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Montgomery County home school student Kaydee Hankes from Clarksville has won top honors in the 2007 Tennessee Federal Junior Duck Stamp art competition held March 29th at the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge. Kaydee’s “Best of Show” entry of a pair of wood ducks entitled “A Peck on the Cheek” was designed in colored pencils. Also entered in Tennessee’s thirteenth Junior Duck Stamp Contest were over 400 individuals in four different age group categories. The other eleven finalists and first place winners in their category included Grant Eison, Hannah Reagan, Ben Tucker, and Suzanne Schultz of Dyersburg, Sarah Faith and Brandon Sharp of Chattanooga, Bradley Belt of Tullahoma, Austin White of Germantown, Kyra Bishop of Clarksville, Heather Calfee of Cookeville, and Callie Oldfield of Joelton. 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 5 at 10:00 am. Ms. Hankes will receive a $1000 scholarship, provided by philatelist Mrs. Jeanette Rudy along with other prizes including a framed 2006 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 David Viker with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Mike Checkett of Ducks Unlimited, Captain Keith Shumate, Fort Campbell, Clay Riley of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and Steven McCoy of Fort Donelson National Park. In April Kaydee’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 winner of the national competition will be used as the design for the 2007-2008 Federal Junior Duck Stamp. Not only an art contest, proceeds from the sale of the Federal Junior Duck Stamp provide scholarships and awards to participants. 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, display locations or to purchase a
Junior Duck Stamp, see the refuge website at
www.fws.gov/TennesseeRefuge
, or call the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge at 731-642-2091.
Steve McCadams is a professional hunting and fishing guide here in the Paris Landing area. He has also contributed many outdoor oriented articles to various national publications. |
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