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Picture of the Week: Oct. 31, 2017

Congratulations to the winners of this week’s Picture of the Week! Noah Winslow won 1st place, Brittainy Newman won 2nd place, Traci Westcott won 3rd place and Jediah Plumley and Molly Richardson both won Honorable Mention! Congratulations to all!

First Place: Noah Winslow

Members of the Brockport Highschool Cross Country team pose for portraits just after finishing the Monroe County Championship Boys Varsity Race in Parma Park in Hilton, NY on Oct. 28th, 2017. The Brockport Blue Devils placed 7th as a team.

Second Place: Brittainy Newman

“I can cry in front of them, I can tell them my secrets. I buy them things and they calm me down. I just feel comfortable around them,” says twenty-six year old Lisa Schalm as she poses for a portrait inside of her bedroom in Brockport, N.Y., on Oct. 14, 2017. Lisa suffers from depression, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder and said that these reborn dolls are the only solution to help calm her symptoms. A reborn doll is a manufactured skin doll that has been transformed by an artist to resemble a human infant with as much realism as possible.

Third Place: Traci Westcott

4-year-old Austin Bainbridge boxes with his window reflection while his 2nd cousin, Megan Werner and her boyfriend, Jacob Chesnes (cq) watch-on at Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, NY, on October 14th 2017. Bainbridge had fun during the day’s homecoming events, but the family took a break to relax together in the parking lot.

Honorable Mention: Jediah Plumley

NYNY Dueling Pianos’ Steve (last name withheld) left, and Eddie (last name withheld) perform at Rochester Institute of Technology, Henrietta N.Y. on Sept. 13, 2017. The performers asked the audience to turn on their flashlight for the last song of their set. Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend is an annual event held at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Honorable Mention: Molly Richardson

Maxwell Harvey-Sampson works at the Bachelor Forum as a bar hand and is moving towards being a freelance photographer after graduating with a degree in fine art photography.