Worthy matron and deputy grand matron Marla Barber recently welcomed members to the December meeting of Warpole Chapter No. 366 Order of the Eastern Star with a poem. The conductress introduced Darcie Miller, grand representative of Oregon in Ohio.

CRESTLINE — The Crawford Park District will offer pine cone wreath crafts from 1-3 p.m. Dec. 11 at Lowe-Volk Park, 2401 Ohio 598, Crestline. The park district will provide the pine cones, a 12-inch wire form, ribbon and miscellaneous items from nature.

The local AARP-sponsored team that annually offers free tax preparation at Trinity Evangelical United Methodist Church is in need of volunteers. The caseload has increased from doing 60 tax returns the first year to more than 350 returns last year, according to a press release from the group.

A group of students, primarily second-graders from Upper Sandusky’s South Elementary School, visited the Wyandot County Museum on Tuesday to decorate trees for the Christmas open house taking place from 2-8 p.m. today and from 1-4 p.m. Sunday.

The Wellness Center at Wyandot Memorial Hospital will offer its Living with Diabetes course to diabetics and their support people from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 14 and 15 in the Bowman and Kirkland conference rooms on the hospital’s lower level.

Wyandot Tracers OGS Jean Moon, president of the Wyandot Tracers Ohio Genealogical Society, opened the November meeting by reading “The Porch Swing” by K. K. Jones.

The Upper Sandusky Fire Department will conduct its ninth annual food drive from 8 a.m. to noon Dec. 10 to benefit the Christian Food Center in Upper Sandusky. Firefighters will accept food and monetary donations.

HARPSTER — Harpster United Methodist Church will host a blue Christmas service with harpist Ashlie Payton at 6 p.m. Sunday. A blue Christmas service is a quiet, meditative worship service that allows time for remembering, sharing hurt with God and preparing hearts for the holiday.

The local AARP-sponsored team that annually offers free tax preparation at Trinity Evangelical United Methodist Church is in need of volunteers. The caseload has increased from doing 60 tax returns the first year to more than 350 returns last year, according to a press release from the group.

SYCAMORE — The Mohawk Historical Society Museum, 101-105 N. Sycamore Ave., Sycamore, will host its annual Christmas open house Saturday and Sunday. The event is free and open to the public.