Most Ohio State students were enjoying spring break last week. And while 2015 Upper Sandusky High School graduate and OSU freshman Drew Barth took some time for himself, the middle childhood education major made time to give back to the teachers and students in the school district where he grew up.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Riverdale students in second through sixth grades competed in the district’s Reading Olympics during the month of February. The medal winners were honored Wednesday at the school.

The Dorcas-Carey Public Library offered some Easter activities for children on Tuesday.

Special guests at Monday’s annual Wyandot County Republican Party Lincoln Day dinner were (front row, from left) Ayana Getz, a junior at Upper Sandusky High School; Tiffany Penwell, a senior at Riverdale High School; Hayley McCoy and Madi Schiefer, both juniors at Wynford High School; Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted;

The three fifth-grade classes at Union Elementary School raised more than half of the $1,500 total in a competition among fifth through eighth grades to give to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, an organization devoted to fighting blood cancers.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Two years ago, a trio of Riverdale teachers visited Japan through a program at the University of Findlay. During their tour, Kristie Thacker, Stephanie Higgins and Jon Hayfield visited Eisu Gakkan High School in Hiroshima, where they met students and discussed common educational concerns with the staff.

It was a record year in terms of the amount raised and the number of people who visited Upper’s Winter Fantasy of Lights this December, the committee confirmed Thursday while presenting checks totaling $30,000 to two local nonprofit organizations.

The Happy Hookers crochet club, a program of the Wyandot County Council on Aging, celebrated seven years as an organization Monday at Senior Connection. The group, led by retired home economics teacher Madonna Meeker, meets from 1:30-4 p.m. Mondays, when members share patterns and ideas.