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Your Community: May 2019

byLebanon Local News

May 16, 2019

In case you missed it, Lebanon Local was on site to see the community come out and enjoy Easter, rally for school support, and congratulate kids for a job well done.

Teachers demand dollars for education. Wearing red, School District staff, families and friends gather at the intersection of Main Street and Airport Road, while drivers passing by honked their horns, to raise awareness and support for enough funding quality education. Photo by Sean C. Morgan

Rather than walking out during school to attend rallies, as teachers did in other school districts, local staff decided to hold an event after school Wednesday. “We really felt like school funding is an issue that impacts all of us,” said Bonita Randklev, Lebanon Education Association president and a high school social studies teacher. District staff at all levels decided to do something collaboratively instead of walking out. Photo by Sean C. Morgan

File photo. LIVE LONGER LEBANON promoters present a banner to kids at Green Acres Elementary for winning the 5210 Challenge two years in a row. Wyatt King leads the audience in a reminder about the rules: five servings of fruits and vegetables, two hours or less of screen time, one hour of physical activity, and zero sugary drinks. Students at multiple schools in the district competed by tracking their progress for a week.

Antonio Rangel, 18 mos., finds his first Easter egg at Lebanon Nazarene while his brother carries his basket.

Kids try their hand at blowing large bubbles at Lebanon Nazarene Church during its annual Easter event April 20.

Angelica Reyes, 3, reaches for an egg-cellent find as her mom Elena Reyes helps Angelica keep her balance.

Children enjoy Easter festivities at Lebanon Nazarene Church. Jace Sharp-Shanklin, 6, finds an egg in the grass that the girls around him missed.

It’s all fun and games for Sheridan Lehman, pastor of Lebanon Nazarene, as he attempts to fold a balloon into the shape of a gun for a determined kid.

Abigail Crumbley, 3, has no qualms being loaded onto a horse by her father, Austin Crumbley. She very much loves horses and her favorite movie is “Spirit.”

Karleigh Miles, 4, finds a hidden egg at a new egg hunt at River Park on April 20. The inaugural event was put on by Kristina Osborne, Sherry Mitchell and a team of merry volunteers, and included a visit by Thor and other characters.

Jaxson Leathermon, 6, gets his face painted at the River Park Easter egg hunt event April 20.

Kristina Osborne, left, talks to people as they wait to register for her first annual Easter event at River Park.

Hunter Boiles (left) and Finnlee Freitag, both 2, are happy picking flowers at River Park while they wait to pick eggs.

A matching pair of visitors take a selfie at River Park while they wait for the Easter egg hunt.

Families find eggs at River Park on April 20, but the group who organized the event learned they will need a LOT MORE eggs to make next year successful.

The Easter Bunny keeps a child company at the River Park event. (Photo contributed by Kristina Osborne)

A family helps empty eggs found at Lebanon Nazarene.

Finnley Lopez, 3, shows off an egg he found at Lebanon Nazarene.

Lebanon Nazarene egg hunt.

Lebanon Nazarene egg hunt.

A trail of eggs to pick at Lebanon Nazarene egg hunt.

Lebanon Nazarene egg hunt.

Lebanon Nazarene egg hunt.

Lebanon Nazarene egg hunt.

Little children take turns holding little chickens at Lebanon Nazarene Easter festivities.

Lebanon Nazarene egg hunt.

Kids play while they wait to find hidden eggs at River Park.

A princess poses with a young fan at the inaugural River Park Easter event.

Thor shares a family moment at the River Park Easter event.