Paolo DeMaria, Ohio’s State Superintendent, and Tess Elshoff, the Vice President of Ohio’s State Board of Education (who hails from New Knoxville) met with Auglaize and Mercer County education officials recently. DeMaria and Elshoff were in the area to discuss current education topics and tour several area schools: Tri Star, Coldwater, the Franklin Building, Marion Local, New Bremen and Minster Schools. While at Coldwater, the pair visited Tri Star’s Vet Tech program and enjoyed the Apple Pie baking contest put on by the Tri Star/Coldwater FFA.