About 30 years ago an area newspaper (perhaps it was the Reflector) did a series of stories on the towns and villages around Huron County. A critical spokesman in Greenwich commented that the town hadn't changed much through the years and he wouldn't be surprised to see a cowboy come riding down Main Street. Needless to say, this inflamed some of the village leaders, but they might have thought they really were in a western town during a 1915 incident. Dr. Thurman Ray Laughbaum, of Bucyrus, graduated from the Ohio State University school of medicine and came to Greenwich to practice. Previous to this he had been in Hayesville in Ashland County for a time.

A portion of the 2006-2007 Project Leadership Class has chosen to take on the task of discovering what kids are really doing in respect to drugs, sex and the Internet and provide education to parents on how to deal with these difficult subjects. Do you want to know what seventh through 12th graders are actually doing in regards to drugs, sex and the Internet? Do you want to know how their answers differ from the views of parents?

The Norwalk Jaycees will host three tournaments simultaneously Saturday at the Bronson Conservation Club in Norwalk. A No Limit Texas Hold 'em with a $60 buy-in ($20 of which goes to charity), no add-ons or rebuys will be held downstairs. There is a 104-player limit and side games are possible.

GREENWICH David Arp knew the back of the dry bulk carrier he was driving was stuck as soon as he felt two of the passenger-side tandem wheels go into in the Edwards Road ditch. "I was heading down the other side of Willard," the Bellevue man said about what led to the Fairfield Township mishap.

HIGHWAY PATROL Fallon A. Farkas, 17, of 4776 Old State Road, was charged with failure to yield in the collision Monday with the vehicle driven by Jeffrey L. Patton, 27, of 4721 Green Road, Wakeman, at the intersection of U.S. 20 and Hartland Center Road.

Gardening workshop Did you ever wonder how some gardeners come home with a blue ribbon year after year? Huron County Master Gardeners share tips and techniques at this Saturday's workshop: "How to Prepare Your Flowers for Exhibition." Participants will receive a copy of the Huron County Fair book and ideas for single blossom and artistic arrangement displays. The show will be held at the Ernsthausen Community Center, from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday. The cost is $5. Call (419) 663-6775, ext.28 for details. Local banquet Huron County Republican Women's Club president Susan Hazel has announced the 2007 Lincoln Day banquet will be April 30 at the Norwalk Eagles Club, 151 Cline St.

Nathan McCarthy of the Morrow County Sheriff's Office had a point to make with corrections officer Clyde Jackson. In real life, the two men are co-workers. "I just had a son," McCarthy said, portraying an inmate in a simulation. "What am I supposed to do while I'm in here? Can I call?"

The A&E TV show "Flip This House" may lead people to think that buying a house to renovate it and sell it later for profit is a new phenomenon. Norwalk resident Jack Twaddle started doing something similar about 60 years ago. He began a partnership decades ago with his brother-in-law, Bob Herner, and Herner's brother, Jack.

The North Coast Concert Band and North Coast Big Band will present a free spring concert at 3 p.m. April 29 in the Ernsthausen Performing Arts Center of Norwalk High School, 360 Shady Lane Drive. Concert band director Nick Ezzone and his assistant, Marlene Turner, will lead the band in a variety of selections, including marches by John Philip Sousa and Edwin Franko Goldman; "The Great Gate of Kiev" from Moussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition"; and a medley of songs from "Pirates of the Caribbean."

AVERY Seventeen students from EHOVE Career Center will be competing at the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference in New York City May 9 to 13, having earned top scores at recent state contests. Business Professionals of America is a national organization for high school, college and middle school students preparing for careers in business and information technology occupations. College tech prep is a partnership between EHOVE and Firelands BGSU in which students earn high school and college credits. In all, 34 students from the Interactive media tech prep and computer networking tech programs competed at state level. At the national conference in NYC, students and their instructors Dustin Lowery and Michael Laser will join more than 6,000 other conference delegates from across the nation to participate in skill competitions, workshops, general sessions and national officer campaigns and elections.