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The Nebraska Press Association released the results of the 2019 annual Better Newspaper contest on June 30.  The Washington County Enterprise, Pilot-Tribune and Arlington Citizen earned 24 first-place awards. The Citizen and Pilot-Tribune were both awarded First Place General Excellence in their circulation divisions.

Personally, I was pleased to earn the First Place Class D Breaking News photo award for “Semi swept into floodwaters” photo,  First and second place photo page awards for Fort Atkinson living history days and Tower of the Four Winds, and first place feature series award for my North-West Adventure travel column series.

Congratulations to all Enterprise Media editorial staff, artists, and design team members for their outstanding work.

Fort Atkinson Living history reenactors Doug Kuony and Dave Blakeslee perform tunes appropriate to the 1820 time period.

Fort Atkinson Living History Day

Pam Veach-Davis finger weaves a tumpline- Fort Atkinson Living History Days.

Rifle regiment conducts manual of arms drill on the parade ground at Fort Atkinson Living History Days.

Mayda Jensen applies sealer to mural surface. – From Tower of Four Winds page.

Tower of 4 Winds detail image.

A Rainbow appears through the trees along Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park.

Northwest Adventure travel series. Bear Grass in bloom along Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park.

Fisherman in surf at Olympic National Forest.

First Place Breaking news- “Semi swept into flood waters.