The Free Press Standard February 7, 2019

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Thursday, February 7, 2019

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Celebrating 100 Years

Hemming to celebrate milestone with open house By KIMBERLY LEWIS FPS Editor

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Carrollton schools spelling bee runner-up Ivy Slutz (from left), a sixth grader, and winner Landon Brown, a fifth grader, hold their plaques and are congratulated by Carrollton Schools Supt. Dr. David Quattrochi. Brown will represent Carrollton schools in the regional spelling bee March 2.

Brown has the ‘fuel’ to win Carrollton’s district spelling bee A fifth-grade student at Carrollton’s Bell-Herron Middle School won the Carrollton schools spelling bee after going 17 rounds with his competitor. Landon Brown was declared the winner of the local annual spelling bee held Tuesday evening, Jan. 29, after correctly spelling the word “fuel” when the runner-up, Ivy Slutz, a sixth grader, missed “drawl” by leaving off the letter “l”. Brown’s win makes him eligible to compete in the 73rd regional final spelling bee sponsored by The Repository March 2 at Canton’s GlenOak High School theater. Brown is a son of Sara Brown of Carrollton and Ivy is a daughter of Chelsa Slutz, all of Carrollton. A total of 36 contestants from grades fifth through eighth competed in the event. Rose Seck, president of the Carrollton Board of Education, served as

the pronouncer and judges were Carrollton Schools Supt. Dr. David Quattrochi, Bell-Herron Middle School Principal Matthew Nicholas and Carrollton Elementary Principal Timothy Albrecht. The bee went for 27 rounds with the final two contestants going 17 of those rounds, accord to Craig Rodgers, Bell-Herron Middle School dean of students who was in charge of the bee. Plaque awards were presented to both the winner and runner-up by Dr. Quattrochi. The awards were made by Everlasting Trophies (Jacob Wood) and paid for by the Bell-Herron Middle School Student Council. Following are the 48 contestants who were eligible to participate in the local spelling bee: Fifth Grade – Hunter Allison, Isaac Husted, Branden Marshall, Ali Reyn-

olds, Jamee Keyser, Kearsten Ball, John Church, Montana Cox, Duval Citro, Emma Brown, Landon Brown and Violet Burkholder. Sixth Grade – Tyler Reese, Lewis Kaser, Devin Segeuk, Ben Stoneman, Bradley Dorsey, Josh McDonald, Kearah Geiser, Garrett Broadwater, Cadie Gbur, Sofia Fernwalt, Coral Citro and Ivy Slutz. Seventh Grade – Dustin Ulman, Oaura Maple, John Winemiller, Eli Folk, Nick Sutton, Emma Kiko, Jozelynn Nitz, Abryanna Natcher, Darion Cornell, Mackenzie Ash, Ocyne Maple and Micha Deal. Eighth Grade – Xander Nitz, Mackenzie Williams, Ben Steiner, Tanner Levengood, John Pesta, Carson Varney, Mekala Dorsey, Cadyn Smith, Chase Garland, Emily Reed, Brianna Ohler and Jacob Sergeuk.

Lois Hemming of Carrollton is celebrating a major milestone Wednesday, Feb. 13. She will turn 100 years old. To celebrate her family is hosting an open house for the centenarian on Saturday, Feb. 16, 1-4 p.m., at the Friendship Center, 100 Kensington Road, NE, Carrollton. “My son asked me if I was praying for good weather. He thinks God will cooperate because I’ve lived to be 100,” she laughed. Lois requests no gifts, just the presence of her friends and family. Birthday cards are welcome. Born in Union Township in Muskingum County, Lois grew up on a farm with her parents, George and Margaret Hardesty and her two brothers. She became a teacher and spent one year teaching four combined grades in Norwich, Ohio. She then moved to

LOIS HEMMING

Carrollton where she would spend 31

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Tickets on sale for Scout ham dinner

Carrollton Boy Scout Troop 141 are preparing for its annual Presidents’ Day ham dinner on Monday, Feb. 18, 4:30-7 p.m., in the Carrollton High School cafeteria. Members of the Troop (seen above) are already selling tickets for the Scouts’ fundraiser, which is used to fund scouts attendance to camp. The dinner is all-you-can-eat and served family style. Carry-out is available. Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for children ages 4-10 years. Tickets may be purchased from any Scout, at Betty Kaye Bakery or at the door. The menu includes ham, potatoes, green beans, applesauce, bread and dessert.

KeyBank to close Area customers learned this week that the KeyBank branch, locsated at 1029 Canton Road, Carrollton, will be closing May 3. According to a letter sent to customers from Area Retail Leader Katherine Fausnight, the Carrollton branch will consolidate into the Canton South branch and existing accounts will relocate to the new location, 3001 Cleveland Ave. S.W., Canton.

The Carrollton branch will close at 3 p.m. May 3. Customers’ accounts will automatically transfer to the Canton South branch. It was noted that customers may also bank at the Louisville branch, 214 S. Chapel St., or Canton Downtown branch, 100 Central Plaza North. Online banking will still be available at Key.com, on its mobile app, ATMs and by calling 1-800-KEY2YOU.

Six CHS students qualify for state in speech and debate Six Carrollton High School speech students have qualified for the Ohio High School Speech and Debate Association’s state finals to be held March 1-2 at Jackson High School. The six qualifiers are (front) junior Grace Barnhart, daughter of Vonda Barnhart; (middle, from left) sophomores Trevor Zinda, son of Aaron Zinda and Jodi Zinda, and Devin Tipton, son of Jeff and Darla Tipton; and (back) seniors Samantha Soisson, daughter of Ronald Rash and Laura Rash and Victoria Soisson; Jared DeGarmo, son of Becky

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Everhart and Jake DeGarmo, and Brooke Geis, daughter of CJ Geis and Jason Geis. Samantha Soisson and Jared DeGarmo will compete in Duo Interpretation in a performance based on the Disney film, “Finding Nemo.” Carrollton High School’s Congressional Debate representatives are Grace Barnhart, Brooke Geis, Devin Tipton and Trevor Zinda, according to Alzana Nuzzolillo, speech and debate coach at CHS.

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Local customers were notified this week that the KeyBank branch in Carrollton will be closing May 3 as it consolidates with the Canton South branch.

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sports pg. 7


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