“Green is for Life!” at Ohio State University’s Wooster Campus Scarlet, Gray and Green Fair

You can honor some of northern Ohio’s greenest learners at Ohio State University’s Wooster Campus Scarlet, Gray and Green Fair. The Tuesday, April 20 event includes a public awards ceremony for the fair’s student competitions. All involve projects aimed at raising environmental awareness.

Recognized will be winners of the:

• Creative Art Competition (all grades);

• Poster, 3-D Display, Skit, Song, Poem or Video Competition (all grades);

• Environmental Stewardship Essay Competition (grades 11-12);

• Wind Turbine Design Competition (grade 9-12); and

• Most Ecological Yardscape Award (7th- through 12th-graders and their parents); plus the

• Environmental Educator of the Year.

“Student-related events and activities are an integral part of the educational mission of the fair,” said Ohio State’s Allen Zimmerman, chair of the program’s organizing committee.

The ceremony starts at 5:30 p.m. in the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center’s (OARDC) Fisher Auditorium, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster.

Hours for the fair overall are 11 a.m.-7 p.m. in and around the auditorium.

Admission to the fair and ceremony is free.

Performances by the Wooster High School Concert Choir and Wooster High School Women’s Choir will be part of the ceremony.

All of the projects except the wind turbine designs will have been judged before the fair.

Call 330-287-1263 or visit http://www.wcsen.org/wcsggf/ for more information.

Now in its third year, the Scarlet, Gray and Green Fair will feature displays, demonstrations, exhibits and vendors, all on a theme of “Green is for Life!” About 1,800 people attended last year.

Coordinating sponsors are Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences; three parts of the college — OARDC, Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute, also in Wooster; and the Wayne County Sustainable Energy Network.