FAMILY

Five generations

Pictured are five generations of the Simmons family. In front are Graham Watts of Carmel and great great-grandmother Roberta Simmons of Union City. In the back row, from left, are mother Katharyn Watts of Carmel, grandmother Sarah Daugherty of Yorktown and great-grandmother Maria Hiatt of Portland.

Entries open for art exhibit

Minnetrista, Red-tail Land Conservancy and Anderson Museum of Art are now accepting entry submissions for the Open Space: Art About the Land art competition and exhibit.

Volunteers log 8,900 hours

Mercer Health recently recognized its Volunteer Association members at its annual banquet.

Sugar used as excuse to talk

My daughter Beth called yesterday evening. She wanted to know if she could substitute brown sugar for white sugar in a cookie recipe. She could have looked up her question and had reliable results in minutes. She chose to call her mom instead.

Birth announcements - Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023

Birth announcements

Free shows scheduled for this month

Charles W. Brown Planetarium has more free shows coming up.

Eagle projects

Boy Scouts Troop 202 of Portland recently had three scouts complete their Eagle projects. Pictured above, Ty Paxson installed gravel under faucets to solve erosion issues in the campsites at Jay County Fairgrounds. Below, Hayden Richman planted more than 80 trees at Jay County Fairgrounds.At bottom, Austin Jellison built a …

Marriage licenses - Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023

Marriage licenses

Knoths celebrate 65 years

The Knoths are celebrating their 65th anniversary today.

40th anniversary

Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023 - Anniversary

Slugs have returned

Welcome to Slug Wars part two. We were hoping that the Slug Wars were over. We were disappointed and downright wrong.

Lowes wed 50 years ago

The Lowes are celebrating 50 years of marriage today.

Share your best recipes at library

Jay County Public Library will be collecting and sharing recipes starting Friday, Sept. 1.

Baileys hosting 65th anniversary celebration

Fred and Liz Bailey will celebrate their 65th anniversary with a gathering of family, friends and veterans at the Trinity ArchBridge Church Sept. 2 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Community center blood drive had 51 donors

Approximately 51 donors gave blood Tuesday to American Red Cross at Jay Community Center.
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