Riley Larcom, Pandora-Gilboa HS graduate, is among 199 recent high school graduates to receive a scholarship ranging from $500 to $1,000 from the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
Scholar-athlete recipients are selected based on a point system, which rewards students for grade point averages; class rank; ACT or SAT scores; varsity letters earned; and individual and team athletic honors.
The recipients were selected by special committees within each of the OHSAA’s six athletic districts.
Pitty goes out to Daniel Tinch and Jesse Blackburn. They had to judge 26 pies in Relay for Hope pie contest. The event concluded with a pie auction that generated $1,438 – at nearly $40 per pie– to the American Cancer Society.
• First place - April Dorman of Bluffton, rhubarb meringue
• Second place - Kathy Smith of Arlington, peach-mango
• Third place - Mikayla Norway of Arlington, mixed berry
Dave Warren was the auctioneer. Prizes were donated by Findlay's Whirlpool, Thrivent Financial and the Trenton Avenue Wal-Mart.
Bluffton High School grads Jackson Steinmetz and Tanner Pinks were first and second in the Shirley’s Popcorn and Friends of the Bluffton Public Library run/walk for literacy held on June 22.
The first female runner to finish was Michelle Stein of Lima, who was fifth overall. Her time was 22:09.7
Steinmetz won the 5K in a 17:25.5 with Pinks coming in second at 17:48.3. Eighty-three runners competed.
The complete list of finishers is attached at the bottom of this story.
More than 325 volunteers contributed over 8,600 hours in 2018 to Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio, Betty Shelly is one of those volunteers. This feature is from the spring MHCO newsletter. A copy of the newsletter is attached at the bottom of this story.
From Africa, to Belgium, to Kentucky, Elizabeth “Betty” Ruth Bauman Shelly has carried the spirit of service and volunteerism with her.
A volunteer at Mennonite Memorial Home since 1999, Betty cares for more than 60 plants; watering, pruning and even talking them into remaining healthy.
World War II Marine veteran Louis Risser accepted a pin with tears in his eyes earlier this spring surrounded by friends and American Legion members recognizing him for his 70 years of service in American Legion Harter Williams Post 536 in Gilboa.
Risser, 91, received a pin from Post 536 Post Commander Roy Sutter, Sergeant at Arms Lennis Core and Post 536 member Paul Burkholder at Hilty Home in Pandora, where Risser has been a resident since October 2018.
He graduated from Pandora High School in 1945 and joined the Marines at age 18.
