COLUMBUS — Chris Baker of Hilliard has been promoted to executive director of Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation, a 501(c) nonprofit, public charitable organization. Established in 1985, the foundation strives for measurable agricultural community improvement in Ohio by supporting projects that focus on agricultural education, the environment and economic growth in rural, suburban and urban areas.

The latest meeting of the Pipetown 4-H Club recently took place at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds with 11 members and three guests present. Old business discussed included a report on how well livestock interviews went and how many of the members participated in the Skillathon this year.

FINDLAY — Dr. Deborah Fitzgerald, a technology history professor in Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Science, Technology, and Society Program, will speak about the industrialization of agriculture at 7 p.m. Thursday in the University of Findlay’s Martin Lecture Hall, located in the Brewer Frost Science Center.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Applications from soybean farmers are being accepted through Thursday for Conservation Legacy Awards, a program of the American Soybean Association. Winners will get a trip to the 2017 Commodity Classic in San Antonio, Texas.

An accident at the intersection of West Finley Street and North Hazel Street involving a school bus and pickup truck was reported the afternoon of Aug. 18. Lisa A. Kin, McCutchenville, and Jerry L. Randall, Upper Sandusky, were listed as the drivers.

CAREY — Carey Exempted Village Schools administrators and board of education members discussed hiring a second technology information specialist to assist technology coordinator Nick Rider during a regular board meeting Monday.

NEVADA — After a little more than a year off, Richard Awbrey is back on Nevada Council. Awbrey was appointed to fill the spot of Tiffany Bloomfield, who offered a letter of resignation after missing several meetings in a row.

SYCAMORE — A Mohawk High School alumnus brought a proposal to the board of education Monday night for future consideration. Mitchell Stillberger, currently of Zanesville and formerly of Sycamore, brought a proposal for the creation of a Mohawk Local Schools academic fund.

Four new teachers with ties to Wyandot County and the surrounding area have joined the staff at the Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District for the 2016-17 academic year. Joining the staff at Union Elementary and Upper Sandusky Middle School this year are Jake Leonard, Elizabeth Oberlander and Rachel Smith, while Stacy Sprague is the newest addition at East Elementary School.

The K9 unit was dispatched to assist the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office with a traffic stop at the intersection of U.S. 23 and CH 50 early the morning of Aug. 17. K9 Hunter indicated on the vehicle.