KIRBY — Kirby Village Council discussed annexation of property from Mifflin Township at its meeting Monday night. The issue was tabled again because new trustees will be sworn in at the beginning of 2018.

SYCAMORE — Westbrook Assisted Living held a Wine & Purse Bingo event Tuesday evening at the Sycamore Community Center. All funds raised go to the South School Playground Project, which will be Upper Sandusky’s first handicap-accessible playground.

The Wyandot County Council on Aging is all aboard this week with a Polar Express train theme. The Council on Aging’s main lobby is decorated with railroad signs and three model trains complete with miniature villages are set up in the main lobby. Even the Christmas tree has model train ornaments and is topped by a conductor’s hat and a bandana instead of the traditional star.

Ordinances for 2018 appropriations as well as wage and salary were given first readings in Monday’s Upper Sandusky City Council meeting. Of note, starting wages for workers in sanitation and in the waste water departments increase from $12 to $14 per hour.

CAREY — In an effort to attract employees to fill vacant spots, Carey Village Council on Monday approved an ordinance authorizing and approving the increased pay range for employees in the village electric department. The village dispensed with the second and third readings of the ordinance and declared an emergency.

The Wyandot County Board of Elections will have a new home in 2018. With the Wyandot County Engineer’s Office moving to a new building, there was an opening at the old location at 350 N. Warpole St. and the Board of Elections was happy to take it.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa — The 40th annual National Farm Toy Show was held in Dyersville, Iowa, early in November. The show is considered the ideal event to explore the farm toy world.

Farm Service Agency County Committee advisers are a valued voice for underrepresented groups and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. County committee members and their county executive directors actively reach out to producer groups who are underrepresented on county committees.

Several local celebrities were put behind bars Friday for a good cause. The fourth annual Jail and Bail took place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday in Upper Sandusky. A temporary prison was set up on the Wyandot County Courthouse lawn and local celebrities were put in jail until “bail money” was raised to release them.