Love for photography and an interest in helping to create opportunities for the children of the Mountain Communities led Mel and Kathy Weinstein to create the Mountain Youth Photo Contest this year. The response from local youth from 6 to 18 years of age brought 41 entries. All are on display now at the Frazier Park Library. Go see the show. You’ll be inspired.

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6-12 YEARS: First place–Deer in Forest, Gabriel Ayala, 12; Second place–My Cat Julius, Kalissa Ramirez,10; Third–place Duck Flapping Wings, Audrey Bolton, 6; 13-18 YEARS: Tied for first place–Friends on Grass, Arianna Calderon, 17 and Untitled (Peeling Paint), Shawna Meshkoff, 17; Tied for second place–Interior Bus, Carl Stuart, 15 and Lichen and Nibbled Pine Cone, Annika Green, 13; Third place–A Baseball with a Nice Background, Victor Ayala, 15

Left, Victor Ayala,15 with his baseball landscape; Above, judge Mike Cram, Mel Weinstein and judge Patric Hedlund look on as Annika Green wins second place for her pine cone and lichen photo.

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This is part of the December 20, 2013 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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