{"id":103352,"date":"2018-06-01T10:21:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T15:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=103352"},"modified":"2018-06-01T10:21:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T15:21:11","slug":"camera-club-talks-about-photo-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/06\/01\/camera-club-talks-about-photo-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Camera Club talks about photo contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Van Wert Area Photography Club met May 24 at 114 S. Race St.\u00a0\u00a0The club had challenged members to bring a 4-x-6-inch print to enter in each of four categories: Mirror Image, Stormy Weather, Statues-Monuments, and Buds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103353\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103353\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Camera-Club-News-photo-5-30-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Cheryl Konst\u2019s Best of Show photo, Our Lady of\u00a0Fatima statue.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cheryl Konst swept the competition, winning all four categories and Best of Show, which was her photo of Our Lady of Fatima statue at the entrance of the Russell\u2019s Point harbor at Indian Lake, 261 Chase Ave.\u00a0The statue and Meditation Gardens were financed\u00a0by the late George B. Quatman and dedicated in 1964 as part of his &#8220;San Juan Amusement Park&#8221; entertainment site.\u00a0Today the Park enjoys National Historic status.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check Cheryl\u2019s winning picture of the statue.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion then turned to the future Decatur, Indiana, sculpture tour, which holds its grand opening on June 8. Sculpture staff said that the first three weekends will attract huge crowds and advised that the fourth or fifth weekend could be better for photographers.\u00a0She said that one of the sculptures that might be of more interest to the guys was a 500-pound rhinoceros made of Harley-Davidson motorcycle parts.\u00a0More on the sculptures and the date for our shoot will be published as details become available.\u00a0The reader should also note that you do not have to be a member to accompany us on the shoot.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Treasurer Rex Dolby reported that our checking account had grown because of two annual dues ($20 each) being added to the account.\u00a0The savings account was also up 15 cents as the result of an interest payment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Van Wert Area Photography Club met May 24 at 114 S. Race St.\u00a0\u00a0The club had challenged members to bring a 4-x-6-inch print to enter in each of four categories: Mirror Image, Stormy Weather, Statues-Monuments, and Buds. Cheryl Konst swept the competition, winning all four categories and Best of Show, which was her photo of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameraclub"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 01:14:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}