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Marine Lance Cpl. Gary Casper, son of Lawrence and Sharon Casper, North Manchester, recently participated in Fuji Fire Ex, a cold weather exercise held at Camp Fuji, Japan.
A courtesy king and queen contest at Mentone Junior High School has raised $777.73 for the Mentone/Akron Special Olympics fund.
The pupils of the first grade of the Mentone School made an Easter scrapbook and presented it to Bobby Dale Smith, of the Harrison Center community, on his birthday. Bobby Dale was a member of the first grade until he had to withdraw from school due to illness. Each member contributed to the scrapbook by designing a page of the book.
Al Cuffel, Warsaw, reports that two martins are already nesting in his front yard. He says this is the earliest the martins have arrived north in 20 years.
