Logan County Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Paul Benedetti asks questions to members of Western Intermediate School’s Lighthouse Team during a Monday tour. His discussion focused on the ways businesses use synergy — one of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens — to help a community thrive. The students also had lunch with the Bellefontaine Rotary Club, which helps sponsor the school’s Leader in Me initiative that made the field trip possible, and then met with city officials. The initiative was discussed at Monday night’s meeting of the Bellefontaine School Board. Read more about Student leaders present speeches (EXAMINER PHOTO | REUBEN MEES)

Benjamin Logan High School FFA recently received a $2,500 award from The Monsanto Company. Benjamin Logan FFA was nominated for the prize by the Robert Ackley Farms of East Liberty. Pictured, from left: Kristy Ackley, Ackley family representative, Tyler Myers, Benjamin Logan FFA president, Troy Selhorst, treasurer, and Monsanto representative Jay Brooks (Monsanto Representative)

Gold and white papal bunting adorns the entrance to St. Patrick Catholic Church, 328 E. Patterson Ave., in honor of the official selection of Pope Francis. The bunting, installed Thursday at churches around the world, reflect the colors of the official flag of the Vatican. St. Patrick also raised the bunting in 2005 when Pope Benedict was selected. (EXAMINER PHOTO | REUBEN MEES)

Harley Dickinson, an Indian Lake High School student attending Ohio Hi-Point Career Center, donates blood Friday during the career center’s final blood drive of the year. A total of 62 units of blood was collected during the blood drive, and 14 people donated blood for the first time, the school reports. Overall, students have given more than 150 units of blood in three blood drives, which will benefit an estimated 450 people, according to school officials. (PHOTO | OHIO HI-POINT CAREER CENTER)

Kevin Holycross shovels his car out of the snow Wednesday morning after snowplows trapped it into its parking place overnight at the corner of Detroit Street and Columbus Avenue. Snow curtailed many activities Wednesday morning, but cleared off rather quickly in the afternoon and posed no problems today. (EXAMINER PHOTO | REUBEN MEES)

Landon Kelley, 8, builds a snow fort behind his family’s Bellefontaine home Wednesday afternoon after heavy snowfall gave youths a day off school. (EXAMINER PHOTO | REUBEN MEES)

Calvary Christian Schools students recently competed in the Ohio Valley Association of Christian Schools International’s Geography Bee, where fourth-grader Kaitlyn Angus and third-graders Alexxie West and Emma Patton each received first-place.

Eighth-graders Bradon Studebaker and Sam Kirkpatrick received sixth-place and eight-place, respectively.

In other CCS news, students participated in the Ohio Valley ACSI Math Olympics, and the results are as follows: computation — Clayton Slemmons, second place; Daniel Wilt, third; Parker Grothaus, fourth; Isaac Reinhard, fifth; reasoning — Katie Thompson, second; Junett Ly, fourth; Emma Patton, Josiah Kratz, fifth; Mia Printz, seventh.