ELKHART — Elkhart County Parks and Recreation Department names photography contest winners.

The photographs are on display until noon Friday, Feb. 1, at the Community Room, Concord Mall, Elkhart.

Winners and the categories are as follows:



In the Air

• First Place winner Mike DuBois for the image Sunset Blues

• Second Place winner Sue Platt for the image Out of the Fog

• Third Place winner Kathy Nobles for the image Frosty Morning Fishing

• Honorable Mention recipient Sue Smith for the image Morning

• Honorable Mention recipient Ellen Stevens for the image Golden Winter Morning

• Honorable Mention recipient Karen DeLater for the image River Fog



Nature of the Photo

• First Place winner Julia Tyson for the image The Little Things in Life

• Second Place winner Joyce McGuire for the image Clematis

• Third Place winner Gale Lascola for the image Winters Image

• Honorable Mention recipient Mike DuBois for the image Untitled

• Honorable Mention recipient Joe Buckreis for the image Sunning Station

• Honorable Mention recipient Sarah Freehafer for the image Garden



Activities in the Park

• First Place winner Cindy Lacava for the image Into the Woods at Cobus Creek

• Second Place winner Linda Hachet for the image Snozzing

• Third Place winner Catherine Clifford for the image Windmill

• Honorable Mention recipient Lawrence Briggs for the image Ox Bow Park

• Honorable Mention recipient Andy Berney for the image Untitled

• Honorable Mention recipient Pam Parcell for the image Quiet in the Park



Youth Category

• First Place winner Taylor Poff for the image Little Wonders

• Second Place winner Sarah Freehafer for the image Garden

• Third Place winner Vincent Massa for the image Flight

• Honorable Mention recipient Taylor Poff for the image Masked

• Honorable Mention recipient Taylor Poff for the image Signs of Life

• Honorable Mention recipient Timothy Fleming for the image Tribute to Suess



• Best Special Effects winner Joyce McGuire for the image Waiting

• Best Black and White winner Amanda Maxwell for the image Tree Stump

• Best of Show winner Joyce McGuire for the image Ol’ Fishing Hole



All 374 entries are on display and free photo and environmental programs are open to the public. Details, topics and times of the workshops are available by contacting Elkhart County Parks at 535-6458.