Homecoming season has begun, with three local high schools planning ceremonies during their home football games Friday evening. Wynford, Carey and Riverdale all will celebrate homecoming this weekend.

John Stewart UMC Today, 5:30 p.m., community meal; 6:15 p.m., praise team; 7 p.m., worship choir.

Teresa Jacoby, of Carey, and Travis Gillig, of McCutchenville, recently announced their engagement and upcoming wedding. The bride-to-be is a daughter of Ron and Mary Jane Jacoby, Carey.

MANSFIELD — The Ohio State University Extension will host “Improving Your Woodland” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 14 at OSU’s Mansfield campus, 100 Ovalwood Hall, 1760 University Drive. The $35 cost includes lunch.

General surgeon Dr. Peter Schuler will provide free vein screenings from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 12 and 19. The screenings will include a brief varicose vein risk factor questionnaire and consultation with Schuler.

The following report was prepared and submitted by the Wyandot County Humane Society on Sept. 22 and is correct as of that date: Pets reported as missing since the previous report that have not been found include a spayed female tiger cat, a neutered male tiger cat, a large brindle male pit bull mix, a spayed female brown chihuahua, a tri-color neutered male rat terrier, an older tan boxer-Jack Russell mix, a black male Labrador and a black male Pomeranian.

It is no news that drug addiction and mental illness are serious problems in our communities. Many scientific methods and treatments were implemented in the area served by the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Seneca, Sandusky and Wyandot Counties to help individuals who struggle with an active addiction or mental illness.

The Wellness Center at Wyandot Memorial Hospital will offer its Living with Diabetes course to diabetics and their support persons from 5-8:30 p.m. Oct. 19-20 in the Bowman and Kirkland conference rooms on the hospital’s lower level.

Wyandot County Help Me Grow and Women, Infants and Children are teaming up to offer their fall play date from 12:30-2 p.m. Oct. 6 at Harrison Smith Park. The play date will include fall activities for youth birth through 5 years.

SYCAMORE — The Honey Creek Preservation Jazz Band will return to the Pitman-Stoner Auditorium at the historic Melmore Town Hall at 7 p.m. Oct. 20 as part of a grand reopening. A new furnace and air conditioning units have been installed at the 1910 Eden Town Hall, which has been purchased by the Mohawk Historical Society.