Over 125 kids paint in Rotary event

By BOB SHRALUKA

WZBD.com

More than 125 youngsters took part in Thursday night’s annual Decatur Rotary Club poster painting contest held at Riverside Center.

It marked the 46^th year the local club has held the event, one of the most popular on the Callitumpian calendar each year.

Students in kindergarten, first and second grades were allotted an hour to paint, followed by an hour for grades three through five.

The Rotary club furnished 18 x 24-inch painting paper, water-based paint in eight colors; a water cup, and supplies for cleanup.

The paintings will be displayed in various merchants’ business windows in downtown Decatur, on 13th Street and in Monroe.

Six cash prizes were awarded for each of the grade levels: first prize, $20; second, $15; third, $12; fourth, $10; fifth, $8; sixth, $5.

Award winners for each group are:

Kindergarten
	Name	School	Art Displayed at
1^st	Adler Medina	SPI	The Hive
2^nd	Jackie Velasco	St Joe	First Bank of Berne
3^rd	Wade Laskowski	AC	Java Bean
4^th	Emmy Kiproff	Home	Olive & Beau Salon
5^th	Hattie Hill	AC	Adams Public Library
6^th	Averly White	AC	First Bank of Berne
Door Prize	Milo Fullenkamp	St Joe	D-Town Energy
Door Prize	Avayah Banuelos	St Joe	First Bank of Berne

1^st Grade
	Name	School	Art Displayed at
1^st	Annie Selking	St Joe	Oak Room
2^nd	Aurora Bohnke	Zion	Adams Memorial Hospital
3^rd	Sophia Werling	Wyneken	Sherwin Williams
4^th	Jack Girod	Crestview	Pizza King
5^th	Brielle G.	St Joe	City Hall
6^th	Wayde Caudill	AC	Adams Memorial Hospital
Door Prize	Lydia Ulmer	Wyneken	DZ Gaming
Door Prize	Emilia Roop	Bellmont	DZ Gaming

2^nd Grade
	Name	School	Art Displayed at
1^st	Emery Workinger	AC	Galley
2^nd	Archer Medina	SPI	The Hive
3^rd	Kendal Busse	Zion	Fetch K9
4^th	Aria Salway	AC	City Hall
5^th	Cece Lankowski	AC	Java Bean
6^th	Gabriela Martinez	St Joe	DeVoss, Baker, Ainsworth & Razo
Door Prize	Annalyn Struck	Zion	Java Bean
Door Prize	Kennedy Kortenber	AC	Adams County Library

3^rd Grade
	Name	School	Art Displayed at
1^st	Royce Fullenkamp	St Joe	Kampman’s Renovations
2^nd	Thomas Zelt	St Joe	Burry, Miller, & Brown
3^rd	Charlotte Brite	Bellmont	City Hall
4^th	Michael Binegar	St Joe	Sherwin Williams
5^th	Briella Brotherton	Bellmont	Next Page Bookstore
6^th	Brandi Meyers	SPI	Vienna Salon
Door Prize	Ryder Richards	Bellmont	Decatur Daily Democrat
Door Prize	Alijah Thatcher	Bellmont	Decatur Daily Democrat

4^th Grade
	Name	School	Art Displayed at
1^st	Gemma Roehm	Hessen Cassel	Galley
2^nd	Lincoln Kortenber	AC	Adams Public Library
3^rd	Morgan Skramstad	St Joe	Artisan
4^th	Judith Putteet	Wyneken	Riverside
5^th	Thea McCaffery	Bellmont	Pizza King
6^th	Jett Johnson	Wyneken	Fetch K9
Door Prize	Ahnika Shoaf	Bellmont	Vienna Salon
Door Prize	Lola Hackman	St Joe	City Hall

5^th Grade
	Name	School	Art Displayed at
1^st	Remington Mitchel	AC	D-Town Energy
2^nd	Abbigail Passwaters	AC	Artisan
3^rd	Allison Koons	St Joe	Complete Printing
4^th	Rhamiel Presas	St Joe	Adams Public Library
5^th	Evie Corral	Bellmont	EF Gass
6^th	Sienna Butcher	Bellmont	City Hall
Door Prize	Katarina Strosnider	Bellmont	Next Page Bookstore
Door Prize	Crimsyn Steury	St Joe	Sherwin Williams

Bob Shraluka

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For decades, Bob Shraluka has been reporting the happenings and news stories in and around the City of Decatur. A mainstay at local government meetings, Bob is also an avid hockey fan. Although he considers himself a wordsmith, the word "retirement" is not in his vocabulary. Shraluka has been writing for WZBD.com since its inception.

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