DELPHOS — The annual Lyrid meteor shower has been on display since April 16 and will be visible until Thursday. Starting around 1 a.m. Monday, the Lyrid’s will be above the horizon, start its peak time and be visible until the sun rises when they will be right overhead.

The Lyrid meteor shower is among the oldest of known meteor showers, with records going back for some 2,700 years. Apparently, the ancient Chinese observed the Lyrid meteors “falling like rain” in the year 687 BC.

Every year, in the later part of April, our planet Earth crosses the orbital path of Comet Thatcher, which was discovered in 1861 by Carl Wilhelm Baeker and the Orbit discovered by A.E. Thatcher for who the comet was named after. Comet Thatcher last visited the inner solar system in 1861 and is not expected to return until the year 2276.

DELPHOS — In order to be an educator, you have to love people — especially students. For Mark Fuerst, currently principal of both Landeck and Franklin elementaries, interaction with both adults and students is the thing he looks forward to the most in his hectic job.

“My favorite part of the day is the children and the people I work with,” he said. “We have great people at Delphos City Schools. I find myself wanting to be at both places at the same time.”

LIMA — Recent studies show more than 112,000 Americans are currently waiting for an organ transplant that would save their lives. Just one organ donor could potentially save eight of those lives or 58 if you include tissue donation.

April is Organ Donation Awareness Month and National Donate Life Month. Life Line of Ohio is working with St. Rita’s Medical Center and 70 other Ohio hospitals to educate people about the importance of organ, eye and tissue donation in saving lives. Deann Heiing, who works as ICU Manager at St. Rita’s, says if you’re not already an organ donor, local opportunities for easy registration are fast approaching.

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DELPHOS — The Water Treatment Plant By-pass Improvement Project has been completed and the City of Delphos will see improvements in water distribution during peak times.

On Monday afternoon, Peterson Construction completed the instalation of three new Crane Deming pumps, which are horizontal split case pumps. The 75-horsepower pumps have the capacity to drive 1,500 gallons of water per minute out into the distribution system but are dialed down to 1,300 gallons per minute.

Delphos Water Superintendent Tim Williams described the difference in the operation of the old pumps verses the new ones.

“When the old ones started up, it was like a punch — a jolt — which was hard on equipment and the rest of the system,” he explained. “With the new controllers, the system has a soft start and ramps up and slows down gradually.”

The quilt that will be raffled during Marbletown Festival on Aug. 10 is finished. Those who contributed to the queen-size, Marbletown-themed quilt include, from left, Patty Gengler, Lex Martin and Cheryl Lehmkuhl. Others not shown are Kathy Gengler, Jennette Moreo and Vicky Lause. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5 and can be purchased from any Marbletown Festival Committee member. This year’s T-shirt design was submitted by Emily Ditto.