Two area children have completed the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program at the Mohawk Community Library and the Dorcas Carey Public Library.

Bucyrus natives selected as RAs at Heidelberg TIFFIN — A team of 31 upperclass students has been selected to serve as resident assistants for the upcoming academic year at Heidelberg University.

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Seneca, Sandusky and Wyandot Counties currently is accepting applications for volunteers in Wyandot County. CASA volunteers are appointed by juvenile court judges to represent the best interest of abused and neglected children in court.

St. Peter School will host its annual open house from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Monday. The open house will begin with a brief welcome and introductions of faculty and staff. After that, parents and guardians may visit classrooms, drop of their children’s school supplies and have hot dogs provided by the school advisory council.

Employees of the Wyandot County Department of Job and Family Services recently celebrated Child Support Awareness Month, recognized in Ohio in August, by wearing green.

Upper Sandusky DeMolay will host an informational open house at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Upper Sandusky Masonic Center, 188 W. Johnson St. The meeting is open to the public and will include a brief presentation on the chapter and a time for questions.

Parents and families who have had children die are invited to a memorial balloon release from 4-6 p.m. Aug. 14 at Harrison Smith Park. Sponsored by The Compassionate Friends of Wyandot County, the annual balloon release will take place at the small red shelter house behind the pond at the park.

SYCAMORE — The Mohawk Community Library will host a family fun festival from 4:30-8 p.m. Friday. The summer reading finale will feature games, face painting, a bake sale, cornhole, free snow cones and more.

SYCAMORE — Mohawk School will host an orientation Aug. 18 for all seventh-grade and new eighth-grade students and their parents. The session will begin at 6 p.m. with a general meeting in the performing arts center.

Bill and Ruth Ann Price of Wharton will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday. The couple was married in 1966 at Forest United Methodist Church with the Revs. Robert Rector and Rodney Burk officiating.