Lucerne Elementary teacher Tammy Saldana and her student, Hanna Jensen, who was selected as the winner of the inaugural Christmas tree decorating contest at the Harbor Village Artists complex on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Photo courtesy of Linda Kelly.

LUCERNE – The Harbor Village Artists complex in Lucerne held its inaugural Christmas tree decorating contest for the Lucerne and Upper Lake students in kindergarten through third grade on Dec. 5.

Judge for the contest included Harbor Village representative Lynn Hughes, District 3 Supervisor Denise Rushing and County Administrative Officer Kelly Cox, who had the difficult job of choosing a winner.

As stated by the judges, “All are winners,” but they felt that Hanna Jensen embraced the use of recycled materials.

Hanna’s winnings included a basket of art supplies and a monetary reward and her class and teacher, Tammy Saldana, received $25 to purchase art supplies.

Harbor Village would like to thank the students of Ms. Seymour, Ms. Saldana and Ms. Ewing from Lucerne Elementary and Ms. Callen and Ms. Villanueva from Upper Lake Elementary.

Hanna Jensen's winning ornament was a snowman she created from recycled materials. Photo courtesy of Linda Kelly.

From left, contest judges included Harbor Village representative Lynn Hughes, District 3 Supervisor Denise Rushing and County Administrative Officer Kelly Cox. Photo courtesy of Linda Kelly.