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County teen wins photo competitionHannah Forster loves to shoot her camera hut she never thought her interest in photography were earn her a trip to Edmonton to tour the Legislature.14-year-old Forster got her first camera when she was in Grade 6 and quickly developed photography as one of her favourite hobbies.Now in 9th Grade at Immanuel Christian High School, she said she is always shooting photos.“I take pictures of everything, pretty much.”She recently entered a contest organized by the Lethbridge Public Library entitled, “Caught Reading” and was more than a little surprised when she won in the 13 to 18 year old category.The competition received over 200 entries.Forster first learned of the competition from a poster but thought the deadline to enter had come and gone so she put her entry up on her Facebook account.A friend saw it there and encouraged her to enter the competition. Forster said she figured it was worth a try to send the photo in and is still surprised it won. For her efforts she received a gift basket full of books and the trip for two to Edmonton.Forster said she will probably take her sister Shelby along, as she was the model in the winning photograph, captured reading a book while sitting on a hay bale.She is looking forward to touring the Legislature because she is currently learning about government in school. Now that she has one contest win to her credit, she said she would be willing to enter more competitions.SUNNY SOUTH NEWS PHOTO BY HANNAH FORSTERCAUGHT READING: Hannah Forster's winning entry for a photo competition, recently put on by the Lethbridge Public Library, features her sister, Shelby reading while perched on a hay bale. The photo earned the County of Lethbridge teen a trip for two to Edmonton to tour the Legislature.SUNNY SOUTH NEWS PHOTO BY SCOTT FORSTERPHOTO WINNER: Lethbridge East A/1LA Bridget Pastoor and Lethbridge West MLA Greg Weadick both help Hannah Forster celebrate her first place win in the Lethbridge Public Library's Caught Reading photography competition. For her efforts the County of Lethbridge teen won a basket full of books and a trip for two to Edmonton.
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The Sunny South News
Coaldale, Alberta, CA
Tue, Nov 03, 2009
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