Lorain County commissioners honor area students for artwork to be displayed in 2025 Calendar

Lorain County officials greeted area students who created the 2025 County Calendar with their artwork. (Heather Chapin–The Morning Journal)

Lorain County commissioners met with students June 18 who were recognized for their artwork which will be featured in the county’s 2025 calendar.

Brandi Schnell, community outreach coordinator and special projects manager for the Lorain County Solid Waste Management District, visited classrooms in schools across Lorain County as part of the annual Calendar Contest.

The district partners with schools each year to invite students to participate in making a page for the calendar through class work with local teachers, Schnell said.

The students were asked to design art that focused on recycling trash, keeping the environment clean and other earth-friendly ideas, she said.

This year, 1,380 students participated in the contest, and 13 were chosen with their artwork displayed on the calendar’s front cover and will appear each month of the next year.

Reagan Anderson, an eighth-grade student of Holy Trinity School, will have her art displayed on the cover of the 2025 calendar, Schnell said.

The following students’ artwork will be displayed for each month.

• January — Cloe Collins, seventh-grade, Avon Middle School

• February — Claire Laska, third-grade at North Ridgeville Academic Center

• March — Landon Sobotka, first-grade at Powers Elementary School

• April — Gowtham Madireddy, fifth-grade at Columbia Middle School

• May — Dhriti Jayant, fifth-grade at Columbia Middle School

• June — Samuel Plas, eighth-grade at Avon Middle School

• July — Isabella Wisniewski, seventh-grade at Holy Trinity School

• August — Baani Singh, eighth-grade at Avon Middle School

• September — Alexis Sudik, eighth-grade at Avon Middle School

• October — Audrey Ilcisko, 10th-grade at Marion L. Steele High School

• November — Aubrey Gonzalez, 11th-grade at Marion L. Steele High School

• December — Audrey Hickman, sixth-grade at St. Jude School.

The calendar also will include a page dedicated to students and their designs who received honorable mention for their artwork, Schnell said.

“With over 1,300 entries, there were so many good ones, we just could not pick,” she said. “But, we had quite a few honorable mentions.

“We are so proud of all of the artists.”

Each winner received a certificate signed by the commissioners and a $50 check during the meeting where they were introduced, except the students who had prior commitments and couldn’t attend.

Also, the young artists will receive multiple copies of the calendar to share with family and friends, Schnell said.

In other news, the commissioners were scheduled to vote to amend a resolution which was adopted Dec. 15, 2023, which would authorize Lorain County Administrator Jeffrey Armbruster “to execute certain necessary documents, on behalf of the Lorain County Board of Commissioners that may occur in accordance with ORC 305.30. Amendment is to reflect the addition of and, or County Deputy Administrator,” according to the commission’s agenda.

Commission Vice President Dave Moore made a motion to vote on the amendment.

However, the motion was dropped due to a lack of a second.

Commissioner Michelle Hung was present and chose not to second the motion.

Commission President Jeffrey Riddell was absent from the meeting.

A public records request for the amendment has yet to be filled from the commission clerk’s office.

The commissioners are scheduled to meet again at 9:30 a.m. June 21.