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Sue and Mark Bornhorst, both of Minster, sing “In Heaven There is no Beer,” on Saturday at Minster Oktoberfest. Both singers have attended all 50 Oktoberfests.

SIDNEY — Solvita encourages donors to honor October Breast Cancer Awareness Month by donating at the Recovery and Wellness Center Sidney Campus community blood drive on Oct. 11 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at 1101 N. Vandemark Road, Sidney.

By Megan Lewis

Fort Loramie senior Aly McCumber talks to her mother Denise Gaier before a volleyball game against Jackson Center on Thursday in Fort Loramie. It was senior night for the squad, and McCumber is one of eight seniors on the team who were recognized before the game. McCumber is holding a picture of her father, former Fort Loramie teacher and coach Jon McCumber, who died in early July. McCumber posed with her mother and stepfather Todd Gaier while holding her father’s picture during the ceremony. Players walked out of a different door than their parents during the ceremony and met their parents along the baseline before walking to center court; all presented their mothers with flowers when meeting them. Todd Gaier gave McCumber a picture of her father when the family met on the baseline. Fort Loramie secured an outright Shelby County Athletic League title with a 3-0 win on Thursday and is ranked No. 1 in the state coaches association Division VII poll.

The Sidney City Airport will be hosting a Young Eagles Rally at the airport on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Houston area Trick-or-Treat Night will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31. The Houston Fire Department will pass out candy to trick or treaters.

A blood drive will take place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 15 at St. Michael’s Hall at 33 Elm St. in Fort Loramie.

The Historic Sidney Theater is hosting a “Potions and Plates,” an immersive Happy Potter dinner experience, on Oct. 19.

St. John’s Lutheran Church, of Sidney, blessed the over 60 quilts made by their quilting group. These quilts will join others made in other Lutheran congregations for the Lutheran World Relief efforts helping people across the globe. Annually, over 300,000 quilts are made and sent on this effort.

The 11th garden season is ending for The People’s Garden, Sidney’s community garden located at 209 South Brooklyn Avenue. The offer fresh, organic produce to shoppers who come to the Agape Distribution pantry store.