The St. Marys VFW Post 9289 were on hand to celebrate opening day and to be honored for donating a flag pole to the league. The VFW Color Guard was in attendance giving a military salute. Military veterans lined the field with the players before the game as a local Korean War Veteran, 92-year-old Paul Evers threw out the first pitch. This is not the only time they have given back to the little leaguers and they want to continue that relationship in the future.

There were 10 fatal crashes resulting in 10 deaths in Allen County during 2020. This is up from 6 crashes with 9 deaths in 2019. 70% of crashes occurred during dark hours, which is not consistent with data from years past. 60% of the fatal crashes last year are believed to have involved drug or alcohol impairment, and 4 of the 10 deaths occurred over a holiday period. There were no motorcyclists involved in any fatalities.