Kindergarten students at Fort Jennings include, Andrew Arrizola, Ashley Beining, Abbie Browning, Kayla Crawford, Kaylyn Dickson, Mica Garlock, Mason German, Carson Gilchriest, Brayden Hart, Leah Kazee, Ethan Koester, Adam Luersman, Alexandra Maag, Grant Ricker, Braden Sealts, Briley Searer, Vanessa Warnecke, Danielle Weyrauch, Jacob Wiechart, Adele Berelsman, Wyatt Brinkman, Eli Brown, Sue Calvelage, Lydia Dickman, Owen Dube, Elizabeth Freund, Bryce Gasser, Hannah Grote, Braeden Grothause, Aubrey Joseph, Alanna Knebel, Brandon Knippen, Alex Meyer, Jared Mueller, Leia Osting, Madison Ricker, Carsen Siebeneck, Annabelle Welch and Chelsea Whitney.

I’d like to take this opportunity to compliment and praise the 39 children of the two kindergarten classes at The Fort Jennings Elementary School for a beautiful job they did singing our National Anthem at the music program last week. These boys and girls opened the program with the Star Spangled Banner. It was amazing what those 39 voices could do. They should sing for the Cincinnati Reds or the Cleveland Indians or even the Super Bowl. Some of the celebrities who sing for some of these events try to doctor it up with their own renditions, which could make Francis Scott Key twinge. It is a difficult song for many but these kids hit all the words and notes perfectly, thanks to Rosemary Warnecke who teaches music to the elementary students as well as the high school band and choir. The other children of grades one through five did a fine job too.