Saturday, January 189 2013 • Vol. 13--No. 184 • 11 of 42 • Other Editions
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move to a rural area. • One of the focus groups was only shown pictures of small town life. A picture of the CM &A Church on Main Street was shown as part of this project. The picture showed the church on a beautiful day in December. One group in Chicago thought it was a "beautiful church, too bad it is abandoned!" The photo illustrated the church as most of us see it every day when we drive by, a
Images' by Camille, and Camille Eikamp, received a First Dollar Award. (Photo #1952 by Char Telkamp)
building but no people entering or leaving, unless it happens to be a Sunday. • "When you use pictures to show off your community," Cantrell said. "You need to think about the image you are portraying. A picture of the park with no people means the park isn't used, a park full of people means it's crowed.
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Dr. David Olson, Community Development Program Director with SDSU Extension Service, spoke on the resent four year study, in which Groton was a part of, on how small towns market themselves. (Photo #1962 by Char Telkamp)
