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.

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.

This week, The Icon talked with four third graders, Presley Nelson (student in Mrs. Bogart’s class), Olivia McCamery (Armstrong), Skyler Scoles (Raeburn), and Makala Nye (Kingsley).

What’s your favorite third grade subject?
Presley:
Math. I like the math facts.
Olivia: Reading. I read three or four books a week.
Skyler: Reading. Books are interesting.
Makala: Science and social studies.

Where were you born and raised? Share some information about your family -- parents, siblings, etc. Where do they all live?

By Maia Woods-Yee, BHS student

This is a story in the continuing series of stories written by BHS art students. The stories involve a story with photos.

Students at Bluffton High School  recently painted rain barrels for a decorating contest being sponsored by the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership.

The students will be painting the barrel,s which will be set up so people can sit around them, but they will also be judged. The barrels are going to be shown at Findlay Village Mall from Wednesday, May 1, through Saturday, May 4.

This week The Icon talked with third graders, Neo Walther (Mrs. Kingsley’s class), Justin Bishop (Raeburn), Brooklyn Smallwood (Bogart) and Kaden Basil (Armstrong).

Is fourth grade going to be more difficult than third grade?
Brooklyn:
It’s going to be harder.
Neo: Harder tests and harder homework. We’ll have three papers to do.
Justin:  We’ll switch classes.
Kaden: It’s a pain to switch that quick. (Switch classes)

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