{"id":86658,"date":"2017-04-19T13:58:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T18:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=86658"},"modified":"2017-04-19T13:58:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T18:58:14","slug":"mystery-bear-wins-photo-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/04\/19\/mystery-bear-wins-photo-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery bear wins photo contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Rex Dolby<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_86659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86659\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/John-Bear.jpg\" alt=\"Dolby's winning photo.\" width=\"330\" height=\"443\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dolby&#8217;s winning photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Van Wert Area Photography Club&#8217;s most recent meeting was Thursday, April 13th.\u00a0\u00a0The competition theme, &#8220;Toilets&#8221;, did not produce the results hoped for so there was a very short stack to pick from.<\/p>\n<p>Rex Dolby&#8217;s entry\u00a0received the most votes. \u00a0Dolby confided that the Bear was hesitant to appear in such a revealing\u00a0scene due to the fear of unexpected consequences in the future. \u00a0He said that he&#8217;d agree to pose if he could not be identified. \u00a0Dolby&#8217;s suggestion was that he wear dark glasses was enough to overcome his reluctance to\u00a0be\u00a0photographed.<\/p>\n<p>The treasurer&#8217;s report\u00a0revealed a new dues deposit and a few cents added to the savings account. \u00a0There was considerable discussion about photo trips now that the days are getting longer plus the possibility of going on a Saturday, maybe taking the place of the regular second Thursday&#8217;s meeting.\u00a0\u00a0Those bringing suggestions to the May meeting\u00a0include Cheryl Knost, who\u00a0will report on photo opportunities in the Delphos area, Joe Schramm, who&#8217;ll research the St. Marys area, and Rex Dolby, who will check with Larry Lee, Director of the Van Wert Area Convention and Visitor&#8217;s Bureau,\u00a0 to see what pictures he still needs to promote the Van Wert area.<\/p>\n<p>The club&#8217;s next regularly scheduled meeting is on Thursday, May 11.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rex Dolby The Van Wert Area Photography Club&#8217;s most recent meeting was Thursday, April 13th.\u00a0\u00a0The competition theme, &#8220;Toilets&#8221;, did not produce the results hoped for so there was a very short stack to pick from. Rex Dolby&#8217;s entry\u00a0received the most votes. \u00a0Dolby confided that the Bear was hesitant to appear in such a revealing\u00a0scene [&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-86658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameraclub"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 05:11:36","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\/86658","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=86658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}