I support the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board and the programs that its levy supports in our community. This levy helps to meet the community’s mental health treatment needs and it supports programs supported in our local schools.

I am a former history teacher at Carey High School. I taught in Carey for 30 years, and during that time I witnessed the broad range of both supports and stressors that the students of our county experience. Though we are a rural area, our children still face pressures, stress, negative messages and exposure to losses and sometimes trauma.

As a business owner, former fireman on the Carey Fire Department and a current member of the Carey Police Department, I have seen the severity that mental illness and addiction has on our community. The loss of productivity and the impact on one’s quality of life are just two costs when these illnesses go untreated.

Willie J. Crosky, Pontiac, Michigan, was arrested for OVI, failure to drive in marked lanes, possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana paraphernalia and possession of weapons while intoxicated during a traffic stop on U.S. 23 at Ohio 199 the morning of Aug. 26.

“These people shouldn’t be lost to history.” A committee met at the Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Thursday afternoon to discuss the unmarked grave cemetery of the former Wyandot County Infirmary.

Tom Martin talks about Crane Township’s additional tax levy that will be on the Nov. 7 ballot during Thursday evening’s Meet the Candidates at the Upper Sandusky Community Library. Visit the Daily Chief-Union Facebook page for video of candidates speaking. Daily Chief-Union/Avery T. Jennings

The Steer Barn has been an Upper Sandusky landmark for over a century, and it has received some major renovations over the summer and early fall to get modernized. An open house is planned for Monday from noon to 7 p.m. with appetizers and drinks to showcase the new and improved facility. An auction will take place at 1 p.m.

An Upper Sandusky woman reported someone was harassing her and her son over Facebook early the morning of Sept. 15. She was advised to block the person and report their posts.

Mandy Baldwin has been creating artwork on her own time for four years. Now, she has her own place to sell it. Baldwin’s Mustard Seed Marketplace is located on Eighth Street in Upper Sandusky in the same complex as Whole Life Fitness and the Shawshank Museum.

CAREY — When realtor Paul Vent was looking for a new building, he turned to one of the ones he was selling. The old Wagner Ford location on East Findlay Street in Carey is the new local home of Ohio Real Estate Auctions.