Kaysinger Conference names art winners

The winners from the Kaysinger Conference High School Art Contest held Oct. 21 at the Harry S. Truman Lake Visitors Center in Warsaw have been announced. Students from eight area schools competed in the annual event using a variety of media including graphite, watercolor, charcoal, ink, paint and colored pencil. La Monte High School student Star Cordell won best of show.

The winners are listed below by media:
Graphite
First place: Stevie Greer, Lincoln.
Second place: A.J. Campbell, Stover.
Third place: Logan Treece, Lincoln.
Fourth place: Ty Roberts, Cole Camp.
Honorable mention: Denis Kozlenko, Northwest; Diana Boyfo, Smithton; Kim Uye, Green Ridge; Lyndsay Crewse; Ryan Davis, Stover; and William Noble, Lincoln.

Charcoal
First place: Thatcher Weymeyer, Stover;
Second place: Nadia Kazakov, Green Ridge;
Third place: Yelena Oleferchuk, Green Ridge;
Fourth place: Morgan McCartney, Stover;
Honorable mention: Kaylei Gooch, Cole Camp; Victoria Figneroa, Cole Camp; Hannah Kreiesel, Smithton; Lilya Sidlinskaya, Northwest; Bradley Lincoln; and Dylan Reece, Northwest.

Ink
First place: Cole Baker, Cole Camp;
Second place: Liliya Timoshchuk, Green Ridge;
Third place: Jeremey Kroeger, Smithton;
Fourth place: Dina Sheremeta, Northwest;
Honorable mention: Travis Brenenstahl, Stover; Cameron Westermier, Smithton; and Ryan Watkinson, Stover.

Paint
First place: Chris Russell, Sacred Heart;
Second place: Ben Lee Edwards, Green Ridge;
Third place: Megan Young, Stover;
Fourth place: Emily Callahan, Cole Camp;
Honorable mention: Tracie Gale, Green Ridge; Gina Scholbohm, Smithton, Troy McClellen, Stover; and Austin Shull, La Monte.

Colored Pencil
First place: Taylor Marino, Smithton;
Second place: Kelsey Cole, Green Ridge;
Third place: Maria Lemus, La Monte;
Fourth place: David Garnik, Northwest;
Honorable mention: Peyton Peck, Smithton; Farren Bankovich, Sacred Heart; Mallorie McLaughlin, Sacred Heart.

Pastel
First place: Olga Silchuk, Smithton;
Second place: Emily Perkins, Cole Camp;
Third place: Morgan Parkhurst, Northwest;
Fourth place: Tina Craig, Lincoln;
Honorable mention: Svetlana Sidlinskaya, Northwest; Claudia Martinez, La Monte; Sam Stucker, Sacred Heart; and Cathy Carson, Cole Camp.

Mixed Media
First place: Holly Gressley, Smithton;
Second place: Shelby Blocher, Stover;
Third place: Kristen Marton, Green Ridge;
Fourth place: Lorin Blackburn, La Monte;
Honorable mention: Star Cordell, La Monte; Luke Rosendale, Sacred Heart; and James Lucchesi, Sacred Heart.