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Seward High Students Capture Eleven First Place Photography Awards At District Contest

By Clark Kolterman

March 27, 2008

Seward High students captured eleven first place awards at the annual Nebraska Federation of Women’s Clubs District IV Fine Arts Festival and Contest held at the Seward Civic Center on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 in an all day event. The student entries from Seward were sponsored by the two Federated Women’s Clubs in Seward, the GFWC Seward Junior Women’s Club and the GFWC Seward Woman’s Club. The local clubs sponsored the entry fees for the student entries. All the entries from Seward had been selected first place winners in the local contest held earlier in March.

The local winners included….

Student-Color Film

Nature-Nate Klintworth-First Blue Ribbon

Animals-Nate Klintworth-First Blue Ribbon

Still Life-Nate Klintworth-First Blue Ribbon

People-Kayla Lowery-Second Red Ribbon

Kayla Lowery-Second Red Ribbon

Nebraska-Kayla Lowery-First Blue Ribbon

Student Digital Color

Scenic-Ciara McCormack-First Blue Ribbon

People-Holly Petersen-Second Red Ribbon

Allyn Williams-Second Red Ribbon

Nature-Ciara McCormack-First Blue Ribbon

Anne Kamprath-Second Red Ribbon

Architectural-Holly Petersen-First Blue Ribbon

Ciara McCormack-Second Red Ribbon

Still Life-Ciara McCormack-First Blue Ribbon

Student Digital Black and White

Animal-Allyn Williams First Blue Ribbon

Allyn Williams Second Red Ribbon

Still Life-Holly Petersen-First Blue Ribbon

Allyn Williams-Second Red Ribbon

Architechural – Allyn Williams-First Blue Ribbon

Holly Petersen-Second Red Ribbon

The blue ribbon, first place awards will travel to the NFWC State Convention to be judged against the other five districts at the state conference art and photography show. Local chairs for the NFWC Fine Arts Day were Jean Kolterman of the GFWC Seward Women’s Club and Julie Biggs of the GFWC Seward Junior Women’s Club.