of Dyersburg, Robert Siler of LaFollette, Samantha Calecas of East Ridge, Elizabeth Twork of Kingsport, and Judy Kim of Clarksville.

Ribbons, plaques, and other prizes will be presented to the top 100 winners at an awards ceremony at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville on May 7 at 10:00 am.  Ms. Pollard will receive a $1000 scholarship, provided by philatelist Mrs. Jeanette Rudy along with other prizes including a framed 2004 Federal Duck Print.

The contest was sponsored by Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge in partnership with Tennessee Wildlife Federation and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.  Judges were Bud Oliveira with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Joe Casey, wildlife artist/carver,  Carl Wirwa of Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and Tom Stallings of the Tennessee Wildlife Federation and Jeff Hancock or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

In late April Lauren Pollard’s artwork will move on to the national competition in Washington D.C. to be judged along with the winners from the other 50 states.  The winning artwork at the national level will be used as the design for the 2005-2006 Federal Junior Duck Stamp. At a cost of $5, the proceeds from the sale of the Federal Junior Duck Stamp provide scholarships and awards to participants.

Not only an art contest, the program is designed to teach students about the wonderful world of waterfowl and it’s conservation needs.  A Junior Duck Stamp curriculum guide available to educators focuses on conservation through the arts.  Students, teachers and their schools are recognized through the program, and they and the wildlife resource all benefit.

The 36 First, Second and Third Place winners will be on display at locations around the state throughout the following year.  For more information about this program, or to find the current location of the Jr. Duck Stamp exhibit, call the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge at 731-642-2091.

Page designed by : The Hometown Network   
All contents except Mallards and David Maass
artwork are property of  Reelfoot.com