I knew about the mosaics class and went to Marc's and Goodwill in advance and got dinner plates for 50 cents a plate.

I wrapped them up in a towel and smashed them with a hammer.

So, Vermilion in Bloom has classes like this on a year-round basis to get the community involved. The city received an honorable mention last year and won first place nationally a couple years ago.

The faculty member who may have had to cancel class [before] will actually be there to teach it now.

It's really nice. Everything about it is so first class, ... When again would I get this opportunity, to go and bring back this much information. What I bring back to the students ... that's the best part.

I got a call from my sister-in-law and she says, 'My mom has your class ring. My jaw dropped. I just couldn't believe it.