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	<img alt="Photo Contest banner" src="{filedir_5}ASI-Photo-Contest.jpg" style="width: 300px; height: 323px; float: right; " />Dust off your albums, dig out your old negatives, or fire up your computer - Friends of Au Sable is announcing its first ever <a href="http://ausablephotocontest.weebly.com/">Au Sable photo contest</a>!</p>
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	Friends of Au Sable invites all members of the Au Sable community to submit their best, most memorable photos taken during their time at Au Sable for the contest (see below for how to enter). Photos can be submitted for three categories: <em><strong>Field </strong></em>(photos of nature), <strong><em>Community</em></strong> (photos that capture Au Sable community), and <em><strong>Place</strong></em> (photos that capture the interaction between the Au Sable community and the natural world). Photos will be voted on by the greater Au Sable community to win prizes.</p>
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	If you&#39;d like to enter, please submit your photos, ranked in order of preference, by <strong>midnight on Thursday, June 16th</strong> to this e-mail address (dbouma@ausable.org). We will post a certain number of your pictures depending on the number of submissions we receive. All photos should include:</p>
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		Your name</li>
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		Submission category (field, community, place)</li>
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		Year and term photo was taken</li>
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		Location of the photo</li>
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		Ranked order of preference</li>
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	The four main prizes are:</p>
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		<strong>The Dave Mahan</strong>: Your very own, newly purchased pair of (Dave&#39;s famous) purple biking socks and a $50 gift certificate to your favorite outdoor store</li>
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		<strong>The Bob Barr</strong>: You receive Bob&#39;s latest technological invention, his &quot;Blackberry Analog&quot; (e.g., pocket-size notebook) and a $50 gift certificate to a home repair, hardware or maintenance store for energy-efficient or green products of your choice</li>
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		<strong>The Trish Fagg</strong>: A bag of Trish&#39;s morning, pick-me-up fair trade coffee and a $50 gift certificate for book or other education item purchases to increase your knowledge of the natural world and stewardship</li>
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		<strong>The Martin Price</strong>: A gardening hat that matches Martin&#39;s and a $50 gift certificate to your favorite gardening or agriculture center&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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	The grand prize, regardless of category, will be awarded by a panel of artistic, Au Sable alumni. The photo with the most votes for each category also will win one of the four prizes. The grand prize winner will choose their prize first, followed by the category winners in order of votes received. Voting will begin from June 17 to June 24 via our <a href="http://ausablephotocontest.weebly.com/">Photo Contest Website</a> or our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150214390509395&amp;set=a.10150214390064395.329329.45780179394&amp;type=1&amp;theater">Facebook page</a> (click on either link). Vote on our photo contest website through our polling feature, or on our facebook page by simply clicking &quot;like&quot; for the photo of your choice.</p>
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	Happy selecting!</p>
