VAN WERT – The 2021 Peony Pageant, originally taking place in April,
was canceled and then rescheduled when some state-ordered mandates were
lifted and re
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The 2021 Peony Pageant, originally to take place in April, was cancelled and rescheduled when some state-ordered mandates were lifted and revised.
In order to crown a queen and award scholarships, this year’s contestants will be competing at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 5, in the S.F. Goedde Building gymnasium. Per committee and pageant rules and regulations, the contestants will be scored by a panel of judges.
Shown are the nine young women competing in this year’s Peony Festival Pageant.
photos provided
Each year, the Peony Festival Pageant Committee sends area schools in Van Wert, Paulding, Mercer, Allen, and Putnam counties applications to submit one senior candidate to represent their school in the pageant. Every school’s selection process is different, but all candidate selections are made solely by the area schools.
4 area schools hold 2021 commencement ceremonies on Sunday
Kirsten Barnhart, DHI Media News Editor Monday, May 24, 2021 8:50 AM Lincolnview Class of 2021 (DHI Media/Kirsten Barnhart) Parkway Class of 2021 (DHI Media/Pat Agler) Van Wert Class of 2021 (DHI Media/Sherry Missler) Wayne Trace Class of 2021 (DHI Media/Karrie Macke) • • • •
VAN WERT COUNTY – Four area schools graduated their senior students on Sunday.
Lincolnview,
Parkway, Van Wert, and Wayne Trace seniors celebrated the end of their
k-12 careers with the traditional graduation ceremony.
At Lincolnview, Salutatorian Madison Langdon, Valedictorian Peter McMaster,
and Class President Carson Bowen spoke. The Lincolnview 2021 class
motto was That s what it was. Their color was periwinkle and their