By Cassidy Deckling
On May 6th, the Blanchard Pleasant Buckeyes held their 4th meeting. The meeting started at 7pm with a softball game as recreation. Molly Wilson presided over the meeting and choose members to lead the pledges. Brenna Flowers lead the 4-H pledge, while Lexi Thompson led the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Apollo Career Center Culinary Arts students performed top notch in the recent state FCCLA competitions. These students will be attending the National FCCLA skills competition held in July in Nashville, Tennessee.
They each received a $6,000 scholarship for each gold rating. Eric Teidosio, Shawnee, Dining Room Attendant; Lauren Harvey, Elida, Food Innovations; Sarah Bogart, Columbus Grove, Tori Hunt, Shawnee, and Kristen Kryzkowski, Bath, Chapter Showcase Team; Eric Teodosio, Shawnee, Eric Otto, Columbus Grove, and Amanda Shafer - Columbus Grove, Entrepreneurship Team.
President Myrna McCurdy called the weekly meeting of the Ada Kiwanis Club on order at noon on Tuesday April 30 at McIntosh Center, ONU.
The invocation was offered by Jon Umphress.
Elizabeth McKinney, Circle K, was welcomed as a guest.
The birthday of member Al Baillis (May 11) was noted.
The membership anniversary of Jon Umphress (May 6, 1997) was also noted.
The wedding 36th anniversary of Jeff and Schulman on May 7 was noted.
It was reported that member Charles Van Dyne has been named the Ohio Elk’s Man of the Year.
It’s difficult to know which the residents and contestants at Richland Manor’s pie baking contest enjoyed more – making their pies, or tasting them, as bakers and tasters alike lined up to sample the entries at the campus’ Pie Baking Contest recently.
Prior to the contest, Richland Manor residents Ruth Wildermuth and Michele Cardone made a homemade crust for the Caramel Chocolate Apple Crunch Pie they were entering in the contest on behalf of the residents Cooking Club.
“I’m so excited to enter our pie in the contest,” Ruth said. “I’m especially looking forward to tasting the other entries.”
The Ada Kiwanis Club sponsored two Ada students, Shelby Hazelton and Mackenzie Wills, to the Ohio Kiwanis Key Leader program recently. The event was held at Recreations Unlimited in Ashley, Ohio.
Key Leader is a weekend experiential leadership program for today's young leaders. This life-changing event focuses on service leadership as the first, most meaningful leadership-development experience.
A Key Leader will learn the most important lesson of leadership—it comes from helping others succeed.
