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SCC Photo Club Announces Winners
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Stan Lipski received a perfect score for Cruising Maine.
Winners have been announced in the January competition of the Sun City Center Photo Club. Judge John Livernois awarded a perfect score to Jackie Hanson for Just Too Cute and Stan Lipski received his perfect score for Cruising Maine. In the Color Print category, at the Master level, Jackie Hanson won a gold for Watch Out Below. At the Advanced level, Pat Jones received a gold for Lighthouse Lake Erie and silver awards
for Strong As An Ox and Ultimate Spider-Man. At Level 2, Bruno Graziano received a silver for Zion Lava. In the Unassigned level, Bobby Rennert won a gold for Fire and Rain and Celia Staples won silver for D’paso. In the Creative Arts Print category, at the Master level, Stan Lipski won a gold with a perfect score for Cruising Maine and also won silver for Hold On, I’m Taking A Picture. In the Monochrome Print category
Jackie Hanson received a perfect score for Just Too Cute.
at the Master level, Jackie Hanson won a gold with a perfect score for Just Too Cute and silver for Not On My Watch. In the Color Digital category, at the Master level, Rolf Sulzberger won a gold for Riding The Wind, Robert Winch for The Eye and Kathy Vitale for The Madrassa. At the Advanced level, Matt Batt won a gold for Water
Drop Red and Rose Stack won silver for Flying Wings, Milwaukee Art Museum. At Level 2, Carol Feldhauser won a gold for Mountain Bluebird and Allen Maser won a silver for Entrance To A Buddhist Temple. At Level 1, Madlyn Blom won a gold for Peaks of Color and Maryann Volk won silver for Too Close.
WaterDrop Red by Matt Batt
Sioux Dancing Moccasins by Wally Erickson
Don’t Get Scammed
By Kai Rambow “In the last five weeks, several residents were scammed over a million dollars total,” shared Community Resource Deputy Jeff Merry. Deputy Merry, who regularly delivers community awareness seminars here, notes despite efforts to inform, too many people still fall for scams. “The strangers who spend time on the phone with you are not your friends,” says Merry, “they want your money.” Matt Batt, computer monitor, repeated multiple times to a resident, “It’s a scam,” (computer one) before she finally asked, “Do you think it’s a scam?” Regardless of the medium – regular mail, phone call, email or text – there are three telltale signs it’s a scam: 1. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. If you get an unexpected check, notice that you’ve won a lottery or car – it’s a scam. If the IRS calls you stating you owe money – it’s a scam. 2. You’ll be asked to call about your check, lottery ticket or new car. “Congratulations!” you’ll be told. Now all you need to do is send money for taxes and administrative fees. If you’re asked to wire money or place on debit card – it’s a scam.
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Photo credit: Andy Ledoux Who is that on the other end of the phone? If they want money, or say you won some, chances are – it’s a scammer!
3. The moment you’ve paid any money you’ll be asked for more, and probably be asked to withdraw funds from different bank accounts on different days. This third tactic can cost thousands of dollars. “One resident recently talked every day for over an hour with her new friend,” shared Merry, “she was making $800 and $1,100 cash withdrawals at different banks four times a week. By the time we became involved, she had been scammed out of $250,000.”
See Scam on page 2. Mountain Bluebird by Carol Feldhauser
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