Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Art for the road

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Manawa students paint county snowplow

Painting the U.S. flag on a plow are (from left) Brittany Besaw and Sebastain Mikkelson. Submitted Photo Painting the U.S. flag on a plow are (from left) Brittany Besaw and Sebastain Mikkelson. Submitted Photo

Painting plows was a unique request for students at Little Wolf Junior/Senior High School.

The request came from Jerry Simonis, of the Waupaca County Highway Department, who wanted something extra special for his truck for this year’s Fourth of July parades.

“We’ve never painted snow plow blades before; it was a unique request,” said Art Teacher Nancy Zabler, “and our schedule had some student enrichment time which allowed the Art Team and other art students the choice of volunteering to do the work.”

One “wing” blade depicts a rodeo theme, referencing the annual Manawa Mid-Western Rodeo, while the other wing shows a winter scene. On the large front plow is a billowing American flag.

The snowplow received a second place in the Rodeo Parade.

Simonis has worked for Waupaca County for 16 years and takes pride in his truck. He had wanted his truck’s blades to be painted for several years, and was pleased that the Manawa Art Department was able to complete it in time for the holiday. His snowplow was in both the Manawa and Waupaca parades.

Students involved in this creation were Sebastain Mikkelson (grade 12), Brittany Besaw (grade 11), Charley Gehrke (grade 11), Jared Buschke (grade 10), Sydney Otto (grade 10), Alyssa Schuelke (grade 12), Jemimah Swanson (grade 10), Maquelle Moede (grade 10), Alexandria Rae (grade 11), Sylvia Much (grade 11), Sami Struzynski (grade 11), Matayah Pethke (grade 11), and Lauren Mikkelson (2016 graduate).

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