From Staff Reports
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Elexis Martin, a Steubenville High School student, is taking advantage of an aviation program and is working toward obtaining a private pilot license.
Taking to the skies is a dream achieved by some local students, and Elexis Martin is an example.
Since 2016, Steubenville City Schools has offered courses in aerospace engineering and aviation through Ohio Career and Technical Education.
Harding Middle School students started participating in these courses through an after-school program while some Steubenville High School students took daily aviation coursework to meet the CTE aviation training requirements.
The high school offers several other Ohio CTE programs to its students.
From staff reports
TAKING FLIGHT â Elexis Martin, a Steubenville High School student, is taking advantage of an aviation program and is working toward obtaining a private pilot license.
STEUBENVILLE Taking to the skies is a dream achieved by some local students, and Elexis Martin is an example.
Since 2016, Steubenville City Schools has offered courses in aerospace engineering and aviation through Ohio Career and Technical Education.
Harding Middle School students started participating in these courses through an after-school program while some Steubenville High School students took daily aviation coursework to meet the CTE aviation training requirements.
The high school offers several other Ohio CTE programs to its students.
Feb 5, 2021
STEUBENVILLE Quinn Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church, 515 North St., Steubenville, is observing Black History Month every Sunday in February.
“Our theme for Black History Month will be ‘Gearing Up to Move Forward, ” explained Terry L. Jennings, committee member.
“On the first and second Sunday, (Feb. 7 and Feb. 14) we will celebrate our spiritual heritage by remembering Richard Allen, the founder and first elected and consecrated bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church,” she noted.
Speakers will be local businessman Jonathan Littlejohn, Little Snack Shack; Jacqueline Gibson of Quinn; Karla Martin, senior vice president of Diversity, Aspire and Workforce of Eastern Gateway Community College; and Brenda Ware, owner and operator of Miss Brenda’s Restaurant in the Trinity Medical Pavilion.
2/3/2021
Emily Tinsman won the Miss Iowa title last year, and she is preparing to compete at Miss America 2021. The Miss America 2020 Competition, previously scheduled for December, was delayed due to the nation-wide impact of COVID-19. As a result, Tinsman will be the first Miss Iowa to serve for two years. Photo submitted
âThere was an old lady who swallowed a fly….â
How did Emily Tinsman get to be singing these lyrics while kicking off a summer reading series for kids? The same way she came to be opening Iowaâs senate session last January at the capitol by singing the national anthem.
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There’s a real sense of optimism as we head into the new year, and much of that has been brought on by the rapid rollout of the vaccinations that we hope will, sometime in the next six months or so, allow us to resume many of the activities that up until last year had been staples in our communities and our lives.
The list of events and activities that didn’t happen last year is so long, in fact, that if you sat down and tried to sort it out, it would become easier just to list the presentations that actually have been held.