The Ottoville chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 16 new members during a ceremony on Friday. They are, front from left,  Chelsey Boecker, Megan Lambert, Haley Landwehr and Elizabeth Luersman; center, Morgan Beining, Anna Bendele, Courtney VonSossan, Robyn Turnwald and Melissa Burgei; and back, Ryan Kimmet, Andrew Horstman, Tyler Roby, Alex Justel, Annie Lindeman, Joseph Van Oss and Trent Miller. (Delphos Herald/Stacy Taff)

Okay, who forgot to tell Mother Nature that it’s supposed to be Spring? We’re supposed to be wearing shorts and flip flops. We’re supposed to be watching our gardens grow, and most of us haven’t even put anything in the ground yet! I did get some onion sets but the ground is way too wet (and cold) to put them in. My guess is we’ll probably go directly into summer and we’ll all be complaining how hot it is. Seems like it works that way!

Speaking of work, if you’d like to help out at the Thrift Shop, we could really use you! Some of our faithful volunteers have had to “retire” because of health and age issues, and we are really in need of volunteers. Can you spare a couple hours to work a cash register or bag the customer’s items? Can you help sort donated items? Are you looking to make some new friends? Let us know by calling 419-692-2942 or stop in and let us know — it’s rewarding and it’s fun, too.

Shame on us! It came to our attention that we failed to post a sign on our doors about the shop being closed on Holy Thursday and Good Friday and patrons were lined up at the doors to get in. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience we caused anyone. February and March newspaper articles carried that announcement, but we dropped the ball by not posting it on the door. Please forgive us — we shall do better in the future.

One Year Ago

Members of the Delphos Area Simply Quilters Jeana Fisher of Delphos, Jody Brown of Van Wert, Sara Grone of Delphos and Donna Wannemacher of Lima sewed pillowcases together during the group’s Tuesday meeting. The quilters are making 300 of the pillow covers for the Mountain Marketplace Mission in Boliar, W.Va., through the Lima Interfaith Mission Project.

DELPHOS — The Delphos Optimist Club would like to honor veterans, active-duty military personnel and demonstrate community patriotism and pride within Delphos.

Active-duty Army soldier Brett Bowersock and Marine veteran Derek Fischer spoke to Optimist members Friday as part of a patriotic program to launch the Optimists’  Avenue of Flags program.

Bowersock is with the 173rd Infantry and was deployed to the northern part of Afghanistan from July 5, 2012 to March 5. He is now stationed in Arizona.

DELPHOS — The Delphos Herald is proud to announce that on Wednesday, May 1, the newspaper will become a morning publication.

As a result of this change, customers in the city limits of Delphos and newsstands will receive the paper by carrier before 8 a.m. Newspapers for customers outside the city limits will be sent to the local post offices for same-day delivery. For in-town readers of The Herald, they will now receive the hard-print edition hours earlier each day. It will also allow for the delphosherald.com website and Facebook page to be updated much earlier and provide an opportunity for more developing-story and breaking-news updates throughout the day.

“This change in publication time will allow the editorial staff to provide more timely news coverage to its customers and also provide a greater opportunity to update developing stories and provide breaking news on The Herald’s web site,” Editor Nancy Spencer said. “We will also add an additional reporter to the staff to offer more local news to our readers.”

Spencer went on to say she was excited about the changes because it will allow the The Herald to respond to the demand of readers to receive their news sooner. As the push to a 24-hour cycle for news across both print and digital products continues, this move will position The Herald to answer those reader needs.

Several new theme pages have also been added for better readability of The Herald, making it easier for subscribers to find the types of stories they like to read. The “Next Generation” page runs on Wednesday and the “Senior Lifestyle” page runs on the last Saturday of the month. More theme pages are in progress.

After May 1, whenever customers who receive their newspaper from the postal service need to stop their mail, the paper will be held with it. For those who want their subscription postponed while they are away, they will still need to contact The Herald circulation department for this service.

Businesses, organizations and individuals who contribute stories and other items to the newspaper will need to have those items at The Delphos Herald office or via email by 5 p.m. the day prior to publication to meet the deadline for publication.

Obituary deadlines for funeral homes will also change. Obituaries and death notices will need to be received by 10 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for the next day’s newspaper.