CRESTLINE — The Crawford County Park District has announced upcoming events. Just Hike It is 10 a.m. Saturday at Lowe-Volk Park, 2401 State Route 598. Let’s get out hiking this spring and kick out the winter blahs!

Over the last several years drug overdoses have continued to increase. At this point, the Surgeon General has issued a statement for all communities to increase Narcan availability since research shows when communities increase education and availability, the number of overdose deaths decrease.

The following report was prepared and submitted by the Wyandot County Humane Society on Monday and is correct as of that date. Pets reported as missing since the last report that have not been found include a male yellow Lab, a white male Shih Tzu, a tri-color male shepherd-pit bull mix, a black male husky-shepherd-Lab, a tan male husky-pit bull, a white and black female bull terrier mix, a neutered male rottweiler, two tan male pit bulls, a white neutered male great Pyrenees and a male husky.

COLUMBUS — People don’t have to be wealthy or have an advanced degree to open a home to children in need. They just need “100 percent heart.”

FINDLAY — Anyone interested in learning how to hunt wild turkeys is invited to apply for a mentored hunt in northwest Ohio during the spring 2019 turkey season according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.

For the ninth year, AARP Tax-Aide, a free tax preparation service, is being offered through the joint effort of the Wyandot County Council on Aging and the Trinity Evangelical United Methodist Church. Federal, state and school tax returns will be e-filed at no cost, including postage.

SYLVANIA — The Northwest Ohio Scholarship Fund is accepting applications for the 2019-20 school year for need-based scholarships for grades kindergarten through eighth grade worth up to $1,500 for children to use at a nonpublic school or $500 for homeschool expenses.

FINDLAY — Blanchard Valley Health System has added advanced technology that will differentiate between essential tremor and parkinsonian syndromes, among other conditions. DaTscan is a radioactive injection into the patient’s bloodstream to help take pictures of areas of the brain with a special camera called a single-photon emission computed tomography camera.

LIMA — The Ohio Department of Transportation District 1 now is accepting applications for this year’s Paint the Plow program through March 15 from high schools and vocational school groups within its eight-county region, including Allen, Defiance, Hancock, Hardin, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert and Wyandot counties.

CAREY — A leprechaun party will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at the Dorcas Carey Public Library for teens and tweens, at 3:30 p.m. March 14 for third though fifth graders and at 6:30 p.m. March 14 for preschool through second graders.