WINNERS OF OHIO STATE PARKS BICENTENNIAL PHOTO CONTEST ANNOUNCED BY ODNR Top photographers hail from Harrison, Stark, Erie, Columbiana and Van Wert counties COLUMBUS, OH -- Images captured by residents of Harrison, Stark, Erie, Columbiana and Van Wert counties topped nearly 100 entries to win Ohio State Parks' Bicentennial Photo Contest, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Winning photos are currently posted on the ODNR website at ohiodnr.com and will appear this fall in the Bicentennial issue of the Ohio State Parks magazine. Maple Woods of Hopedale in Harrison County took first place in the "Heritage Events" category with a nostalgic photograph of a lockkeeper working on the Muskingum River Parkway in Morgan County. Steve Korba of Canton placed second in the same category, with an image from Spring Plowing Days at Malabar Farm State Park in Richland County. Nine-year-old Ryan Martin of Wellsville in Columbiana County won the category's youth competition with his photo of a pioneer blacksmith re-enactor working at nearby Beaver Creek State Park. Honorable mention in the "Heritage Events" category went to Marcia Cadle of Mansfield (Apple Butter Festival at Mt. Gilead State Park in Morrow County) and Rosie Faulds of Galion (Ohio Heritage Days at Malabar Farm State Park). Marblehead Lighthouse reflected in the window of the nearby Keepers' House at Marblehead Lighthouse State Park in Ottawa County took top honors in the "Historic Structures" category. Arnold Ehrsam of Sandusky snapped the photo. Second place in the category went to Steven Fought of Delphos in Van Wert County with an image of Hope Furnace at Lake Hope State Park in Vinton County. Another picture of Marblehead Lighthouse earned first place in the category's youth competition for Kaitlin Thrasher, 8, also of Wellsville. Honorable mention in the "Historic Structures" category went to Mike Arabia of Steubenville (Kennedy Stone House at Salt Fork State Park in Guernsey County), Douglas Bacso of Cleveland (Sandy & Beaver Canal at Beaver Creek State Park), Rita Hoherman Virgili of Polk in Ashland County (Grist Mill at Mohican State Park in Ashland County), Veronica Pearce of Elmore in Ottawa County (Keepers' House at Marblehead Lighthouse State Park), Robert Comer of Trotwood in Montgomery County (Pioneer Village at Caesar Creek State Park in Warren County) and Eleanor Jakubowski of Cleveland (Cabins at Beaver Creek State Park). ODNR announced the competition last fall. Entrants were encouraged to capture the rich diversity of Ohio's history as it is demonstrated in the state park system.
Source: ODNR
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