Duck stamp contest winners named

Mark Staples of Harwood, N.D., won the 2012 Best of Show with his canvasback duck in the North Dakota Junior Duck Stamp Contest, sponsored by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Logan Lamoureux, a 12-year-old from Westhope, received Best of Show Runner-Up honors.

The North Dakota Junior Duck Stamp Banquet and Awards Ceremony was held for all first-, second- and third-place winners at the Ramkota Inn in Bismarck on May 5. Winning students received ribbons and prizes donated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ducks Unlimited and wildlife clubs from throughout North Dakota. The winning artwork will be exhibited throughout the state at national wildlife refuge events, zoos, shopping malls, Fargo Scheels and other locations throughout the year.

Area first-, second- and third-place winners in the four age groups are:

First Place - Group 3 (Grade 7-9)

Jazzlyn Statema, Valley City

Second Place - Group 3 (Grade 7-9)

Alexa McCulloch, Valley City

Second Place - Group 4 (Grade 10-12)

Tera Laney-Uecker, Valley City

Third Place - Group 2 (Grade 4-6)

Addie Urness, Carrington

Third Place - Group 3 (Grade 7-9)

Arelle Krueger, Valley City

Third Place - Group 4 (Grade 10-12)

Taylor Storhoff, Nome

Honorable Mention:

Group 1 (K-Grade 3)

Hailey Schaefer, Valley City

Skylar Mullikin, Carrington

Kade Christianson, Spiritwood

Hailey Schaefer, Ashley McFadgen, Rachel Sand, Britta Roehrich and Saniyah Montalro, all Valley City

Group 2 (Grades 4-6)

Natasha Vrba, Sanborn

Group 3 (Grades 7-9)

Benjamin Kietzman and Timothy Kietzman, both, Edgeley

Madison Capman, Nome

Marielle Villarin, Valley City

Group 4 (Grades 10-12)

Derek Reimers, Destiny Winkler, Valley City

Dylan Rafferty, Emmarie Komrosky, JoLynn Gregoryk, Kristen Didier, Jasmine Stevens, Shaina Podvin, Lilly Stark and Taylor Keys, all Valley City

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