{"id":36363,"date":"2022-06-04T19:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T23:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=36363"},"modified":"2022-06-01T10:28:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:28:18","slug":"hancock-county-artists-named-paint-the-plow-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/hancock-county-artists-named-paint-the-plow-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Hancock County Artists Named Paint the Plow Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pictured above is Paulding High School\u2019s entry for Paulding County Paint the Plow.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

LIMA, Ohio (May 27, 2022) \u2013 Hancock County\u2019s Cory-Rawson High School takes home both the ODOT choice award and people\u2019s choice award in a clean sweep of the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1\u2019s annual Paint the Plow contest. The plow\u2019s artwork honors Bluffton Police Department Officer Dominic Francis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cory-Rawson High School was voted the overall ODOT choice winner in this year\u2019s Paint the Plow contest. ODOT District 1 employees voted for the best plow design at the district\u2019s roadeo event on May 24. Miller City New Cleveland High School and Defiance High School were voted second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cory-Rawson High School won the people\u2019s choice award, which was decided based on social media votes. The Hancock County high school collected more than 1,800 votes on ODOT District 1\u2019s Facebook page contest. Following Cory-Rawson were Miller City New Cleveland High School with 612 votes, Tinora High School of Northeastern Local Schools with 317 votes, Kenton City Schools with 295 votes and Lincolnview High School with 249 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ODOT District 1 began holding an annual Paint the Plow contest in 2014. It allows high schools and vocational schools within the district\u2019s eight-county region to paint an ODOT snowplow blade with a message of school spirit, Ohio pride, patriotism or safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, 28 groups across the district\u2019s eight counties painted plows \u2013 a record number of participants for the program. The plows will be displayed in various community events throughout the district, when possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe appreciate the talent and many safety messages that the students shared with us this year. We are excited to showcase their art throughout the district this summer,\u201d said Chris Hughes, the deputy director of ODOT District 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plow from each county receiving the most votes in both categories combined, ODOT\u2019s choice and people\u2019s choice, are listed below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Allen County: ArtAbility of Marimor Industries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Defiance County: Tinora High School of Northeastern Local Schools<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Hancock County: Cory-Rawson High School<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Hardin County: Kenton City Schools<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Paulding County: Paulding High School<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Putnam County: Miller City New Cleveland High School<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Van Wert County: Lincolnview High School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LIMA, Ohio (May 27, 2022) \u2013 Hancock County\u2019s Cory-Rawson High School takes home both the ODOT choice award and people\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2230,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-community","category-community","category-school"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PHS-Paint-the-Plow.jpg?fit=570%2C321&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-9sv","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 06:01:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}