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Newton High School senior Bella Hall is loaded aboard CareFlight by CareFlight nurses and Pleasant Hill medics during a Premier Health CareFlight DriveSmart Mock Crash at the school on May 2. Hall, who is one of Newton’s prom queen candidates, played the roll of a seriously injured crash victim who required immediate care at a Level One Trauma Care unit based at Miami Valley Hospital. The event precedes Newton’s prom this weekend and encourages high school prom goers to not drink and drive or text and drive.

Kathy Mayse, of Piqua, prays along with members of the community gathered during the National Day of Prayer at the gazebo in downtown Piqua on Thursday, May 2. Pastor Mike Miller addressed attendees who heard The Lord’s Prayer, Doxology, and other readings that were part of the event.

TROY — After a year of anticipation and renovations, A.M. Scott Distillery celebrated its a grand opening of The Mayflower, Thursday, May 2, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Mayflower is a premier cocktail lounge, restaurant and live entertainment venue located in the heart of downtown at 9 W. Main St.

TROY — The north six pickleball courts at Duke Park are currently under renovation.

VERSAILLES — Clinical environmental design company Midmark Corp. recently announced Sue Hulsmeyer, Midmark chief people and administrative officer, is the first Midmark teammate to earn the Anne Eiting Klamar Leadership Award of Distinction from the Professional Women in Healthcare (PWH) organization. PWH named Hulsmeyer as the recipient of the award at the 2024 PWH Leadership Summit in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 30.

PIQUA — A celebration for the Awesome Piqua Foundation will be held on Thursday, May 16 at 7 p.m. at Crooked Handle Brewery at 123 N. Main St. in downtown Piqua to celebrate all the grant recipients and trustees who made it possible to surprise and delight the Piqua community $1,000 at a time. The celebration will also mark the awarding of the final two Awesome Piqua grants, as the group will suspend their activities following the celebration.

A major milestone in the construction of Lock 9 Park in Piqua has arrived recently with the delivery of the amphitheater roof which crews are working to install.

COLUMBUS — American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) recently recognized Piqua Power System for earning a Diamond Level designation as a Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3) and a Certificate of Excellence in Reliability during the American Public Power Association’s (APPA) 2024 Engineering & Operations Technical Conference on April 7-10 in New Orleans.

TROY — The Friends of the Library will hold a book sale for the public May 16-18 in the Community Room at the Troy-Miami County Public Library located at 419 W. Main St. in Troy.

By Amantha Garpiel