Winners of the art contest celebrating the 30th annual Mule Jump open to students and adult artists were named recently. The contest, sponsored by the Pea Ridge Optimist Club, offered ribbons for first, second and third place and each division will be awarded a "Best in Show" ribbon and $25 prize money.
Selected artwork will be displayed at the Optimist Club booth at the Pea Ridge Mule Jump Oct. 13.
Ribbons awarded to first three places for each grade (however some grades did not participate or had limited entries). Each Division had a Best in Show with a $25 prize.
Winners:
Division One
Primary School, kindergarten through second grades
• Best In Show -- Emily Hardy
• First -- Emily Hardy
Division Two
Intermediate School, third through fifth grades
• Best in Show -- Zoey Whiteside
Third grade
• First-- Zoey Whiteside
• Second -- Evan Tillman
• Third -- Caitlyn Hume
Fourth Grade
• First -- Zoey Ann Timmons
• Second -- Haley Clark
• Third -- Sophia LaPlant
Fifth Grade
• First -- Zaylee Warden
• Second -- Makenna Keene
• Third -- Kaine Cray
Division Three
Middle School, sixth through eighth grades
• Best in Show -- Julia McCann
6th Grade
• First -- Brylee Hardy
• Second -- Rebecca Hatcher
7th Grade
• First -- Julia McCann
• Second -- Abbie Hunt
• Third -- Adin Richter
Division Four
High School, ninth through 12th grades
• Best in Show -- Kailey King
Ninth grade
• First -- Landon Weston
10th grade
• First -- Kailey King
• Second -- Terziha Coffelt
• Third -- Heather Cato
11th grade
• First -- Samuel Patterson
• Second -- Kendall Burnell
12th grade
• First -- Stephanie Fowler
Division Five
Adults
• Best in show -- John McGee
• First -- Jim Beguin
• Second -- Ken Yarbrough
• Third -- Ken Yarbrough
Community on 10/10/2018