SYCAMORE — Sycamore Village Council voted to approve raises to the volunteer fire department officers and fourth-year lifeguards during its meeting Tuesday. The finance committee recommended a raise to 50 cents an hour over minimum wage to lifeguards with four years experience, $5,000 per year for the fire chief, $1,350 for assistant fire chief and assistant EMS chief, $300 for captain and $150 for lieutenants. The recommendations were approved unanimously.

American Legion Post No. 344 in Carey raised $1,077 for Hannah’s House from a guest bartending event held Saturday night.

Demonstrating how to play “Incy Wincy Spider” on “boomwhackers” during Tuesday’s summer reading program at the Gormley Park pavilion in Forest are (from left) Cody Flowers-Barger, Lonnie Adams and Alaina Tracy.

The “What’s Cookin’” recipe group met for its annual picnic Monday evening at the Upper Sandusky Community Library. Attendees brought their favorite picnic food, complete with recipes.

Luna Kafle and Santosh Timilsina were among the Nepali dancers who performed Sunday afternoon at Bonnie Wolfe’s home during her annual art exhibit. Guitarist Ranjeet Timilshina also performed.

Ron Wilch (left) and Keith Myers of Wyandot Area Ham Operators Org (WAHOO) participated in a nationwide Field Day event from Saturday afternoon until Sunday afternoon.

Kylee Swartz runs her dog Velocity through the agility course Sunday afternoon at the dog park in Upper Sandusky for 4-H dog judging.

COLUMBUS – Special Olympics is about more than winning but Wyandot County did plenty of it anyway this weekend in the Summer Games in Columbus. The Indians came away with their best medal showing in many years, finishing with 12 golds, 10 silvers and four bronzes.

The Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center staff, family members, friends and residents celebrated a recent positive inspection from the Ohio Department of Health with a party on Friday. The inspection found zero deficiencies in any area of direct care delivery.

Wyandot County takes part in the Parade of Athletes during the opening ceremonies of the Special Olympics Summer Games on Friday evening at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.