Student photo contest - 2018
Your Home and Family - Presented January 29, 2019
Congratulations to the student photographers in the Happy Birthday, Kansas! Photo Contest! We would like to thank our presenters Lieutenant Governor Lynn Rogers, Marearl Denning with the legislative spouses, the state senators and representatives, and the University of Kansas Chamber Singers. Jennie Chinn, Kansas Historical Society executive director, was emcee. We also thank the students who entered 402 photos from 28 Kansas counties!
Student winners:
First grade
Addison Maxwell, Larned, Family Wheat Harvest, first place
Reed Hedstrom, Cheney, Storms on the Prairie, second place
Second grade
Audrey Sosebee, Kansas City, Walking with Great-Grandpa, first place
Tanner Riley, Galva, Farm Pond, second place
Third grade
Katherine Bartel, Wichita, James in the Pasture, first place
Faith McMannis, Canton, Working Calves, second place
Fourth grade
Colby Taylor, Alma, Ranching Roots in the Flint Hills in Kansas, first place
Rachael Barnhardt, Lebo, God's Painting, second place
Fifth grade
Emmie Grimm, Morrill, Dreaming of the Future, first place
Camden Kruse, Galva, Frosty Cattle, second place
Sixth grade
Reese Hedstrom, Cheney, Life as a Farm Kid, first place
Violet Franklin, Shawnee, Historic Barn, second place
Seventh grade
Regan Hedstrom, Cheney, Harvest Time!, first place
Teal Franklin, Shawnee, Where It All Started, second place
Eighth grade
Johanna Walker, Franklin, Memories in Bloom, first place
Elizabeth Singh Dhillon, Saint Marys, Speedy Sister, second place
Ninth grade
Ellie Just, Marion, Labor of Love--My Grandpa, first place
Lillie Grace Taylor, Independence, Old Type, second place
10th grade
Kendall H. Schoenhals, Haven, Cowboy and a Sunset, first place
Aiden Moore, Canton, Amber Waves of Grass, second place
11th grade
Megan Maltbie, Galva, Sparks in the Dark, first place
Zabien Marquez, Bucklin, Sister, Sister, second place
12th grade
Betsy Anay Chairez, Wichita, The Family You Choose, first place
Whitney Nightingale, Galva, Eagle Strong, second place
Posters
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Sponsors
This year's awards for first- and second- place prizes are made possible through donations from these people and organizations. Please help us thank them for their generosity.
$1,000
Jim Denning, Kansas Senate District 8, and Marearl Denning
$500
AT&T Kansas
Bukaty Companies
Centene Management Company, LLC
Susan Concannon, Kansas House District 107
Reach Out Kansas, Inc.
Smithyman & Zakoura, Chartered
$250
Elaine Bowers, Kansas Senate District 36
Whitney B. Damron, P.A.
Tom Hawk, Kansas Senate District 22
Hein Governmental Consulting, LLC
Ken Selzer, Kansas Insurance Commissioner
John Skubal, Kansas Senate District 11
Richard Wilborn, Kansas Senate District 35
$200
Bud Estes, Kansas Senate District 38
Barbara Ballard, Kansas House District 44
Past contests
