Winning entries can be seen in the 2004 Hopewell Township Calendar and later this year, the exhibit will be displayed at facilities throughout the Hopewell Valley.
On Dec. 16, the "Historic Buildings, Landmarks and Vistas of the Hopewell Valley Photo Contest" award ceremony took place at the Hopewell Township Municipal Building.
Mayor Fran Bartlett announced the following winners:
In the Junior Category: First Place Color, Tyler Caton, for his photograph "Barn on Old Mill Road"; Second Place Color, Catan Gray for his photograph, "Vista of an Open Field of Beans"; Third Place Color, Ben Seiden for his photograph, "Horse Farm on Mine Road."
In the Adult Category: First Place Color, Lesa Aldridge for her photograph, "Vista from Harbourton Ridge Road"; Second Place Color, Jay J. Brandinger, for his photograph, "The D&R Canal"; Third Place Color, Alice Brandinger, for her photograph, "The Hopewell Railroad Station."
In the Junior Category, Catan Gray won First, Second and Third Place, for his photographs: "The Ferry House," "Jacob’s Creek Bridge" and "Farm on Bear Tavern Road."
In the Adult Category: First Place Black & White, Lesa Aldridge, for her photograph, "View of Howell Farm"; Second Place Black & White, Maryellen DeMarco, for her photograph, "Old Railroad Bridge over Stony Brook"; Third Place Black & White, Jerry Farina, for her photograph, "Woosamonsa School House."
The judges also selected one Junior Color entry, "Old Farm on Harbourton-Mt. Airy Road" by Ben Seiden and one Adult Black & White entry, "Titusville United Methodist Church" by Lesa Aldridge for Honorable Mention Awards. Adult Color category entries also meriting Honorable Mention awards were photographs of: "The Johnson Ferry House" and "Pennington Railroad Station" taken by Alice Brandinger; "Howell Living History Farm" and "The Bunk House at Hopewell Poor Farm" taken by Jerry Farina; and "Jacob’s Creek Bridge" taken by Marva Novitz.
The contest was sponsored by the Hopewell Township Committee to promote the historical buildings, landmarks and vistas that exist in the Hopewell Valley and the need to preserve them. Twenty-five residents from the Hopewell Valley participated by submitting 79 entries.
Robert Bruschini, photographer for Bristol-Myers Squibb; Frank Flegeal, Hopewell Valley Schools media specialist, television and film teacher; Pamela Crabtree, anthropological archeologist and member of the Hopewell Township Historic Preservation Committee, and Robert Miller, administrative officer for the HTHPC, were judges.
The winning entries can be seen in the 2004 Hopewell Township Calendar and later this year, the exhibit will be displayed at facilities throughout the Hopewell Valley.