CAREY — Carey Elementary students and parents held a special “End of the book bash” Thursday in the Carey School Auditorium to celebrate the completion of the One School, One Book program. Students in kindergarten through fifth grade read the book “The Lemonade War” by Jaqueline Davies beginning in late August and completing the book this week.

Children and adults alike sauntered through downtown Upper Sandusky Wednesday for the second annual Chocolate Walk in support of Open Door Resource Center. All ages were welcome to participate in the Chocolate Walk. Each participant was given a chocolate pass, a bag for candy and a map of the 24 participating businesses and locations.

Fairhaven Community hosted its Harvest Festival Thursday afternoon. The day also highlights volunteers and promotes visitation.

The members of the Wyandot County Infirmary Cemetery Memorial Committee posed for a group picture Wednesday. They are (back, from left) Mike Wheeler, Dick Eyestone, Allen Boes, Dale Reinhart, Tom Eyestone, Ron Marvin Jr., Willie Savidge, Angie Huston, Vicki Charlton;

The cap was placed on top of the memorial for the Wyandot County Infirmary Cemetery recently. The final steps for the memorial will be to pour the concrete pad, place four benches and add three bronze plaques to the memorial.

The Wyandot County Veterans Service Commission discussed some upcoming events during its monthly meeting Wednesday. A free dinner is available to veterans at the Steer Barn in November.

One of Upper Sandusky’s institutions is celebrating its 25-year anniversary next week. East of Chicago Pizza in Upper Sandusky will have several special offers available to customers on Oct. 4. “We’re giving away free pizza for a year, one large pizza per month for 12 months,” East of Chicago Regional Manager Connie Smith said.

BUCYRUS — Wynford has six new high school teachers and two elementary school teachers for the current 2018-19 school year.

BUCYRUS — The Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District recently held its 73rd annual meeting at Pickwick Place. One of the main events at the meeting is the SWCD board of supervisor’s election. Paul E. Hartschuh was elected to the Crawford SWCD Board of Supervisors for a three-year term beginning Jan. 1.

The United States Department of Agriculture launched a trade mitigation package aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to trade retaliation by foreign nations. Producers of certain commodities can now sign up for the Market Facilitation Program.