LAKESIDE METALS WINS HOOPS CROWN
Eight teams from the Great Lakes region converged at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena in March for the second annual Hoops Hysteria fundraising event, organized by the Northern Ohio Chapter of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI).
The March 22 event featured a tournament with eight scrap industry teams, a buffet dinner and tickets to the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. the Charlotte Bobcats.
In the tournament, Lakeside Metals of Cleveland defeated the defending champions from the ISRI Michigan Chapter. Teams from the Indiana and Pittsburgh Chapters of ISRI participated as did teams from Aleris International, David J. Joseph Co., Metal Conversions and Six Recycling.
The ISRI Northern Ohio Chapter raised more than $15,000 for its Recycling Research Foundation (RRF) Scholarship fund.
Michael Eisner of Lakeside Metals led the organization of this year’s Hoops Hysteria event. He says the chapter is seeking eligible scholarship candidates. They must be full-time university students who are employed by an ISRI Northern Ohio Chapter member company or the son or daughter of an employee.
BEYOND THE ART GALLERY
Macon Iron, Macon, Ga., has announced the winners from its sixth annual sculpture competition. Students from Mercer University and Georgia Southwestern State University participated in the event.
The theme for this year’s contest was "Junque" Yard Toys, with the sculptures being made primarily of recyclable materials obtained from Macon Iron.
The company hopes the contests will increase area residents’ awareness of recycling in addition to the showcasing the work of local college art and welding students.
Individual category winners were:
• First Place, "Hop Along Bunny," Zoë Alexandra;
• Second Place, "Kaleidoscope," Pam VanOtegem;
• Third Place, "Steel Pipe Xylophone," Nick Leger.
Group project winners were:
• First Place, "Potato Head," Timothy Clayton, Candice Godby, Amber Bournett, Stacie Porter, Kevin Bethea, Zoë Alexandra and Karen Martin;
• Second Place, "Helicopter Sprinkler," Lewis Kennedy and Nick Leger; and
• Third Place, "Bike: El Chobba," Bobby Ellis, Brandon Morris, David Montoro, Ken Davidson and Paul Thompson.
Nick Leger and Lewis Kennedy’s sculpture "Tankety Tank" was recognized for best use of found materials, and Anne Irwin and Will Wilson’s sculpture "Wolly W" was named "Most Humorous."
The sculptures were exhibited in the James Earl Carter Library gallery at Georgia Southwestern State University as part of the school’s SpringFest celebration.
SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE
Close the Loop, a Kunkletown, Pa., company that uses recycled material to create surfacing and building products, has donated scholarship funds to Camp Invention, a science day camp.Camp Invention is a non-profit outreach program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation and the United States Patent and Trademark Office for children entering grades 2-6. The donation from Close the Loop will provide partial scholarships for girls with financial need to attend Camp Invention programs in Pennsylvania this summer.
While at camp, children will learn physics, engineering and creative problem-solving while also learning to entertain themselves with household materials.
Applications for scholarships are available at www.closetheloop.com. More information on Camp Invention is available at www.campinvention.org.
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