Cornhole game crafted, painted by Plum residents for community center revealed
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Plum officials revealed a new cornhole game that was crafted by a borough business and painted by a high school art student.
The effort was organized by Mayor Harry Schlegel so people at the Plum Community Center could have another recreational option to be played indoors and outdoors.
Cornhole is a lawn game in which players take turns throwing 16-ounce bags of beans or corn kernels at a raised platform, usually wooden, with a hole in the far end.
Bonura Cabinets donated time and materials to create the game boards. The pieces are weatherproof, lightweight and on wheels so the game can be easily moved.
Junior art student Addison Sofran volunteered to paint them.
The finished product was shown at a council meeting June 16.
“This is what our community does,” Schlegel said. “You get an idea and you ask people and they step forward. Nobody asked how much it costs. They just said, ‘I’ll do it.’ Thank you for stepping up and helping the community.”
Addison spent about a week painting the boards both at school and at home.
The artwork shows a flower with white pedals rising out of grass on one board and an ear of corn doing the same on the other.
“It makes it come to life more than whenever I was doing it a few weeks ago,” Addison said about the unveiling. “It makes me feel even better that it’s one step closer to getting over (to the center) to help people become more active and able to enjoy it more.
“I came up with the flower idea because I wanted to do something summery. I didn’t really know what I was going to be doing on the second one at that point. I just figured since it’s cornhole that I make an ear of corn and try to make them relate to each other stylistically.”
Addison joined the effort through her teacher, Samor Pieper. Addison’s mother, Kristin Sofran, assisted with transporting the boards.
“We’re very proud of Addison, always,” Sofran said. “She’s very artistic in addition to being a great student. I knew this was something she volunteered for and I wanted to help her be able to complete the project a little easier. She had more time to work on it in the evening at home. She couldn’t accomplish it in regular art class. There was testing, so classes were shortened those two weeks.”
The game is expected to be delivered sometime this month.
Schlegel, at the meeting, also recognized various residents who have supported the police department through food. One of those helpers was resident Mark Reed. He has provided officers with a birthday cake every month since August.
Reed said his father had served as an auxiliary officer, and the cakes were a way of showing police they were appreciated.
The mayor also joked that he rarely gets invited over to the station when officers get cake, cookies or other pastries, something that he said has helped his waistline but not the appetite.