School collects tabs for kids (9/28/04)

The Ronald McDonald House of Indiana is getting help from East Elementary School in Portland to meet its goal of collecting one billion pop tabs.

East Elementary is enrolled in the special “Collect-A-Million Club” school project. They receive an educational activities packet which includes useful materials for teachers to use in conjuntion with the pop tab recycling project. After reaching their goal, they will receive special recognition as an official member of the Ronald McDonald House “Collect-A-Million Club.”

The pop tab recycling project began in 1994 and in its first five years, raised $100,000 by collecting 200 million pop tabs. The money helps support Indiana’s only “home away from home” for families of children undergoing serious medical treatment at Indianapolis area hospitals.

COMMENDED

Mitchell A. Thomas, a senior at Jay County High School, was presented a letter of commendation from high school principal, Wood J. Barwick. The letter was from the school and the 2005 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Commended students place among the top five percent of more than a million students who entered the competition by taking the 2003 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

DEAN’S LIST

The following students made the dean’s list for the summer semester at Ball State University in Muncie.

Carrie Fifer, Matthew Knoth and Michelle Newton, all of Bryant. From Dunkirk are Kelli Burt, Erin Johnson-Mehl, Ambrosia Revolt, Hillary Warner and Abigail Whetsel. Brooke Aker, Anita Clott, Breanne Gillespie, Sara Jonas, Angela Miller, Meggan Ruchgy, Nathaniel Wade and Jennifer Wolsfelt, all of Portland. Also Autumn Harris from Ridgeville.

The following students graduated from Ball State University during the summer semester.

Christopher Dennis, Dunkirk, and Ryan Shreeve, Salamonia, both earned a bachelor of general studies degree. Earning a bachelor of science degree was Jennifer Fisher, Joshua Ford, Abigail Whetsel and Jessica Whitesell, all of Dunkirk, and Melinda Hopkins and Todd Muhlenkamp, both of Portland. Also Meggan Ruchby, Portland, earned a bachelor of social work.



GOURD FEST

Gourd Patch 6 of The Indiana Gourd Society, Inc., will host the Bluffton Fall Gourd Festival on Saturday, Oct. 2, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the 4-H Park, 1240 South 4-H Road in Bluffton.

There will be gourd art, free crafting demonstrations and panel discussions on crafting and growing.

Admission is free. For more information, call Steve Stairs at (765) 981-2817.

ART EXHIBIT

The Montpelier Friends of the Library is sponsoring an Art Exhibit with local Brass Latch artist, Paula Carfield. The exhibit will begin Monday, Oct. 4, with appetizers from 5 to 7 p.m., and run through Saturday, Nov. 27.

ENGINE SHOW

The Mid-America Windmill Museum in Kendallville will have its Fall Fling Antique Gas Engine Show and Swap Meet from Friday, Oct. 1 through Sunday, Oct. 3, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The show will be held on the museum grounds at 732 South Allen Chapel Road (1000 East) on the east side of Kendallville.

Windmill dealers and gas engine collectors from all over the country will be setting up displays and exhibits for buying, selling, and swapping parts. Admission is $3, which includes entrance to the windmill museum. For more information, call (260) 347-2334.[[In-content Ad]]