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.

Angeline School and Industries Mon.: no school. Tue.: cheese pizza, salad, California mixed vegetables, fruit.

Nine members of American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 225 and two guests recently attended the group’s annual potluck at the Senior Center. President Sharon Huffman called the meeting to order.

Marilyn Weatherholtz shows off a large tomato picked from the garden at her home in Upper Sandusky earlier this week. She claims it weighed more than 2 pounds.

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.