By Cassidy Deckling, Reporter
The Blanchard Pleasant Buckeyes 4-H club met on March 23 in the Hardin Northern Ag building.
The meeting was presided by Holly Wilson and roll call was favorite candy bar. Forty-two members, seven advisors, and thirteen guests were present. The meeting started with recreation at seven, where the members participated in indoor relays.
The 4-H pledge and Pledge of Allegiance were led by Brenna Flowers and Carl Woodruff. Project books were passed out and dues were paid. Alyssa Heldman educated members on how to be safe when mowing lawns this summer.
Russ Gibson (left) and Greg Dysert serve up chicken to Sheriff Keith Everhart at a grill stand in front of Four Seasons on SApril 18. They will sell about 100 chicken and rib dinners during the lunch hour. (Monty Siekerman)
This is the kind of club lots of viewers would like to join. It appears as if members have lots of fun.
The Ohio Northern Univeristy Indian Student Assocation held a springtime "Holi Festival," over the weekend. It's a Festival of Colors. Following a brief presentation about the festival, and some snacks a "color fight" took place.
Holi is a Hindu festival that signifies the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, and the end of winter. During the festival, participants play, chase, and color each other with dry powder.
Amanda Liebrecht, a second-year pharmacy student from McComb, has been awarded a Newman Civic Fellows Award, sponsored by the KPMG Foundation, for her efforts in establishing a Sunday school program in Ada for the Catholic parish.
Liebrecht, along with several classmates, organized a Sunday school in which young children are supervised during the Sunday morning Mass service and a child-friendly lesson is provided for the children. The ONU students take turns preparing lessons for the children, which include Bible stories, a craft/project, some games, and a snack.
ONU's annual Chopsticks Night featured great food, entertainment and plasticware for those not accustomed to chopsticks.
Sponsored by the Asian American Student Union, the event drew a large crowd of hungry folks who, by and large, managed quite well with the wooden chopsticks.
We asked, "Why did you come to Chopstick Night," and got these replies:
• I love Asian food.
• My family uses chopsticks.
• I learned from an exchange student from South Korea my family hosted several years ago.
• Food tastes better using wood utensils instead of plastic or metal.
Shelby Vanatta won Best of Show at the 27th annual Kewpee High School Art Invitational. Five other Ada school students took home awards from the show which was held at ArtSpace/Lima. Shelby’s sculpture is titled Traveling Toddlers. She is a junior and the daughter of Mitchell Vanatta and Darla Crownhart.
PHOTOS OF ALL ARTISTS WITH THEIR WORK ARE IN THE ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.
Her sculpture was judged the best of 104 pieces entered by students from 21 high schools. The exhibition included works in various categories, including sculpture, photography, painting, digital media, printmaking, mixed media, sculpture, jewelry, and drawing.
