Read Us Online FREE at Take Me IslandSunNews.com Home VOL. 9, NO. 27 From the Beaches to the River District downtown Fort Myers JULY 9, 2010 ‘Ding’ Darling Days Photo Contest Starts Clicking July 15 uly 15 marks the opening of the Jannual “Ding” Darling Days Amateur Nature Photography Contest. The contest, spon- sored by the “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society- Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) and held in conjunction with “Ding” Darling Days, October 17 to 23, honors the birthday of Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling, one of the foremost conser- vationists in American history and driving force behind the JN “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). Deadline for sub- mission is 4 p.m. on September 15. For an entry form and other contest information, log on to www.dingdarling- society.org and click on “Photo Contest.” Or contact DDWS at ding-
[email protected] Joe Mikus of Winchester, Virginia, took first place in last or 472-1100, ext. 233. year’s “Ding” Darling Days Amateur Nature Photography Winners will be Contest with his Roseate Spoonbill announced and awarded prizes at Conservation Art Day on Saturday, October 23, part of “Ding” Darling Days. Entries may be delivered in person to JN “Ding” Darling NWR or by mail to “Ding” Photographers get out the zoom lenses at Main and Hendry for last year’s Purple Martin Darling Wildlife Society, One Wildlife Drive, Sanibel, FL 33957. Festival Only amateur photographers are eligible to enter. “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society is a non-profit friends organization that supports environmental education and services for JN “Ding” Darling NWR.