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Sidney American Legion Post 217 50-year member awards were presented to, left to right, Charles D. Reid, Pearl R. Price Jr., Raymond Gates and Gary Fletcher during a family dinner and awards ceremony on Saturday. Others receiving the award, but not present were Gary Buroker, Darrel W. Hollenbacher, Stephen Laux, John Mentges, Marvin Wooddell and Keith Yan.

Sidney Police Sgt. Ethan Brown, far right, is served a free meal by, left to right, Diane Dempsey, of Sidney, Debby Pitts, of Piqua, and associate matron Sylvia Smith, of Sidney.

By Kimberly Pistone

SIDNEY — Shelby County Master Gardeners are staffing a horticultural “hotline” at the Shelby County Extension Office throughout the growing season. Volunteers are available from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. every Monday and Thursday from May through September to help with gardening concerns.

The Community Foundation of Shelby County recently awarded more than $143,000 to local organizations during its Spring Community Grants cycle.

The City of Sidney is seeking nominations for the 2024 Neighborhood Beautification Award. The award is given to recognize exterior improvements to residences.

Paislee Kelly, of Sidney, makes some train shaped scratch art at the Amos Memorial Public Library on Wednesday. Paislee was on a field trip to the library with her Whittier Elementary class. The students were read a book on trains. They were also given their own train book to keep.

Seven Western Ohio authors will be on hand from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 11 at Gallery 2:ten in Sidney. The writers will be available to sign their books and to talk to book lovers at the store, which is located at 684 Fair Road.

Larry Monnin, of Sidney, reads the back of a book at the Amos Memorial Public Library’s biannual book fair on Wednesday. Monnin said he was looking for whatever “catches my eye.” The book sale began on Saturday and will end on this coming Saturday. Around 2,000 books have been sold.

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