by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
Ten stunning photographs taken in Sartell are now vying for first place in the “Love Sartell Photo Contest.” The winner will be announced Saturday, June 10 during Sartell SummerFest 2017.
The grand-prize winner will receive a prize package.
Ten finalists among the photographs were recently chosen by city staff. The final winner will be based on a voting poll that residents can take on line, choosing their favorite photo of the 10. Only one vote per person is allowed. The photo poll opened May 16 and will close May 30.
To see the photos (at this point with no photographers’ names on them), visit the following site:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/sartellphotocontest
The subjects of the photos include a sunset over an outdoor hockey rink with Christmas tree; a striped jack-in-the-pulpit flower in the woods; the green wood and rippling brook of Watab Park; a colorful morning sunrise; a father and child fishing from a dock; ducks on a pond at sunset; a hawk perched in a tree; sunset over the Mississippi River; a silhouette of a boy and girl playing on a whirl-around in a park; a warm winter morning with fog.
The names of the photographers will be revealed when the grand-prize winner is announced June 10.

This photo, entitled “Backyard Fishing Hole,” is one of 10 photos vying for the grand prize in the “Love Sartell Photo Contest.”