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Best of Show winner in the Art Division (amateur category) of the Oct. 19 PAL Art Show was Beth Manus of German Valley for her pastel rendering of "Winter Chores".

SAVANNA - Nearly 200 people attended the Palisades Art League's (PAL) Annual Fall Show and Sale Sunday, Oct. 19, at the West Carroll Primary School on Wacker Road in Savanna. Judges for the event were Cecil Johnson of Savanna for Photography and Mark Skidmore of Galena for the Art Division.

Kay Moore, PAL President, addressed the audience prior to handing out the awards. "Many of us often look at a piece of art and see it merely as a 'pretty picture'; we're seldom aware of the story behind it. This year's choices for Best of Show all tell a story. Not so much of the effort made to create them, but the idea the artist was trying to convey to the viewer." ?In Photography (advanced category), Bill Delp of Savanna won Best of Show for his presentation entitled "Brotherly Love".

Joyce Kuhle of East Dubuque won Best of Show in Art (advanced category) for her nostalgic oil rendering of "A Walk With Grandpa". Her prize money was graciously returned to the PAL for future use.

Amateur photographer Janice Myelle of Scales Mound won Best of Show for her entry titled "An Apple A Day".

A pastel work from Beth Manus of German Valley called "Winter Chores" won Best of Show for artwork in the amateur category.

The People's Choice prize went to Norah Kate Wood of Fulton whose watercolor "The Fiddler" won the popular vote.

The PAL Peer Award was given to member Lynn Leighton of Hanover for her oil painting "Woodland".

The winner of the Visitor's Door Prize is always chosen from those attending the event and was doubled this year. Elda Goodmiller's photo entitled Grandpa's Barn, chosen several weeks before the show, went to Joan Scott of Savanna. An additional framed photo called "Buckeye", donated by Roger Dorneden of Scales Mound from a shot he took while attending last year's PAL show, was awarded to Jeanne Bess of Savanna.

The traditional award of a home-made pie purchased from Heartland Pet Welfare was gifted to Janet Judas of Mt. Carroll.

A painting apron, donated by N.J. Lynn of Savanna, a member of the National Transparent Watercolor Society, was given to Lois Lamz of Mt. Carroll.

- Mary Falls, Thomson, IL