She didn't dance to it, but she wiggled her cane as she sat on a couch and listened to the song being performed by Elvis impersonator Elvis Nelson onSaturday at the home of her grandson-in-law and granddaughter, Michael and Jean Goldschmidt, in Monfort Heights.

It was part of her 100th birthday celebration. "This was a real surprise,'' said Schumacher.

Schumacher smiled and rocked as Nelson sang a medley of Presley's songs: "Burning Love,'' "Suspicious Minds,'' "Love Me Tender,'' and one of Schumacher's requests: "You Ain't Nothin' but A Hound Dog.''

Schumacher of Mount Airy remains active. She lives in the house her late husband, Joseph, built more than 50 years ago.

Having grown up on a farm in North Vernon, Ind., she talks fondly of a rural lifestyle.

"I worked on the farm, feeding chickens, collecting eggs and carrying water to school,'' she said. "I went to school in a one-room schoolhouse.''

She said her hobbies now are mostly cooking and sewing.

Art show founder honored

Patti Horak Fierro, founder of the Wyoming Art Show, will be honored at the event from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 23 at the Wyoming Civic Center, Worthington Avenue and Springfield Pike.

Wyoming Mayor David Savage will present a proclamation to Fierro.

She spent most of her life in Wyoming but now lives in Hammond North, College Hill, with her husband, John.

Fierro, a retired teacher and artist, remains a member of the Woman's Art Club and the Colerain Artists.

She said she started the Wyoming Art Show to emphasize how Wyoming educated its young people.

"I wanted it to be something like the New York Art Show,'' Fierro said. "When I started it, I didn't think it would survive.''

The show will feature works of 140 artists and $3,000 in prizes. Art displays will be shown on streets and lawns and inside the civic center.

"Getting an honor along with the show makes me feel good. I don't do much painting now," ,'' she said.

Fierro received her undergraduate degree in art at the University of Cincinnati and a master's degree in art at Xavier University.

Vocalist places second

Elise Turner, a junior at Ursuline Academy, tied for second place in the Dayton Opera Guild High School Vocal Competition and sang for the Opera Guild at their Stars of Tomorrow luncheon April 25 at the Dayton Art Institute.

In the Opera Guild competition, she sang "Per La Gloria D'adorarvi'' and the aria "Chacun le Sait.''

Elise studies voice at the Musical Arts Center in O'Bryonville with Karl Resnik, executive director of the center.

Positively kids

Eagle award

Justin Barton of Troop 674, sponsored by the Church of Our Savior in Montgomery, has achieved the highest rank of the Boy Scouts of America: the Eagle Scout award. After designing and planning the construction, Justin and his crew built two cabinets on wheels called BioFact Stations for the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. The stations, containing learning materials, are moved around the zoo to exhibits by volunteers.

The Moeller High School junior is the son of Jolene and Robert Barton of Loveland.

Art competition

Rikki "B" Rhodes had her artwork displayed in an exhibit of work and design by undergraduates at Bowling Green State University. She was the winner of the competition's Craig A. Schnuth Memorial Art Glass Scholarship for her sculpture, "Faery in Glass." The work features a body of stained glass mosaic and copper wings.

The Lebanon High School graduate is a junior majoring in fine arts/glassblowing at Bowling Green.

Parks honor

Josh Bowling of Oxford has received the annual Ohio Parks and Recreation Award for volunteering with the Oxford Parks and Recreation Department. Active in programs since he was 7 years old, Josh became a volunteer at age 12.

He is a 16-year-old sophomore at Talawanda High School.

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