One Year Ago
• Teens Against Substance Abuse (TASA) students got in the Christmas spirit with their “Rockin Around a Drug-Free Tree” for this year’s Canal Commission Christmas Tree event. TASA members Anna Mueller, Ethan Benavidez, Syndey Fischbach and Ashlyn Troyer worked on the tree.

25 Years Ago — 1987
• The 1936 graduating class of the former Gomer High School held its annual Thanksgiving dinner at Maria’s Restaurant at Elida. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Huffer of Fort Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Diller of Elida, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Evans, Edith Glancy and Mr. and Mrs. John E. Morris of rural Gomer and Mr. and Mrs. George Jones of Gomer, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Micha and Mr. and Mrs. David T. Humphreys of Lima.