Cheese Festival contests
If you know your way around a kitchen, you might want to consider entering the macaroni and cheese bakeoff and the cheesecake bakeoff at the Wellington Cheese Festival later this month.

The macaroni and cheese contest is new this year, according to Patti Young of Wellington Implement, one of the organizers.
Parade entries also are being accepted for the festival July 18 through 20.

For information and entry forms, go to www.mainstreetwellington.com/festival.

The festival celebrates Wellington’s past when it was called the Cheese Capital of America when some 40 factories turned milk into cheese from surrounding dairies. The glory days for cow power in Wellington were between 1860 and 1900.

Flags over Oberlin
Those beautiful flags around town were put up by the Karl Wilson Locke American Legion Post 102 of Oberlin with help from the city, according to former Oberlin Councilman Tony Mealy.

The 25 new flags were added to the 50 flags donated 20 years ago in celebration of the bicentennial of the American Constitution.

The city’s Utilities Department installed the flags and also added holders on some poles, Mealy said.

Brush collection
Brush cut in lengths no long than 6 feet can be set out in Oberlin up to July 20. Brush should be free of foreign material such as rope, and limbs must be no larger than six inches in diameter. If you have questions, call the Public Works Department at 775-7218.

Smash Brothers tournament
Do you have the Wii skills to beat the competition?

Put on your game face for the first-ever Oberlin Public Library Super Mario Smash Brothers tournament 2 to 6 p.m. July 18 in the community room. There will be prizes for the top players.

Organic pest control remedies
A Discussion of Organic Cultural Practices and Remedies to Maintain a Healthy Garden will be 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday presented by Charles Annable, horticulturist at Locke’s Garden Center.

Kendal at Oberlin activities
• Credo, a group of talented high school musicians, will perform string ensembles at 4 p.m. Thursday. Credo’s director and founder, Oberlin Conservatory professor of Viola Peter Slowik leads them in duets, trios and quartets. The students hail from all parts of the country, and their time is spent doing service projects, and performing and receiving individual training.
• At 2:30 p.m. July 18, Barry Walker will demonstrate the technique used in his feather pictures of birds. Two pieces of Barry’s art are on display in the “Kendal Creates” exhibit in the Kendal Gallery.
• The “Kendal Creates” exhibit continues in the Kendal and Friend’s Galleries through the second week of September. The show illustrates the talent and wide-ranging interests of the Kendal community. Artwork includes watercolor, wood block, charcoal and ink line drawings, handwork, fiber art, photographs, ceramics and more.
• The Community Walls Gallery, which focuses on textiles, exhibits weaving by Oberlin Senior Center artists. The show runs through Aug. 15.
• Oberlin College President Marvin Krislov will appear at an open house and breakfast program Thursday. There will be a continental breakfast at 9 a.m. followed by the program “Why Move to Oberlin?” Reservations required. Call (440) 775-0094 (800) 548-9469.

All of the programs are free and open to the public. Kendal at Oberlin is at 600 Kendal Drive. For information, call (440) 775-0094.

Craft show
Crafters, collectors and vendors are needed for a Crafters and Collectibles Show set for Oct. 4 at New Russia Township Hall, 46268 Butternut Ridge Road in Oberlin. The cost is $25 to rent a table. For information, call Rosemary at (440) 365-9536, Juanita at (440) 246-5778 (after 6 p.m.), Blanche at (419) 626-6499 or Valerie at (419) 752-6930.

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