Mandy (Kear) and Derrick Gault of Carey are the parents of a boy, Caiden Richard. He was born at 2:22 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017 at Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay. He weighed 5 pounds, 4 ounces and was 18 inches long. The maternal grandparents are Anita Kear and the late Richard Kear. The paternal grandparents are Becky Adkins, Upper Sandusky, …

CAREY — Floyd and R. Joyce (Kin) Derr, 119 West St., Carey, will celebrate their 65th anniversary Sept. 6. They were married Sept. 6, 1952 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Kirby.

CAREY — Commanders Dan Monday and Rodger Brodman of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts 3759 and 2842 announce the kick-off of this year’s VFW’s Voice of Democracy Scholarship competition. Local high school students have the opportunity to compete for thousands of dollars in scholarships and a trip to Washington D.C.

Learn more about Medicare and the upcoming open enrollment period during two seminars at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5 and 10 a.m. Tuesday Sept. 19 at Upper Sandusky Community Library, 301 N. Sandusky Ave. Call 419-294-1345 for more information.

CRESTLINE — Crawford Park District will host a Monarch tagging event at 5:30 p.m. today at Unger Park, 1303 Bucyrus-Nevada Road, just west of Bucyrus, and 6 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Buckeye Central Outdoor Learning Lab. Guests can learn about the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly, its need for milkweed plants and its migration to Mexico.

Ignite Hope will be from 5-7 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Harrison Smith Park ampitheater. Members of the Ohio Valley Adult and Teen Challenge Center and the Teen Challenge of the Firelands Women’s Center will share music and talk about their personal journeys with drug addiction and how they were able to break free.

Joycelyn Cancero (from left), Carolyn Rife, Marilyn Baughman and Marilyn Lee talk over lunch Thursday afternoon at the Senior Center in Upper Sandusky. More than 30 seniors attended an end-of-summer picnic-style event hosted by Wyandot County Council on Aging.

CAREY — The Dorcas Carey Public Library is Upper’s Winter Fantasy of Lights 2017 charitable recipient. The library board learned of the designation in May following Fantasy’s board review and vote.

Sept. 1 Friday, 1 p.m., game day.

Sept. 1 Fri.: maple sausage pancake wrap, Spudster potatoes, string cheese, pears and blueberries, apple juice, graham crackers.