Contact: Jim Brewer, 916-617-2288
Louisa R. Vessell, 916-451-2113

Everyone will have an opportunity to view the City of West Sacramento's tenth annual photo winners from the 15 DAYS in MAY contest when the winning photographs are displayed at the West Sacramento Historical Society Museum and Visitors Bureau beginning Saturday, July 12. The museum in partnership with the West Sacramento Art Guild coordinated with the City of West Sacramento to display the works. The contest invited amateur photographers to take photographs of West Sacramento between May 1 and 15 and then submit them for various categories in the contest. The categories were Residents Under 18, Residents 18-55, Residents Over 55, Working in West Sacramento, Nonresidents, and Image of Health. There were 682 entries but only 18 winning photographs received monetary awards plus three honorable mention winners received three month memberships to "15th Street Fitness. The 15 DAYS in MAY exhibition is sponsored by the City of West Sacramento in association with The News-Ledger, The West Sacramento Press, Carwen Printers, and the 15th Street Fitness. The exhibit will close on Friday, August 8, 2008.

As part of this display, the West Sacramento Art Guild in partnership with the West Sacramento Historical Society Museum and Visitors Center will host a Second Saturday event and reception for this exhibit at the museum on Saturday, July 12, 2008, from 4:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. Refreshments and music will be provided and the event is free.

The museum is located at 324 Third Street in the Broderick district of West Sacramento and the museum is free. For further information call Jim Brewer at 916-374-1849 or Louisa R. Vessell at 916-451-2113. The website for the West Sacramento Historical Society is www.westsachistoricalsociety.org. The regular business hours for the museum are Thursday through Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. or one can make an appointment by calling 916-374-1849. The West Sacramento Historical Society and Museum and Visitors Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, protecting and promoting the history of West Sacramento and East Yolo County.