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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.

COVINGTON — Fort Loramie had already played a strong schedule, but this weekend made the team even more battle-hardened.

An Anna native has been recognized for his service to fellow service members while deployed in Syria.

SIDNEY — The Shelby County Democratic Party named Bethanne Spires as its Democrat of the Year following a dinner on Thursday that was headlined by former U.S. Senate candidate Tim Ryan.

People hold their hands up in prayer while attending a National Day of Prayer event on the Courthouse Square sidewalk. The event was held on Thursday. Participants walked from Sidney First Presbyterian Church to the Courthouse.

Deena Golden, second from left, hugs Ken Kellner, both of Sidney, after Kellner announced that she was the Sidney Education Association’s Teacher of the Year. Golden was recognized during the SEA awards dinner at Shelby Oaks Golf Club on Wednesday. Golden is a science teacher at the Sidney Middle School.

Fort Loramie and Russia earned the highest seeds of any area softball quad, and Botkins and Houston also earned top 10 seeds in the 21-team Dayton Division IV sectional.

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.

SIDNEY — The recently installed public safety radio communication system was activated during a ceremony at a tower on Gearhart Road near the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday. The ceremony capped off a multi-year project to upgrade the county’s communications infrastructure.

ANNA — Anna faced several strong opponents to start the season and struggled early, but the experience appears to have been beneficial.