Ellen Engle (standing, left) and Kenton Jarvis of the Armstrong Air and Space Museum pass out different color and length tubes to children for a team-building exercise during their Sounds of Silence presentation Wednesday morning at the Dorcas Carey Library.

Upper Sandusky Middle School students learned valuable lessons in the final weeks of the school year with a reality store event last month. The event was for seventh and eighth graders at Union School with the intent to teach the students about the challenges they will face as adults.

Vyntage Barn held its seasonal opening this past weekend. The business features home decor, antiques and home garden accessories.

CAREY — Throughout her 40-year teaching career, recently retired Carey High School Spanish teacher Judy Widman taught the Spanish language to young people in many different schools. She taught at Notre Dame High School in Portsmouth, her first teaching job, after studying abroad at Schiller International University in Spain while she was a student at Ohio State University.

The Rev. Elaine J. Clinger Sturtz was a special guest speaker Sunday for the Parkinson’s support group in Upper Sandusky. The group typically meets at 2 p.m. the first Sunday of each month at Janice Woods’ home and is open to Parkinson’s disease patients, caregivers, family and friends.

Lorne Missey of Ohio Tree Carvings sands the surface of the large eagle he and his father, Matt, crafted from a tree Monday at Gormley Park in Forest.

Bob and Audrey Wood play the didgeridoo and rain stick to a steady beat for children attending the Forest-Jackson Public Library’s summer reading program event in the pavilion at Gormley Park.

The Upper Sandusky FFA traveled to the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus the first part of May for the 90th Ohio State FFA Convention. At the convention, individuals and the chapter were recognized for their hard work over the past year.

BUCYRUS — The Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District nominating committee is searching for qualified candidates who are interested in serving on their board of supervisors. Supervisors are public officials responsible to the people of Crawford County.

The Gottfried Nature Center and the Wyandot Soil and Water Conservation District will be holding a summer day camp from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 21 at the Gottfried Nature Center on CH 330 west of Upper Sandusky. The all day camp will include sessions involving hands-on investigations into the areas of creatures that fly, food chain producers, trees and plants, and a collection of outdoor games and nature fun activities.