Don Tomasso’s owner Thomas Smith recently took second place in a U.S. Pizza Team qualifier Sept. 18 in Columbus. Smith prepared his “Little Sandusky” pizza — a white pizza with buffalo chicken, bacon and red onion — for the specialty pizza contest.

The Upper Sandusky Area Chamber of Commerce is participating in a joint regional chamber business expo after hours event from 4-7 p.m. Oct. 20 at All Occasions Catering, 6989 Waldo Delaware Rd., Waldo. Pre-registration is required by Monday by contacting the chamber at 419-294-3349.

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SYCAMORE — The students of Mohawk Elementary School were given two challenges Monday morning. The challenges were issued by a fourth-degree black belt, originally from Reno, Nevada, who has traveled to Africa nine times to visit orphanages.

TIFFIN — A public forum titled “How Clean Is Our Water?” will take place Oct. 21 at the Great Hall of Campus Center at Heidelberg University, 310 E. Market St., Tiffin. The forum is being sponsored by the National Center for Water Quality Research, Heidelberg University, the Franciscan Earth Literary Center and the Sandusky River Watershed Coalition.

SYCAMORE — The village of Sycamore received $10,600 for three out-of-service trucks in a recent auction, administrator Chuck Clark reported during Tuesday’s council meeting. A bucket truck netted $6,600, while a 1997 utility truck brought in $2,100 and a pickup truck with a plow made $1,900 for the village, Clark reported.

HARPSTER — Harpster Village Council looked to follow the trend of multiple other area municipalities by checking into the possibility of implementing a stricter lawn maintenance ordinance Tuesday night. Mayor Jim Robertson brought council a copy of the recently implemented ordinance in Upper Sandusky as an example of what such an ordinance could look like.

MARSEILLES — With a lack of quorum for its October meeting, Marseilles officials and two residents in attendance at Tuesday night’s meeting discussed a proposed ordinance detailing the regulation and enforcement of exterior maintenance requirements.

Wyandot County Special Olympics athletes (in red, from left) Tim Wickham, Grace Searls, Christy Gossman and Amber Clinger introduced bocce to statehouse staff Wednesday in Columbus. Staff members were split into four teams, with a Special Olympics athlete on each team.

Eli Smith (from left), Ben Frey, Tyler Counts and John Vogel competed for Wyandot County in the unified Special Olympics golf tournament in Cincinnati last month. Smith and Frey shot a 43 to earn a bronze medal in their division, and Counts and Vogel shot a 52 to win a sliver medal.