A big part of being in shape is being consistent. So when Curves in Upper Sandusky closed, Stephanie Jacob didn’t want to waste much time getting its community back in its routine.

MALVERN, Pennsylvania — Dan Reid of the Reid Insurance Agency in Upper Sandusky was awarded the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation and diploma by The Institutes for successfully completing courses and examinations on risk management principles, insurance policy contracts and coverage analysis.

Upper Sandusky’s newest truck stop is up and running. After a yearlong construction process, community members recently celebrated the grand opening of Love’s Travel Stop and Country Store, 1301 N. Warpole St.

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 2016-17 marketing work experience program employers.

Registered dietitian Shannon Erskine talks about the importance of healthy nutrition during a recent Wyandot County Prostate Cancer Support Group meeting. The group’s next meeting is July 11 at Wyandot Memorial Hospital.

The minimum pay for some non-union Upper Sandusky city service workers will increase by $2 an hour Jan. 1, pending a vote by city council. The city’s service committee recently voted to increase the starting hourly wage from $12 to $14 for all non-licensed, full-time, non-union employees.

Two-month-old Avery Troxel is the fifth generation of his family. Pictured with Avery are (from left) his maternal great-grandfather Gary Koehler, 65, maternal great-great-grandfather Vernon Koehler, 85, mother Hope Troxel, 20, and maternal grandfather Jason Koehler, 42. Submitted photo

CAREY — Carey Council finally passed a resolution required by the federal Economic Development Agency to ensure it has funds set aside to pay for an ongoing electric substation rebuild. During Monday’s regular meeting, five council members approved an emergency resolution confirming appropriations for the Continental Structural Plastics substation project, with member Lois Kurtz absent.

CAREY — Carey Solicitor Jessica Monday sent a memo last week to council members explaining why resolutions are read three times. She sent the memo that outlines sections of the Ohio Revised Code pertaining to passage of village ordinances and resolutions after council appeared surprised to see two resolutions listed as “first readings” and another listed without a first-reading distinction on the May 1 meeting agenda.

The Upper Sandusky Exempted Village Schools Board of Education made some new hires at Monday evening’s board meeting, including Corrina Waggy as high school assistant principal. Waggy replaces Tony Fenstermaker, who served in the assistant principal role for three years. He recently was hired as McComb’s superintendent.