Students paint pumpkins to give back

COLUMBIA —The rain and dark skies outside didn't stop students from painting pumpkins for senior citizens. On Tuesday, about twenty students from Family Career and Community Leaders of America groups from Lange Middle School, Oakland Junior High School and Jefferson Junior High School gathered around tables at the Holiday Inn Select, laughing and joking about the designs on the pumpkins they were painting. Some painted faces and animals while others covered the pumpkins with color.