Erin Brooke won a $500 college scholarship for her pet food dispenser. Shanthi Hiremath, Rosemary Shinn and Tyler Messerly, other Cline students who participated in the Wright State competition, won $50 savings bonds.
The one Cline invention club adviser Barb Westendorf is most likely to use is Shinn’s lighted umbrella. “She used Velcro to put little lights on the underside of an umbrella. It would be great for one of those dark, rainy nights when you can’t see the puddles and don’t want to ruin your shoes.”
Brooke, Messerly and four other Cline students will display their inventions at the Chautauqua this summer.
Centerville is one of five communities in Ohio to hold the mixture of education and entertainment. For five days, starting at 6:30 p.m. there will be music under a 500-seat tent at Stubbs Park, 255 W. Spring Valley Road. At 7:30 p.m., actors will portray historical figures.
Sponsored by the Centerville-Washington Twp. Historical Society, the event is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to bring a lawn chair.
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