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A season of peace: Bolivar-Richburg students’ Lions Club posters on display BY KATHRYN ROSS
BOLIVAR — With images of doves and the birth of Christ, Christmas is a time of peace, and in Bolivar, peace is getting a front row viewing this holiday season courtesy of the Lions Club. For the next several weeks, six posters emphasizing peace, created by students from the seventh-grade art class at Bolivar-Richburg Central School, will be on display in the lobby of the Community Bank on Main Street. The project is a part of the Bolivar Lions Club recognition of the local students who participated in the 36th annual Lions Inter-
national Peace Poster Contest. The works of art were entered in the local Lions Club contest this past fall and were first judged at the club level. The students’ work that won at the local level are by Noah McPherson, who won first place; Crimson Kron, who earned second place; and Wyatt Pastor, who was awarded third place. The poster contest entries of Emerson Austin, Mason Hackett and Amelia Woodworth join the winning artworks on display in the bank lobby. The Bolivar students’ artwork went on to be displayed at the District Fall Conference in Batavia in November
Photo provided by Bolivar Lions Club Finalists in the Bolivar Lions Club International Peace Poster contest are (from left) Emerson Austin; third-place winner Wyatt Pastor; second-place winner Crimson Kron; first-place winner Noah McPherson; Mason Hackett and Amelia Woodworth.
multiple district levels before being judged on the international level. Approximately 600,000 children from over 60 countries partic-
with entries from other regional clubs. Entries in the Peace Poster Contest are judged on the local level, district level and
ipate annually in the Lions International Peace Poster Contest. In 2023, 13-year-old student Chloe Hua of Melbourn, Australia, won the 35th
annual contest. She received a $500 prize and a certificate of merit. 23 additional students from around the world also received merit awards. This year’s winning poster will be announced at a ceremony at the United Nations on Lions Day in March. The purpose of the 36-year-old contest is to give children everywhere the chance to express their visions of peace and inspire the world through art and creativity. The Lions also sponsor a Peace Essay Contest for visually impaired students. Along with the Peace Essay Contest, the Peace Poster Contest are staples of Lions Clubs around the world.
Whitesville enlists Civil War reenactors for Wreaths Across America tion in Belmont, Belfast, Cuba and Rushford. This was the third-year communities in Allegany County participated, and the second year Jan Talbett of Whitesville had more than a few surprises in store for those who came out to put wreaths on veteran’s graves in her town. Talbett takes the Remember, Honor and Teach premise of Wreaths Across America to heart. The idea is to remember all America’s veterans from the Revolutionary War to the present, to honor their sacrifice and to teach children about
BY KATHRYN ROSS
Photo by Kathryn Ross Civil War reenactors stand vigil over a flag-draped coffin at the Wreaths Across America ceremony in Whitesville.
WHITESVILLE – On a frigid, but bright Dec. 14, nearly 100 volunteers gathered in the Whitesville Rural Cemetery on Main Street, to take part in the nationwide Wreaths Across America program honoring veterans. They joined the tens of thousands across the nation who also took part in the noon time event, decorating veteran’s graves with simple pine wreaths in over 4,000 cemeteries in this country and abroad, as well as the hundreds who followed the tradi-
that sacrifice. Whitesville recognizes veterans in several nearby and small cemeteries within the town - Independence Cemetery, Hillside Cemetery, Fulmer Valley Cemetery, Springmills Cemetery and the Pioneer Cemetery and lays claim to the graves of veterans who served in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, both World Wars and more recent conflicts. Because of that, Talbett brings in “ghost” soldiers, Civil War Reenactors, who hold vigil throughout Wreaths Across America continued on PAGE 4
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