COLLINS Visitors at Thursday's board of education meeting heard that things are going well at Western Reserve, but there are still money concerns. High School/Middle School Principal Tom Lehman congratulated the academic challenge team for winning the Firelands Challenge, calling its achievement "an amazing run."

HIGHWAY PATROL Richard L. Noftz, 67, of Clyde, was charged with failure to control March 17 after he fell asleep while traveling west on U.S. 20. He went off the left side of the road and hit a curb and guardrail.

Cassandra Mulinix, 24, of Sandusky. • Immediate family: Husband, Andy and two dogs, Sammy and Libby.

Epic Technologies, 200 E. Bluegrass Drive, is eliminating 60 jobs. The company is on track to meet its goal to reduce staff by 25 percent entirely through voluntary buyouts, Human Resources Director Mary Matovich said Friday morning. The deadline to accept a buyout was Friday afternoon.

Kindergarten screening CELERYVILLE Celeryville Christian School is currently holding kindergarten screening and registration.

The Farm Service Agency now employs the CCC-633 EZ in place of the old CCC-709 and CCC-633-LDP. The EZ form has been created to make the application process more user-friendly. The CCC-633 EZ is a two-part loan deficiency payment request that allows producers to (1) indicate their intentions to receive LDP benefits before losing beneficial interest in the eligible commodity, and (2) submit a request for an LDP at any time during the loan/LDP availability period before or after losing beneficial interest. The EZ form was developed to cover field direct LDPs, basic LDPs and revised to cover basic and field direct LDPs for wool, mohair and unshorn pelts. By signing the first page of the EZ form, the producer indicates his or her intentions to receive LDP benefits. This one page covers all counties and all eligible harvested commodities for the entire crop year for the individual, joint operation or entity identified on the form. Once the first page of the form has been signed and submitted, the producer can submit an LDP request by completing page 2 for all harvested commodities or page 4 for wool, mohair and unshorn pelts. The LDP request can be submitted at any time during the loan availability period, before or after losing beneficial interest. A key point to remember is that page 1 of the EZ form must be signed by the producer before beneficial interest in the commodity is lost. Once beneficial interest is lost, the commodity is ineligible for an LDP even if beneficial interest is regained.

Northside Country Kids The club held its first meeting of the year at St. Alphonsus Church March 18. Enrollment and cookbook sale information was passed out to members. Election of officers was held and 2007 officers are Alyssa Warner, president; Jenna Schafer, vice-president; Kimberly Zeigler, secretary; Kayla Freriks, treasurer; Meagan Music, reporter; Sarah Giles, health; Kammi Little, safety; and Kaylee Stanley, recreation.

Milan natives Shelly A. (Schnee) Scheithauer and Kelly M. Schnee were named to the dean's list for the fall 2006 semester at the University of Cumberlands. The sisters are 2003 Edison High School graduates who have competed in cross country and track at Cumberland.

MUNICIPALITIES Bellevue

State Rep. Matt Barrett (D-Amherst) will meet at 10:30 a.m. Monday with library directors, trustees and Friends' members from Seneca, Huron and Lorain counties to discuss Gov. Strickland's biennial budget plans for libraries. The Ohio Library Council leadership has reported that legislators may switch to a different funding base for public libraries and local government units.