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B WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2008

A moment in timeThe Issaquah Press announces the winners of the 2008 Issaquah/Sammamish Amateur Photo

Contest. More than 100 people sent in more than 150 images. Photos were judged based on composi-tion, lighting and local identity. First-place winners each will receive $100. Yes, the contest will be

held again next year! Look for more contest entries throughout the year in our newspapers and specialsections. Here’s a look at the first- and second-place winners, as well as a few runners up.

First Place — ScenicHailstone Feed Store,by Ronald Martinsen

RonaldMartinsen,

of Issaquah,calls this photo

‘WickedSolarization.’

‘It’s a differenttwist on the

Shell gas stationthat has beenphotographed

by many,’Martinsen said.

First Place — PeopleThe Days of Summer,

by Keri Greenheck

This was an overwhelmingfavorite of the judges.

‘The photo was taken inthe Timberline neighbor-hood in Sammamish onone of our hot days thissummer, when my son

Riley Greenheck and theneighborhood kids were

jumping through oursprinkler to cool down.’Greenheck said. (By theway, all of the tattoos arefake, leftovers from his

birthday party.)

First Place — AnimalsMerganser Family,

by Xing Du

‘I was in LakeSammamish State Parkone day morning, andcaught this lovely fami-ly picture of CommonMerganser,’ said XingDu, of Sammamish.

This macrophotographof a bee on

a yellowcoreopsisblossom,

was taken byRobert Harris

at his PineLake home.

Fishing, byKenji

Onozawa, ofIssaquah,

featuresKody, his

nephew, fish-ing from a

dock in LakeSammamish

early onemorning.

Second Place — ScenicEast From Sammamish, by Dollye Pawloski

‘This is a picture taken from my front yard overlookingLake Sammamish, the Mormon temple in Factoria andthe Olympics in the background,’ said Dollye Pawloski,

of Issaquah.

Second Place — ScenicHannah and the butterfly, by Suzi Prouty

Suzi Prouty, of Issaquah, took this picture of her6-year-old daughter, on a Sunday evening in their

back yard after a day spent swimming with friends.‘She was chasing and playing with this butterfly whenshe lost sight of it and asked me where the it went.

I told her to look up at her hair,’ Prouty said.

Second Place — ScenicEagle-Pine Lake, by Robert Harris

An eagle sits perched in a tree on Pine Lake.

‘Old HayBarn’ on the

corner ofSoutheast43rd Wayand East

LakeSammamish

Parkway,was taken by

Don Peters,of Issaquah.