Special Events Winterfest 2008
Winterfest this year was a great success, but at the same time a failure. Our attendance was 326 guest plus 20+ volunteers, but donations amounted to only eighty dollars, which no way paid for the entertainment. Due to additional cuts by the state to the Illinois DNR Budget, the Friends Of Volo Bog had to foot the entire bill for the “Winterfest” entertainment, same as they did for “Ghost Stories” earlier in October. In the past 16 years we had some help from the State, but recent cuts now make that impossible, and even the very upkeep of the State Parks appears to be in trouble. Lack of snow cancelled our snow sculpting contest, but everything else went smooth . Pictured below is only a sample of what went on, such as the 23 ribbons handed out to winners in the 21st Annual Nature Photo Contest. Please read below for more on that contest.
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Audience enjoying Lee Murdock’s Maritime Music |
Our headline entertainer Lee Murdock up close |
At the same time as
the singing and Photo contest awards downstairs, upstairs we had the children
crafts going on. |
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Above two photos
by Tom Lowden |
Above two photos by Bob Vetter |
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Outside we had our volunteer naturalists leading
tours into the center of the Bog showing guests such wonders as the Purple
Pitcher Plant, shown above. |
Stacy Iwanicki presenting a 1st place ribbon and plaque to Gwen Selby |
Tom Lowden Receiving Best of Show (judges choice) from Scutterbug Chairperson Selby |
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Above two photos by Bob Vetter |
Above photo by Tom Lowden |
Above photo by Pat Melchi |
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21st Annual
Nature Photo Contest winners
Between music sets at Volo Bog's Annual WinterFest on Sunday, January 13, Volo Bog State Natural Area,
the Friends of Volo Bog and the ShutterBugs of Volo
Bog announced the winners of their 21st Annual Nature Photo Contest.
Twenty-one people entered the contest with a total of 155 entries in seven
categories. Visitors to the State Natural Area's
Awards were presented as follows:
Best-of-Show - Popular Vote
David Underwood of Delavan, Wisconsin for "Frog Legs for Dinner"
Best-of-Show - Judges' Award (PICTURED ABOVE)
Tom Lowden of Crystal Lake for "Rocky Cascade"
Category winners:
Color Plant
1st Bill Ewert of Ingleside for "Daylily"
2nd Tom Lowden of Crystal Lake for "Liatris
Meadow"
3rd Larry Smith of Ingleside for "Thorny Bud"
Color Animal Invertebrate
1st Fran Tritthardt of Mundelein for "Blue
Eyes"
2nd Jerry Donahue of Mundelein for "Morning Web"
3rd Paul McFadden of Algonquin for "Monarch Dessert Tray"
Color Animal Vertebrate
1st David Underwood of Delavan, Wisconsin for "Frog Legs for Dinner"
2nd Fran Tritthardt of Mundelein for "Breaking
for Lunch"
3rd Larry Bergman of Lakewood for "Keeping an Eye Out"
Color Landscape
1st Tom Lowden of Crystal Lake for "Rocky Cascade"
2nd Brad Waggoner of Lindenhurst for "Lindenhurst Sunset"
3rd Larry Bergman of Lakewood for "Morris Creek - the Beginning of
Fall"
Beyond the Midwest
1st Jerry Donahue of Mundelein for "Badlands"
2nd David Wagner of Lake Zurich for "Rainbow Canyon"
3rd Fran Tritthardt of Mundelein for "Elk in the
Woods"
Black & White
1st Larry Bergmann of Lakewood for "The Black River - A View from
the High Bridge"
2nd John Borucki of Island Lake for "Here Comes
Spring"
3rd Ken Cooksey of Libertyville for "I'm Watching You"
Alteration of Reality
1st Gwen Selby of Fox Lake for "Moonlit Reflections" (PICTURED ABOVE)
2nd Fran Tritthardt of Mundelein for "Neon
Dragonfly"
3rd Fran Tritthardt of Mundelein for "Oh
Deer!"
The winning photos will be on display at Volo Bog SNA through Friday, February
29th and available for viewing Wednesday - Sunday from
- 3:00 p.m.
which is held on the second Sunday each January. Entry forms become
available each September.
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Winning Photos on Display |
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See above text for more detail description of these winners |
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organization. Visit www.friendsofvolobog.org
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