Every September, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration promotes National Recovery Month to increase awareness of behavioral health conditions. The observance endorses the ideas that behavioral health is essential to health, that prevention works, that treatment is effective and that people recover from mental health and substance abuse disorders.

Wyandot County Public Health will begin offering seasonal influenza vaccines for the 2016-17 flu season at the Wyandot County Fair. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends routine annual influenza vaccination for all people 6 months of age and older who do not have contraindications to the vaccine, such as a severe allergy to chicken eggs; severe reaction after a previous dose of flu vaccine; those who developed Guillain-Barre syndrome six weeks after a previous dose of influenza vaccine; infants younger than 6 months of age; and those with a moderate to severe illness.

The Wyandot County Prostate Cancer Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 20 for an open forum on topics of interest to those in attendance. The meeting will take place in the Bowman and Kirkland conference rooms on the lower level of Wyandot Memorial Hospital.

COLUMBUS — American drivers spend an average of more than 17,600 minutes behind the wheel each year, according to a new survey from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. That is equivalent to seven, 40-hour weeks at the office, and is a figure that continues to rise.

FINDLAY — The American Red Cross North Central Ohio Chapter is recruiting volunteers to join its workforce to help families affected by an increase in disasters caused by severe storms across the country. In the past several days, the Ohio Buckeye Region of the Red Cross has sent numerous volunteers to respond to the devastating flooding in Louisiana as well as other storm- and fire-related events across the country, according to a press release from the local chapter.

COLUMBUS — Lauren Shaver completed training June 30 for the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Junior Cadet program at the Highway Patrol Training Academy in Columbus. Shaver, who was sponsored by Sgt. Jeff Conley of the Findlay Post of the OSP, is a senior at Upper Sandusky High School this year.

FINDLAY — The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel has released a new fact sheet explaining utility programs available for military families. Families preparing for the deployment of a member are advised to call their utilities’ customer service hotline and prepare documentation of active duty.

FOSTORIA — St. John’s United Church of Christ will host its September Fest from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday at the church, located off Ohio 587, south of Fostoria. The menu will include chicken, roast beef, sloppy joe and hot dog sandwiches, baked beans, potato salad, chicken noodle soup and homemade pies.

Worthy matron Roberta Ekleberry welcomed members to a recent meeting of Warpole chapter No. 366 Order of the Eastern Star. The conductress introduced Marla Barber, deputy grand matron, and Darcie Miller, grand representative of Oregon in Ohio.

The final 2016 monthly luncheon of the USHS class of 1954 took place Sept. 6 at Special Occasions Catering, 204 N. Warpole St. Upper Sandusky. Jon Zimmerman called the meeting to order, and Carl Walton gave the Thanksgiving prayer.