Upper Sandusky High School’s marketing education/DECA program recently hosted its annual awards presentation/employer appreciation banquet at the Elks Club in Upper Sandusky to honor its 2017-18 marketing work experience program employers.

Neumeister’s Candy Shoppe in Upper Sandusky may have some new owners, but the old recipes are sticking around despite plenty of new menu options. Debbie and Tim Frey purchased Neumeister’s this past August and they finally had some free time to hold a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Wyandot Chamber of Commerce last Wednesday.

The Upper Sandusky High School chess club hosted a community chess event at Senior Connection on Tuesday. The chess club will host its next event from 4-6 May 23 at the Upper Sandusky Community Library and players from beginner, intermediate and expert skill levels are invited.

The What’s Cookin’ recipe club met Monday at the Upper Sandusky Community Library for a post-Mother’s Day tea party. Attendees were asked to bring food they would normally make for a tea party.

MARSEILLES — Marseilles Council reported at its meeting last week that flowers will be planted and flags hung in the village in the coming weeks. Council also discussed the chicken barbecue that was held April 28 and reviewed the April bank statement and reconciliation.

BUCYRUS — The Wynford FFA chapter held its annual FFA banquet April 12. The banquet began with a potluck meal in the high school gymnasium.

On April 19, the Upper Sandusky FFA hosted its 81st annual parent-member banquet to celebrate the achievements of the FFA and its members over the past year. More than 400 members, community figures and parents came to support the program.

On May 3, more than 500 4-H and FFA members from 33 states competed in the 67th annual National Land and Range Judging Contest in Oklahoma, and the Upper Sandusky FFA was one of them.

Conservation Reserve Program participants are responsible for ensuring adequate, approved vegetative and practice cover is maintained to control erosion throughout the life of the contract after the practice has been established. Participants also must control undesirable vegetation, weeds (including noxious weeds), insects and rodents that may pose a threat to existing cover or adversely impact other landowners in the area.

Upper Sandusky Parks Director Keith Niederkohr announced striping had been completed at the new Robby Lee Memorial basketball courts in Bicentennial Park.