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Creativity on display: Cross Creek students turn everyday items into art

BLOOMINGDALE — A new event held by the Cross Creek Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization was a team effort, and so were the various works of art that served as the focus of the group's first Art Gala, held at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School. Brecca Fithen, the group's treasurer, noted children at the school worked with their classmates to produce an assortment of paintings, flags and other creations under the direction of Natalie Ujcich, the school's art teacher. The pupils used an assortment of household items, from old maps of the Tri-State Area to pieces of bubble ...

JVS students build skills from the ground up

BLOOMINGDALE — Carpentry students at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School are building skills from the ground up after taking part in a professional floor-covering training program. Instructor Dave Lucas said about a dozen students participated in the program in April, taking part in ...

Brain Power

Contributed photos The Steubenville Kiwanis Club held its 14th-annual trivia team competition April 11 in the commons area of Steubenville High School. According to club officials, 14 hard-working and knowledge-filled teams participated, with sue Busler of Maryville, Ill., once again serving as master of ceremonies for this memory-testing event. Hunkler's Heroes was the top finisher this year. The FOPhds finished second, with Weir High School finishing third. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Kiwanis Club and allow it to continue to help in the community.

Buckeye Local students unveil documentary

BRILLIANT — After months of work, students in the gifted program at Buckeye Local Junior High School shared the results of their efforts Monday during a public screening of a documentary tracing the history and evolution of the Buckeye Local School District. The 15-minute film, titled ...

‘Silence of the Lambs’ Still Echoes in Bellaire 35 Years Later

BELLAIRE – In 1991 — now 35 years ago — movie makers set out to make a psychological thriller involving murder and cannibalism in what was then the city of Bellaire. Today, Bellaire is a village, and "The Silence of the Lambs" went on to win five major Oscars and become the premier film ...

Buffalo Bill’s House a ‘Silence’ location that’s open for visitors

Chris Rowan is a prop stylist and set decorator by trade – one of those folks who makes sure the environment actors move around in on the set of a film or television production is just right, and that props don’t migrate from one spot to another and mess up a scene’s continuity. So, ...