One Year Ago
• Elida Local Schools Students for March are Channing Poling and Ethan Grimm; Joe Hunter, Michael Johnston, Bryan Romney, Amira Freeman, Bailee Kuhn, Makkayla Reese, Noah Duckhart and Cory Schoonover.

25 Years Ago – 1988
• Jonathan Hire, 6, and Stephanie Girod, 9, were crowned king and queen of the Lincolnview Parent-Teacher Organization carnival Saturday at Lincolnview High School. The king and queen were selected on the number of raffle tickets sold for the carnival. Jonathan, son of Bill and Kris Chivington of Van Wert and a kindergartener at Lincolnview East, sold 96 tickets. Stephanie, granddaughter of David and Ruth Girod of Van Wert and a third grader at Lincolnview North, sold 60 tickets.

• The stage was set Saturday afternoon as two Division IV teams squared off to determine who would wear the crown as the state’s No. 1 team in their division. The magic was still working for the Kalida Lady Wildcats as they ran away from Southeastern of South Charleston 62-51 to claim the title on their first trip to the state tournament and the first state winner for a girls’ team from Putnam County.

• Trinity United Methodist Church choirs will present an Easter cantata “We Shall Behold Him” March 27 at the church. Adult, teen and children’s choirs, under the direction of Ankara Utrup, will participate. Among the adult choir members are Diane Miller, Marilyn Montgomery, Carol Cunningham, Kay Ahten, Kay Best and Jean Schnipke.