To Summerlin with love: Summerlin valentines

Winners of the 12th annual "Why I Love Summerlin" Valentine art contest have been announced, and their works are on display in the community's home finding center.

The six winning drawings, selected from scores of entries, will be exhibited through the end of February.

Drawings of parks, trails, sports facilities and Red Rock Canyon dominated the competition, according to Tom Warden, vice president of community and government relations for The Howard Hughes Corp., developer of the master-planned community.

"Adults love the community for the very same reasons. Summerlin appeals to all generations," Warden said. "The only hard part about the annual competition is selecting the winners. Summerlin is a family-oriented place, and we greatly value what every child has to say about their community."

Hughes Corp.'s marketing and community relations departments judged the entries. Each winner received a $50 gift certificate to an electronics store.

The winners were:

Spenser McDonald, 7, a pupil at Richard Bryan Elementary. Spenser drew a house surrounded by trees and flowers. Two children, one on a bike and the other on a scooter, were included.

Brittany Korcal, 12, a pupil at Becker Middle School. Brittany's drawing showed two ballerinas enjoying an afternoon in front of the Nevada Ballet Theatre.

Shamzi Alkaff, 3, a pupil at Temple Beth Am's preschool. Shamzi drew a smiling sun and wrote, "I love Summerlin because I like my school."

Michael Miller, 15, a student at Palo Verde High School. Michael depicted his remote-controlled racing car on a green hillside against a rocky mountain edge.

Abigail Tighe, 8, a pupil at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, drew a scene at Red Rock Canyon, including mountain ridges, plants and wildlife. "I love Summerlin because it's near Red Rock and the beautiful mountains," she wrote.

Rachel Zarebi, 17, a student at Palo Verde High School. Rachel's drawing showed a road leading up a steep mountain. At the mountain's base is a park bench under a tree.

Summerlin has ranked as the nation's best-selling master-planned community for nine of the past 10 years. It is home to eight golf courses, more than 100 neighborhood and village parks, more than 105 completed miles of trails, 18 schools, houses of worship, shopping centers, medical facilities, cultural facilities, as well as business parks.

Single-family homes, townhomes and condominiums are priced from the mid-$100,000s to more than $700,000. About 165 model homes are open.

Custom-home sites measuring from one-half acre to three-quarters of an acre are priced from the $400,000s to more than $1 million, and predesigned custom homes are priced from $500,000 to more than $1 million.

Apartment homes feature monthly rents starting from the high $700s.

To visit the home finding center, travel west on Sahara Avenue past Hualapai Way to Town Center Drive and turn north. Or, take Interstate 215 to Sahara and head east to Town Center. Office hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

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