(CSi)  An acrylic painting of the Northern Shoveler by Megan Tichy, Tower City, won the 2017 Best of Show winner in the North Dakota Junior Duck Stamp Contest, sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Area winners include:

First, second and third place winners in each of the four age groups:

First place, group 3, grades 7-9: Sydney Nelson, Valley City, and Daniel Schumacher, Linton

First place, group 4, grades 10-12: Tichy, Tower City, and D.J. Elstrom, runner up, Best of Show, and Devin Anderson, both Valley City

Second place, group 3, grades 7-9: Megan Beyer, Litchville, and Catherine Meester, Valley City

Second place, group 4, grades 10-12: Rachel Borg, Chase Sundlie and Nita Warcken-Petersen, all Valley City

Third place, group 4, grades 10-12: Hannah Dockter and Taylen Jorissen, both Valley City

Honorable mention winners in each of the four age groups:

Group 1, K-grade 3: Noah Allen, Cody Busch, Anna Lee Dewald and Kaden Fabian, all Jamestown

Group 2, grades 4-6: Morgan Sherman, Carrington

Group 3, grades 7-9: Alliya Anderson, Elizabeth Gazeley and Alexis Smith, all Valley City

Group 4, grades 10-12: Hanna Aberle, Lance Apalacio, Katie Clark, Bianca Depra, Haley Jensen, Angela Larson, Makenna Knight, Tanaya Leifson, Brenna McDonald, Marlen Meester,

Allison Nelson, Isaak Skramstad, Jasmine Smith, Noelle Thompson and Tanner Thompson, all Valley City

Ashton Schonert, Litchville