Improved clutch hitting. Less stranded runners. Better pitching. Not committing as many errors as they were early in the season. These are all areas in which Upper Sandusky baseball coach Scott Emerick sees improvement in the midst of the Rams’ five-game winning streak.

NEVADA — The White Shutter Winery’s new owners Jake and Kerri Thiel celebrated the opening of their remodeled barn Tuesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. A grand opening event will take place at 5 p.m. Saturday.

Upper Sandusky Salon Lofts welcomed a new hair stylist on Monday. Brodie Johns, a 2014 graduate of Upper Sandusky High School, will be offering his services from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m Mondays and Tuesdays.

Paula Rowe, one of the travel experts at Upper Sandusky’s All Shores Travel, a Travel Leaders affiliate, located at 855 S. Hazel St., has successfully achieved certification through one of the travel industry’s most rigorous new programs to become a certified leisure travel specialist.

Eleanor Lorash, 90, of Carey, shows off her project she completed Tuesday afternoon at the woodworking class held in Senior Connection with Activities Director Amy Gardner.

Senior Connection hosted a special Italian dinner party Wednesday titled “A Taste of Tuscany.” Attendees enjoyed Italian-themed appetizers, soup, salad, a dinner of lasagna, ravioli and chicken fettuccine followed by a desert of fruit with cheesecake cupcakes.

FOSTORIA — One of northern Ohio’s largest lenders for farmers, rural homeowners and agribusiness recently declared a patronage refund of 30.03 percent for 2017, resulting in $24.1 million refunded to its member borrowers. This patronage payment provides a refund to the lending cooperative’s shareholders of 30 cents for every dollar they accrued in interest on their loans for the past year.

This is an opportune time to take another look at farming operations and determine if there are areas that could benefit from the establishment of one or more conservation practices. For instance, does a farm have a ditch or stream running through that needs a filter strip?

BUCYRUS — Not many schools in the state of Ohio will win the Ohio Department of Education’s Momentum Award. Even fewer will win the award in back-to-back years.

Upper Sandusky Mayor Scott Washburn read a proclamation Monday morning declaring April 30 as Arbor Day in the city of Upper Sandusky.