Lima teen wins Miss Ohio Teen USA title
By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com
Grace-Anne Larschied stopped by the Shawnee Township Fire Department prior to competing in the Miss Ohio Teen USA pageant, which she won Saturday night.
Photo courtesy of Shawnee Township Fire Department’s Facebook page
LIMA A 17-year-old girl from Lima has been crowned Miss Ohio Teen USA.
Grace-Anne Larschied earned the crown in the pageant which wrapped up Saturday night at St. Matthews Auditorium in Sharonville.
Her platform was an anti-vaping message.
In early 2017, Grace-Anne, who has never vaped, almost died from bacterial pneumonia and has spoken out against vaping. She spoke to a number of groups and organizations over the past year.
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High-flying fun at the Paramount, this week in Abilene Acrobats of Cirque-tacular starts at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Paramount Theatre, 352 Cypress St.
Seating will be socially-distanced, and masks will be encouraged for patrons until seated.
Tickets are $10, or $9 for military. For tickets or information, go to cpasabilene.org. Much Ado About Nothing
A production of Shakespeare s Much Ado About Nothing will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and May 21-22, and at 2 p.m. Sunday and May 23, at Abilene Community Theatre, 809 Barrow St.
For tickets or information, go to abilenecommunitytheatre.org. Love Letters
A production of Love Letters will continue with performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, in Matthews Auditorium at McMurry University.
Coming out of great unknown this time last year, when COVID-19 held a deadly grip on the nation, McMurry University found a way to bring back live theater.
Kerry Goff, the theater department head, had to revise his three-show summer schedule due largely to getting the rights to shows, but he came up with a Plan B. He would take two shows, Steel Magnolias and The Fantasticks, outdoors.
Yes, into the summer heat.
The shows were performed on an elevated stage at the university s Quad. Actors were spread across the stage and did not physically interact.
Audiences were limited in number and seated apart, usually under the nearest tree. That alone encouraged social distancing.