Tami Baumberger (left) addresses seniors at Senior Connection in Upper Sandusky Monday morning about healthy eating. Baumberger spoke about the effects of specific foods and nutrients on the body in regards to brain and memory, skin, the heart and foods that help reduce the risk of chronic disease.

Founders and long time members of the Wyandot County Pheasants Forever chapter were recognized Saturday in celebration of the club’s 25th anniversary at the annual banquet, raffle and auction held at the Upper Sandusky OH No. 83 Elks Lodge.

For the past two weeks, first-graders at Union Elementary School have been writing and rehearsing plays put on by each of the first grade classrooms as part of a grant program. Principal Janine McMillan explained that the grant with CATCO, a Columbus based theater company, was written by a parent and first-grade teachers and is provided through the Ohio Arts Council.

As part of a series of informal meet and greets, new Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Dorothy Pelanda (pictured) speaks at the Gottfried Nature Center Friday. Pelanda introduced herself and shared the focus of the Ohio Department of Agriculture with attendees. She answered questions and listened to concerns shared by the audience, which ranged from Ohio’s water quality to laws …

Amanda L. Rhodes, Carey, charged by the Carey police with possession of drug paraphernalia, hearing held, continued to March 26.

Certificate of judgment: Carey Poverello FCU, 201 N. Vance St., Carey, judgment creditor, vs. Terissa Sharp, 1700 E. Sandusky St., Findlay, judgment debtor.

Quinn David Corbin and Samantha Corbin to Tiffani L. Watkins, property in Wharton.

Joseph Adam Lortz, 37, 7121 CH 97, Carey, process manager; and Kathryn Elizabeth Stacy, 29, 7121 CH 97, Carey, underwriter, Feb. 20. Randy Lee Shepherd, 60, 433 S. Sandusky Ave., Upper Sandusky, welder; and Gina Renee Wren, 56, 433 S. Sandusky Ave., Upper Sandusky, quality inspector, Feb. 21. Steven Randall Higginbotham Jr., 47, 425 S. Patterson St., Carey, operator engineer; …

Kelli J. Owns, registrar of vital statistics at the Wyandot County Health Department, reports there were eight births and 21 deaths in the county during January. Births include six females and two males; deaths include ten females and 11 males. Sixty-four certified birth and 64 certified death certificates were issued. Twenty-seven burial permits were issued.

Area churches turned their attention toward church safety Thursday night at an Upper Sandusky Area Ministerial Association seminar, led by the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office, focused on church safety and security.