Campus notes: February 9, 2017 Area students graduate from Kent State KENT — Adam Bakies of Carey, Brice Fackler of Kenton, and Kristina Lininger of Sycamore graduated from Kent State University in the fall. Read More
Meeting minutes: February 9, 2017 President Barb Grasz called the February Catholic Ladies of Columbia meeting to order with 36 members present. The meeting was opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Read More
Bucyrus Rotary fundraiser Sat. BUCYRUS — The Bucyrus Rotary Club will host its 44th annual pancake and sausage breakfast from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Bucyrus High School. Bucyrus Rotarians and members of volunteer groups will serve. Read More
Registration now open for diabetes course The Wellness Center at Wyandot Memorial Hospital is offering its Living with Diabetes course to diabetics and their support persons from 5-8:30 p.m. February 22 and 23 in the Bowman and Kirkland conference rooms on the hospital’s lower level. Read More
Church bulletins: February 8, 2017 John Stewart UMC Today, 3 p.m., WAY; 5:30 p.m., community meal; 6 p.m., youth meeting; 6:15 p.m., praise team; 7 p.m., worship choir. Read More
Nature center to host photo exhibit CRESTLINE — Crawford Park District will host its 2017 Nature Photography Exhibit from February 13-28 at the Lowe-Volk Park Nature Center, Crestline. This celebration of nature as seen through the eyes of 12 accomplished photographers is designed to inspire new insights and reaffirm a person’s love and respect for the natural world. Read More
Dorcas Carey Public Library releases February events calendar CAREY — Dorcas Carey Public Library recently released its February calendar of events. The Chill Out and Read Winter Reading Program continues through Feb. 11. Read More
Library to be closed for Presidents’ Day FOREST — Forest-Jackson Public Library will be closed Feb. 20 in observance of Presidents’ Day. The library’s card catalog is available online at www.forestlibrary.org 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Read More
Good Egg registration continues Registration for the Upper Sandusky Rotary Club’s annual Good Eggs for Easter program continues through Feb. 15. Forms will be available at the Wyandot County Department of Job and Family Services, which will collect names of children in need or those who are at-risk. Read More
Seneca Co. Genealogical Society mtg tonight TIFFIN — The Seneca County Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m. today in the Frost-Kalnow Room at the Tiffin-Seneca Public Library. Mike Gilbert, retired Fremont history teacher and lecturer for the Hayes Presidential Library’s History Roundtable, will talk about the 72nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry-the Sandusky/Seneca County Civil War Regiment. Read More
Sycamore days away from controversial rezoning vote SYCAMORE — Sycamore Village Council members on Tuesday night will vote whether to rezone vacant land at the north end of town in what has become a controversial issue. Citizens flooded public meetings twice in the past month, many urging council members to vote against the request to reclassify the land from residential to business because they don’t like landowner Joel Romanko’s plan to sell it to a company that builds Dollar General stores.
County safety council talks tips to avoid falls in the workplace Slips, trips and falls are the No. 2 cause of workplace fatality. In many instances, death or significant injury can be avoided with proper equipment inspection. Richard Vaccaro of Guardian Fall Protection addressed local workplace supervisors and demonstrated proper harness use at a Wyandot Safety Council meeting Thursday at Harrison Smith Park.
Safety urged during solar eclipse Upper Sandusky and the rest of America will experience a total eclipse for the first time in 26 years Monday. A partial eclipse will begin at 1:04 p.m., reaching its peak at 2:30 p.m. and ending at 3:52 p.m. Upper Sandusky optometrist Dr. Kip Newell urges spectators to be cautious.
