Native Daughters announce art contest winners
The Native Daughters of the Golden West, San Juan Bautista
Parlor 179, honored the winners of their 2010 Visual Art and
Photography Contest May 12, at the Adobe, 203 Fourth St., in San
Juan Bautista. Students, their families and their instructors were
all invited to attend the celebration.
Native Daughters announce art contest winners
The Native Daughters of the Golden West, San Juan Bautista Parlor 179, honored the winners of their 2010 Visual Art and Photography Contest May 12, at the Adobe, 203 Fourth St., in San Juan Bautista. Students, their families and their instructors were all invited to attend the celebration.
First place went to San Andreas High School student Luis Barajas for his piece, “San Juan Bautista Mission.” Okimi Natt, of San Benito High School, took second place for “Bay Area Hard Core.” Taylor Steigelman, of SBHS, received third place for “Brown Pelican-Beach Bird.”
Honorable mentions went San Benito High School students Brittani Diehl, Andrea Masey, Cristina Gonzalez and Jessica Steigelman.
For the photographer contest, Nora M. Jimenez, of San Benito High School, won first place for “San Antonio Mission Wall.”
The pieces were judged on adherence to theme, creativity, composition and skill. The theme this year was “Connect, Communicate Change,” and students were asked to submit original artwork of a California historical location or an original illustration of an event or persons or people related to California’s history. For the photography category, students were asked to submit a photo of an historic site, formation, flora or fauna that contributes to the natural beauty of California.
Jennifer Colby, of Galeria Tonantzin, served as a guest juror. The first-place winners will have their artwork submitted to the state competition at the Grand Parlor annual meeting in mid-June.
Student receives Ronald McDonald House scholarship
Hector Sotelo, of Hollister, is one of 152 students from the Bay Area who has been awarded a $1,000 college scholarship from Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bay Area. The students will be honored at a scholarship event May 19, at the South San Francisco Conference Center with sports reporter and anchor Rick Quan as the master of ceremonies. Sandra Hemp, of the College Board, Western Region, will server as the keynote speaker.
“I commend the students for their hard work and commitment to attaining a college degree,” Hemp said, in a press release. “Families need financial help to send their kids to school now more than ever. Our community is fortunate to have organizations like Ronald McDonald House Charities, which support our young people to reach their goals.”
Elementary students compete in state spelling championship
California State Elementary Spelling Championship will be May 15 in Rohnert Park, and two San Benito County students will compete. Students from 32 California counties who have won school, region and county spelling bees will be competing, including eight fourth-graders, 22 fifth-graders and 32 sixth-graders.
Emily Flosi, 10, a fifth-grade student at Southside School and Andrew Pearson, 10, a fifth-grade student at Calaveras Elementary School, will both participate.
The top six spellers will receive trophies and savings bonds – $1,000 for first place, $500 for second place, $250 for third place and $100 for the other three finishers. All spellers will receive a participation ribbon, a souvenir and a certificate signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Volunteers help with clean-up
Volunteers with the Mormon Helping Hands worked from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 8 to clean up the San Benito Historical Park. Some of the projects they worked on included tearing out the old Dance Hall floor, installing a fence near the old school house and moving an old grape-stake fence to the front of the Garcia House.
The volunteers included more than a 100 men, women and youth. One student, Tristen Russell, added a new deck to the Garcia House as part of his Eagle Scout project with the help of his brothers, and several other Boy Scouts and leaders.
The day was selected as a day of community service through out the state in which more than 100,000 residents work on projects in city, county and state parks.
In addition to the hours of work, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of Hollister, also hosted a humanitarian evening a few weeks ago. More than 80 people came for the evening where they put together more than 100 hygiene kits to donate to disaster relief efforts in Haiti, Chile, China and other areas. They also put together 10 quilts to donate, and sewed 35 bags to be filled with school supplies, also for donations.
