Linda Bard (left), Harpster, and Marilyn Olson, Upper Sandusky, look through the selection of books at the Upper Sandusky Community Library Friends of the Library book sale sneak preview night.

The Wyandot County Veterans Service Commission discussed how to best inform area veterans about a change at the Wyandot County Fair for 2019. Veterans Day at the fair will be Wednesday during fair week this year instead of Tuesday. Wyandot County Veterans Service Officer Theresa Miller said it is a big deal to get the word out about the move to Wednesday because she didn’t want to see a bunch of veterans showing up Tuesday since that’s when the day had been celebrated in the past.

Tristan Joy (left), a financial adviser for Edward Jones Investments and a mother, said she was looking for a fun way to get involved in the community when she decided to start a coloring contest for area children.

Harpster United Methodist Church hosted its 39th annual ice cream social Wednesday evening in order to raise money for the church’s apportionments. A large crowd turned out to enjoy the meal and ice cream including (from left) Sally and Sherm Stansbery and Dan and Becky Newell, all of Upper Sandusky.

A caller reported observing a female carrying a backpack and possibly not wearing any shoes crawl into railroad cars on the 100 block of West Hicks Street the morning of July 31. The responding officers searched the cars as well as other cars in the area and were unable to locate anyone.

COLUMBUS — North Central Electric Cooperative board trustee Nick Wagner spoke on behalf of Ohio’s 24 electric cooperatives in a round table discussion at Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives in Columbus last week to express approval for the Environmental Protective Agency’s new ACE Rule that replaces the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which, according to officials, had strict regulations that would have hurt the energy industries.

GAHANNA — AEP Ohio, an American Electric Power company, recently submitted its grid modernization expansion plan with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to bring advanced smart grid technologies including smart meters, customer access to real-time energy usage data, and distribution system reliability enhancements throughout its service territory. If approved, this plan will provide the benefits of advanced grid technology to all AEP Ohio customers.

COLUMBUS — Over the past week, life has been busy for Wyandot County residents Hunter Shane and Abby Thiel. The two are serving on the Ohio State Fair Junior Fair Board in their first of the two-year program and are joining veteran junior fair board member Rachael Herring who first participated on the junior fair board in 2018.

Mohawk Community Library announced the winners of its summer coloring contest with a Back to School bash Tuesday. Winners were gifted a bag loaded with school supplies including markers, crayons, pencils, glue sticks, paper, folders, safety scissors as well as a $20 gift card to purchase a new backpack.

The Daily Chief-Union confirmed Tuesday that the Wyandot County Fair will have rides this year through the same company as last year, Durant Amusements. The fair is currently accepting open class entries and premium books are available.