This ad ran in the summer of 1998 to congratulate LaVern Miller of Goshen, Indiana for winning the WASCO Most Artistic Entry Award at the 1998 IGT. The text from this ad is reprinted below:

Polytranspar Does it Again!
Congratulations to LaVern Miller of Goshen, Indiana

The WASCO Award
For the Most Artistic Entry at the 1998 IGT

On June 12th, 1998, LaVern Miller of Goshen, Indiana won two top awards at the 1998 International Taxidermy Championships held in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. The judges chose this beautiful pair of pumpkinseeds as the recipient of the WASCO Award for the most artistic entry in the entire competition. LaVern also won the Polytranspar Award for the highest scoring fish painted with Polytranspar Airbrush Paints. We congratulate LaVern on this outstanding accomplishment.

Entries finished with Polytranspar Airbrush Paints have won more major taxidemy and fish carving awards than all other paint brands combined! For the past sixteen years, Polytranspar is the choice of champions!

Pumpkinseed skin mounts by LaVern Miller of Goshen, Indiana.

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