The name Jean Moon has nearly become synonymous with the Upper Sandusky Community Pool and swimming lessons. Moon recalls that the pool was built and opened in 1941, but said she didn’t take lessons the first year it was open, as it was only open part of the time. Instead she taught herself some of the basics of swimming. Then, in 1942, when she was 12 years old, she began taking lessons with Antoinette Lowery and George Rieser.

The Wyandot County Historical Society has added new staff for the summer. Sarah E. Hunt, 26, of Delaware, was hired as the new Overland Inn Curator, which will allow the historical McCutchenville site to return to its regular hours for the first time in nearly two years.

Ruthie Jordan (left) and Elmer Jordan, both of Florida, play a game of corn hole with friends from Nevada Paul and Peggy Blizzard Friday at the Wyandot County Council on Aging’s Picnic in the Park event at Water Works Park in Carey.

At Thursday’s Thursday Evenings At The Museum, a packed room heard a story of World War II resilience that few will read in history books. Wyandot County Historical Society board member Bonnie Eyestone spoke to attendees at the Wyandot County Museum about the capture and rescue of American Nurses in WWII Europe.

Ontario defeated the Upper Sandusky Black Marlins girls swimming team 238-82 and the boys 197-100 in a meet Wednesday at Harrison Smith Park.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The many titles that new Riverdale girls basketball coach Mickie Bonham has held over the years exemplify her love of being around children. She has been a coach. Bonham coached junior high girls basketball at Riverdale from 2004-2012 and for two years alongside Randy Baker at Arcadia while she was a student teacher in 1999 and then in 2000.

Freda Beamer (left), Pat Boair (back left) and Donna Turner (right), all of Upper Sandusky, arrange their floral centerpiece crafts at the Upper Sandusky Community Library on Wednesday afternoon.

While Wyandot County will only send one new athlete to the Special Olympics State Summer Games this weekend, several things will be different. The Indians are not competing in unified volleyball or unified swimming this year, so several athletes have shifted to new sports, primarily track and field.

CAREY — Construction has begun on the new Taco Bell restaurant located off of South Vance Street near the U.S. 23 interchange. “They have broken ground,” Carey Assistant Village Administrator Nathan Curtis said.

CAREY — At each station of the scavenger hunt at the Space Exploration Day event Tuesday at the Dorcas Carey Public Library, students were one step closer to winning a prize. And every time they found a station, they acquired more knowledge about the solar system.