Local students participate in 1st Heidelberg humanities symposium TIFFIN — Heidelberg University upperclass students majoring in the humanities recently had a chance to showcase their research projects in the university’s first humanities symposium, organized by a group of sophomore English students.

SYCAMORE — The public is invited to attend a benefit concert for the Sycamore United Church of Christ Food Pantry at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the historic 1910 Melmore Town Hall with musician Kerry Patrick Clark. The concert is free, and canned goods, food items and personal hygiene products will be collected to donate to the food pantry that serves Mohawk Local Schools.

Mental health first aid training is being offered to residents of Seneca, Sandusky and Wyandot counties from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 16 at Trinity Evangelical United Methodist Church in Upper Sandusky. Sponsored by Firelands Counseling and Recovery Services and funded by the Mental Health Board of Seneca, Sandusky and Wyandot Counties, the eight-hour course will teach attendees how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or is experiencing a mental health crisis.

MARSEILLES — A recycling drive is scheduled for 8:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday at Marseilles Park. Items accepted are aluminum and steel cans, clear and colored glass, newspapers, magazines, plastic food containers, cardboard and chipboard. The next drive will be Jan. 28.

Harpster UMC Today, 7 p.m., combined community Thanksgiving service at Morral UMC, 206 Neff St.

Beta Tri Sigma Members of Beta Tri Sigma recently met at the residence of Mona Kempf.

Residents of Westbrook Assisted Living and volunteers work on stringing buckeye necklaces for the upcoming Ohio State-Michigan college football rivalry game. Enough necklaces were made for all 52 residents to wear one during the game.

SYCAMORE — Ciarra Oesch, a seventh-grade student at Mohawk Junior High School, has taken the first step to becoming an internationally recognized artist by winning a local competition sponsored by the Sycamore Lions Club.

Jaclyn Reinhart, of Sycamore, is the mother of a girl, Justice Grace Reinhart. She was born at 8:04 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 at Wyandot Memorial Hospital. She weighed 5 pounds, 13.8 ounces and was 20 inches long.

Mohawk Women’s Literary Club SYCAMORE — The Mohawk Women’s Literary Club met recently at the Mohawk Community Library.