2Do: Museums, parks, family events and more for Feb. 17-23, 2012
$8, Advance; $10, day of; $5, ages 3-12; free, ages 2 and under.Brite Winter Festival. Ohio City, West 26th Street and Bridge Avenue, Cleveland. britewintercleveland.com. The third annual Brite Winter Festival. A music and arts festival featuring over 30 bands and over 15 artists at various outdoor and indoor venues. Plus participatory art and games, visual displays and food vendors. 5-10 p.m. Saturday. Free.
DeLuca's Place in the Park. 6075 Middle Ridge Road, Lorain. 440-233-7272 or 216-575-0469 or delucasplaceinthepark.com. Kiedrowski's Bakery 15th annual Paczki Ball. Includes a traditional Polish dinner, polka band and the crowning of the Pacski King and Queen. Tickets available at Keidrowski's Bakery, 2267 Cooper Foster Park Road, Amherst. 5 p.m. Sunday. $27.50, adults; $10, ages 10 and under. Details: 440-282-2700.
Main Street Medina. Historic Square, Broadway and North Court streets. 330-952-0910 or mainstreetmedina.com. 2012 Medina Ice Festival. Features an ice-carving competition, demonstrations and the Fire and Ice Tower. 5 to 9 p.m. tonight: Carving demonstrations. 1-4:30 p.m. Saturday: Ice carving competition. 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday: Ice carving judging. The sculptures will be illuminated at night, and on view through Monday, weather permitting. Fairy Tales & Frogs. Learn about the importance of frogs and celebrate the role they have played in fairy tales and legends throughout history. Kids 11 and younger will receive free admission to the zoo and RainForest, with a paid adult admission, and everyone is encouraged to dress like a princess, prince or frog. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday.
Greater Cleveland Aquarium. 2000 Sycamore St. 216-862-8803 or greaterclevelandaquarium.com. Features more than 40 tanks, including a walk-through shark tank.
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Tickets available at Keidrowski's Bakery, 2267 Cooper Foster Park Road, Amherst. 5 pm Sunday. $27.50, adults; $10, ages 10 and under. Details: 440-282-2700. Main Street Medina. Historic Square, Broadway and North Court streets.
News & Advance spelling bee to be held Saturday | The News ...
W-i-n-n-e-r.
That describes each of the 25 students who will compete Saturday in The News & Advance Regional Spelling Bee at Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School for Innovation.
The annual event, which begins at 9 a.m. in the auditorium, features top spellers from public and private schools in Lynchburg and Campbell, Amherst and Appomattox counties.
The student who wins the regional bee will advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. in May.
Besides the trip to Washington, he or she will win the Samuel Lewis Sugarman Award ($100 savings bond), a one-year subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica online and a free Valerie’s Spelling Bee Supplement.
Former Altavista Combined School student Mary-Michael Robertson won the regional bee in 2010 and 2011, representing the region in Washington.
According to her mother Donna Robertson, Mary-Michael has moved on to high school at Chatham Hall in Chatham as a day student, participating in a journalism class and writing articles for the school paper, among other activities.
Robertson said her daughter remains in contact with a friend she made from New Zealand at the National Spelling Bee. She credits Mary-Michael’s love of reading for providing her with a strong base as a speller.
The judges for this year’s regional contest are Lynchburg Mayor Joan Foster, City Council Ward IV Representative Turner Perrow, Jr., and Logan Anderson, Opinion Page Editor of The News & Advance.
The pronouncer again this year will be Margie Lippard, director of development at the United Way of Central Virginia and adjunct professor of English at Randolph College. Monique Crawley, of The News & Advance, will coordinate the event for the second year.