Elise Elston, a seventh-grader at Celina Middle School, catches up on some reading in the school library. Reading is a subject area included in the state's new Value Added program.

WAPAKONETA - Educating everyone takes everyone, said Jim Mahoney, executive director of Battelle for Kids in Columbus, at the recent Mercer/ Auglaize school boards annual dinner meeting. Mahoney is the acknowledged guru for the . . .