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Joliet Herald-News
August 6, 2007
Contest rule: Photograph a prairie lost
August 6, 2007
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Area environmental groups are sponsoring a digital photo contest
focusing on what they say would be lost if the Prairie Parkway were to
be built between Interstate 80 and Interstate 88 in Grundy, Kendall and
Kane counties.
Contest winners will share in $900 in prizes, with a $300 grand prize
and $150 first prizes in each of four categories. The entry deadline is
Sept. 15.
"We want to highlight and preserve images of the environment, farming,
and rural community life that would be lost if this highway is built,"
said Jan Strasma of Citizens Against the Sprawlway, one of the
sponsors. The organizations support expansion and improvement of
existing highways instead of building a new road.
Contest categories are: agriculture; rural, small-town life; and the
environment. A fourth category -- open to entrants 16 and under -- may
include images representing any of the three adult categories.
"The Prairie Parkway would cut a swath through Grundy, Kendall and Kane
counties, with its impacts reaching out as much a five miles from the
highway," said Tim Gerk of Kendall Citizens for Farmland Protection,
another of the contest sponsors.
Photos must be of a subject or location within five miles of the Prairie Parkway route.
Winning images will be posted on the organizations' Web sites and may be displayed at events held by the groups.
Entries may be submitted by e-mail or in CD-ROM format by mail.
Entrants may submit one photo in each of the adult categories. Youth
entrants may submit one photo for consideration.
Contest details are available online at www.sprawlway.org or by e-mail sent to ppcontest@mac.com.