Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 15 at 11:57PM EDT until March 16 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 61 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
LEWIS
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL GRANT KENTON MASON PENDLETON ROBERTSON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CAMP DIX, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HEAD OF GRASSY, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MAYSVILLE, MIDDLETOWN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT OLIVET, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TOLLESBORO, TROY, URBANA, VANCEBURG, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Wind Advisory issued March 15 at 9:34PM EDT until March 16 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph becoming west southwest.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northern Kentucky, and central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
33° 33° Mon 36° Mon 36° chance 18° 18° chance Tue 28° Tue 28°
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Monday, July 18th, 2022

Lake Festival Scholarship Pageant

It was a night of royalty

Music theater major wins Lake pageant

By Leslie Gartrell
Photo by Leslie Gartrell/The Daily Standard

Grace-Ellen Rison, 18, Celina, beams after being crowned Miss Lake Festival during the Miss Lake Festival Scholarship Pageant at the Celina City Schools Ed Complex on Sunday.

CELINA - Grace-Ellen Rison, 18, Celina, was crowned Miss Lake Festival 2022 during Sunday night's Miss Lake Festival Scholarship Pageant at the Celina City Schools ed complex.
"I'm delighted. I am so surprised," Rison said after winning. "This is my first pageant ever… I'm so grateful."
Rison is a freshman at Western Carolina University majoring in musical theater and minoring in dance. She is the daughter of Jennifer and Jason Truesdale and Donald Rison.
Rison's social impact initiative was finite heartbeats: surviving and accepting the consequences of parental addiction. She said her father died of liver cirrhosis due to alcoholism on her 12th birthday.
"I intend to help others like me understand that their parents actions are not their fault, or their future," she said.
Rison sang "Gimme Gimme" from the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. As the overall pageant winner, she took home a $3,000 scholarship.
Rison also took home the Miss Congeniality Award, which is voted upon by the Miss Lake Festival contestants and includes a $200 scholarship, as well as the Jerry Deitsch Talent Award and its corresponding $400 scholarship.
Photo by Leslie Gartrell/The Daily Standard

Mackenzie Lehman, 20, Celina, won first runner-up at the Miss Lake Festival Scholarship Pageant at the Celina City Schools Ed Complex on Sunday.


Photo by Leslie Gartrell/The Daily Standard

Remi' Fokine, 19, Rockford, won second runner-up at the Miss Lake Festival Scholarship Pageant at the Celina City Schools Ed Complex on Sunday.

Mackenzie Lehman, 20, Celina, won first runner-up and took home a $1,500 scholarship while Remi' Fokine, 19, Rockford, won second runner-up and was awarded a $1,000 scholarship.

Photo album of the pageant
Lehman also won the Miss Lake Festival People's Choice Award and $300 scholarship, as well as the Commitment to Excellence Award and $400 scholarship.
Also crowned on Sunday night were Zoey Aukerman, 17, Celina, as Miss Grand Lake's Outstanding Teen and Mackenzie Harmer, 15, St. Henry, Miss Lake Festival's Outstanding Teen. They each won a $150 scholarship, along with a photoshoot, hair and makeup and a gown for the photoshoot.
Rison, Aukerman and Harmer are the newest titleholders for the Miss Ohio 2023 season, and will have the chance to compete in the Miss Ohio Scholarship Program pageant in June 2023.
All non-finalists received a $400 award, and each candidate also received $200 from sponsors to cover the costs of the pageant or to be used as additional scholarship money.
Photo by Leslie Gartrell/The Daily Standard

Grace-Ellen Rison, center, is surrounded by other contestants after being crowned Miss Lake Festival at the Celina City Schools Ed Complex on Sunday.


Photo by Leslie Gartrell/The Daily Standard

Daelynne Mauch, 18, Celina, sings "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley during the talent portion of the Miss Lake Festival Scholarship Pageant at the Celina City Schools Ed Complex on Sunday.


Photo by Leslie Gartrell/The Daily Standard

Macey Thees, 21, Celina, shines in a sequin gown during the evening gown portion of the Miss Lake Festival Scholarship Pageant at the Celina City Schools Ed Complex on Sunday.


Photo by Leslie Gartrell/The Daily Standard

Morgan Rose dances to the song "Biblical" as her talent during the Miss Lake Festival Scholarship Pageant at the Celina City Schools Ed Complex on Sunday.

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