Bronaugh students raise funds through a-maize-ing project

Members of the Bronaugh Class of 2010 worked all summer, time to time, on a corn maize to raise money for their class trip. The maze features two acres of fun and surprises. From left: Vanessa Longord, Emily Mader, Kaitlyn Douglas, and Danelle Russell. In the top photo are pumpkins the group also is raising. --Steve Moyer/Daily Mail

The students, 14 in all, did the work sporadically over the summer but had to wait until the corn was more mature to figure out where to place the maze paths, which took three weekends of cutting to achieve.

The class has designed the maze to be fun for people of all ages and set aside Wednesdays as fright-free nights, both to make it fun for younger children and so that those who might have religious objections to some aspects of Halloween can enjoy it too.

The charge for a trip through the maze is $5 for general admission, grade seven and older, $3 kindergarten to grade six and free to those younger than kindergarten age with an adult admission.

Group rates are available on Wednesdays so school, civic and church groups can enjoy the fun together. The maze is also open Friday and Saturday evenings. The closer to Halloween it gets, the scarier the maze will be on the weekends. The maze will be open from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The senior class will have several other fundraisers throughout the year. The students planted 47 hills of pumpkins which are available to anyone wishing some for traditional decorating or eating. During home games the class will be working the concession stand and they will have different specials, appropriate to the season as the year goes by. Currently, they are offering taco salads for $5.