AHMA Poster Contest Nets Two Winners

The Affordable Housing Management Association (AHMA) publishes a calendar every year that is illustrated by talented young artists. The artwork – with an anti-drug theme – gives creative youngsters all across the nation a chance to show off their skills and perhaps win a scholarship at the same time.

The 2004 calendar features the artwork of two residents from an EBMC-managed property.

Bozica Music, Resident Manager of the Santa Clara Terrace Apartments, has for several years been a big supporter of the AHMA poster contest. In past years, she was able to encourage more participants from her site to take part in the contest than any other location. Last year, she noted, there were 24 youngsters who prepared posters for the competition. The effort paid off, as there has been one winner from Santa Clara Terrace every year for the past four years. This year, however, only three youngsters created submissions, and yet two of them became national winners.

For one of the winners – 18-year-old Liliya Timonichev – it was a repeat performance, as she also won the contest in 2001. The other winner is Megana Bahtt, 13. The children receive cash scholarships for their efforts, Music noted.

In Southern California, participation was terrific. At Coachella Valley Apartments, 46 youngsters submitted entries, while there were 14 entries submitted from both Voorhis Village Apartments and Town and Country, according to Bill Baker, Vice President of the Santa Ana Area office.