While chaos was happening this week across the globe, students in Vicksburg were focusing on peace.

The Southern Cultural Heritage Center partnered with the local Lions Club for the annual International Lions Club peace poster contest.

Five students from ages 11 to 13 worked all week on their entries with the help of art instructor Karen Biedenharn.

No words can be used on the poster because once the competition advances to the international contest it is not suppose to be apparent where the posters came from, Biedenharn said.

“They really have to convey the whole theme in imagery and icons that are universal,” Biedenharn said.

Winners of the contest were announced on Friday and third place and $25 went to Matthew Turnage, second place and $50 was awarded to Emmanuel Agyepong and the first place winner was Haley Noble who received $75.

All five posters will be on display at the Vicksburg Mall before Noble’s poster will continue to the district contest and possibly beyond to the state and international contest.

More positive happenings in Vicksburg this week:

• On Saturday, the Vicksburg Trivia Team, which plays trivia on Thursdays at 8 p.m. at KJ’s River Town Grille, won the state semifinals and $250 at the Regional Trivia Championship, the state semifinals for the National Trivia League. The five-member advances to the state championship, scheduled for July 23.

• Malcolm Butler, who is a former Vicksburg High School football player and currently a cornerback for the New England Patriots, held the second annual Malcolm Butler football camp at VHS’s Memorial Stadium.

Butler’s interaction with his campers began the moment the camp opened with a prayer until his final speech about hard work.

“You always do the right thing, you always want to take care of yourself the right way,” he said. “Go to school, do your work and through it anything is possible. Any one of y’all can be me right here. As a matter of fact, somebody’s going to make it, that’s just how it is. Work hard at what you do.”

• Lawson Fiser and Lucas King were selected to each take over a half of Ada Lauderdale’s State Farm book of business.

Lauderdale retired May 31.

Originally from Greenville, Fiser is a third generation State Farm agent and King has worked with the company for five years before becoming a local agent.