Volume 13, Number 10
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
MSP robotics team heads to world championship By Ken Liebeskind
in the VEX Robotics World Championship April 15 to 18 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. The local students, members of the Middle School of Plainville seventh grade students who participated MSP Minionizers, will be competing in the VEX IQ robotics program, re- against more than 500 top teams from ceived an Excellence Award for their VEX IQ program and will participate See Robotics / Page 2 The Plainville Citizen
Middle School of Plainville students Ella Schwartz, Allie Chambrello, Ellie Keegan and Alicia Quirion have earned a spot in the VEX Robotics World Championship.
O’Mazing Race returns March 14
ENDING ON A HIGH NOTE
By Erin K. Butler Special to The Citizen
The participants in the Wheeler Regional Family YMCA’s 6th Annual O’Mazing Race are hoping to have the luck of the Irish on their side Saturday, March 14 as they compete in the twohour St. Patrick’s Day-themed scavenger hunt. “It’s a chance to let the adults act like kids for a good cause,” said April Rodrigues, Wellness Director for the Wheeler Y. Teams of four will walk, run and drive to complete tasks and gather items around town while collecting points for everything they accom-
The O’Mazing Race: “It’s a chance to let the adults act like kids for a good cause,” said April Rodrigues, Wellness Director for the Wheeler Regional Family See Race / Page 2 YMCA.
Plainville High School’s Isabella Donahue, left, and Courtney Goodall soar at the CIAC state cheerleading championships, held Saturday at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven. PHS earned a 10th place finish in the Class M division. | Matt Leidemer / For The Citizen
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