Area Activities and Meetings

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Brownella tours held Fri­days and Sundays

Through Oct. 28, tours of Brownella Cot­tage are being offered on Fri­days and Sun­days from 1 — 4 p.m. Tick­ets are $5 for adults, $3 for stu­dents and chil­dren 5 and under are free.

Con­tact Amber Wert­man, exec­u­tive direc­tor of the Galion His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety, at 419–468-9338 or galionhistory@gmail.com to sign up or for more info.

Mis­sions Con­fer­ence Sept. 23–26

Galion Alliance Church will be host­ing their annual Mis­sions Con­fer­ence from Sept. 23–26. The mis­sion­ary speak­ers this year will be John Schleh, who serves in the Domini­can Repub­lic, and Laura Liv­ingston, who serves in Cote d’lvoire. Every­one is wel­come to attend. For a sched­ule of other infor­ma­tion, please call the church office at 419–468-4553.

Gen­eral Pat­ton at the Galion Pub­lic Library Sept. 24

The Galion Pub­lic Library has had Andrew Carnegie, Tecum­seh, and George Wash­ing­ton here at the library in recent past. Ken Ham­mon­tree from Liv­ing His­tory Pro­duc­tions in Ash­land, Ohio is top notch at mak­ing great his­tor­i­cal fig­ures come to life. Mr. Ham­mon­tree is a local his­to­rian, lec­turer and author. Those that have wit­nessed the bril­liance of his pro­duc­tions have been beg­ging for Gen­eral Patton.

The Galion Pub­lic Library is pleased to announce that Gen­eral Pat­ton will be vis­it­ing the library on Mon­day, Sept. 24 at 6:30pm.

Through his pas­sion and knowl­edge, he will por­tray one of the most com­pli­cated mil­i­tary men of all time. Dur­ing this reen­act­ment, Ham­mon­tree will take us back to the win­ter of 1944 when Gen­eral Pat­ton and the Third Army moved across North­ern France into Ger­many dur­ing the Bat­tle of the Bulge. It’s an evening you won’t want to miss!

This will be a one-hour pre­sen­ta­tion fol­lowed by a ques­tion and answer period that you won’t want to miss! Reg­is­tra­tion is required; lim­ited spots remain. Please call 419–468-3203 to reg­is­ter. We look for­ward to see­ing you!

Board of Health to meet

The Galion Board of Health will hold a bud­get meet­ing at 7:30 a.m. on tues­day, Sept. 25 at the Health Depart­ment offices, 113 Hard­ing Way East, Galion.

Plan­ning, Zon­ing and Util­i­ties Sept. 25

The Plan­ning Zon­ing and Util­i­ties com­mit­tee of the Galion City Coun­cil will meet Tues­day, Sept. 25 at 6:15 p.m.

Galion City Coun­cil Sept. 25

The Galion City Coun­cil will meet Sept. at 7 p.m. in the munic­i­pal buidling.

Q & A spon­sored by NOAH Sept. 26

The NOAH Project of Crest­line will spon­sor a pre­sen­ta­tion and Q & A on senior hous­ing in Craw­ford County on Wednes­day, Sep­tem­ber 26 at 10:00 AM at the Craw­ford County Coun­cil on Aging located at 200 S. Spring St., in Bucyrus. Those attend­ing who are 60+ can reg­is­ter for lunch by call­ing 419–562-3050. Please con­tact The NOAH Project at 419–683-3700 if any ques­tions regard­ing the presentation

Galion High School Class of 1954 Sept. 26

The Galion High School Class of 1954 will meet for lun­cheon on Wednes­day, Sept. 26 at the Galion Pizza Hut at 11:30 a.m. For more infor­ma­tion call 419–774-9084.

RPC Sept. 26

The Craw­ford County Regional Plan­ning Com­mis­sion will meet Wednes­day, Sept. 26 in the county engineer’s office, 112 East Mans­field Street, Bucyrus for its reg­u­lar meet­ing at 7 p.m.

Sin­gles dance in Mar­ion on Fridays

There will be a sin­gles dance every Fri­day night begin­ning at 8 p.m. at 1313 Light Oaks Rd., Mar­ion. (Inside the shrine build­ing in Sawyer-Ludwig Park.) It is a coun­try theme and admis­sion is $7. Call 740–802-0994 for more information.

Finance Com­mit­tee meet­ing Sept. 27

The Finance Com­mit­tee meet­ing of the Galion City Coun­cil will meet Sept. 27 at 9 a.m.

Art at the Gill House

Brush and Palette Art Club and Galion His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety are pleased to announce the 2012 Okto­ber­fest Art Show Thurs­day, Sept. 27, Fri­day, Sept. 28, and Sat­ur­day, Sept. 29. This year’s show will be held at the Gill House, a his­tor­i­cal Galion home on Hard­ing Way West that was pur­chased by the His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety and is presently being ren­o­vated. The show hours are 1–9 p.m. daily duirng the Oktoberfest.

Artists from the Brush and Palette Art Club and other invited area artists will have art­work on dis­play and for sale. The Galion His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety will offer guided tours on request and for dona­tion. The event is free.

Col­lege Fair Sept. 27

MANSFIELD — The Ohio State Uni­ver­sity at Mans­field and North Cen­tral State Col­lege will spon­sor the annual Col­lege Fair on Sep­tem­ber 27 (Thurs.) from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. in the Cam­pus Recre­ation Cen­ter. Admis­sion is free.

A finan­cial aid ses­sion will be held at 7:30 p.m. for stu­dents and parents.

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Ken Sigler, OSU-M Admis­sions Direc­tor, at 419–755-4225.

Galion High School Class fo 1962 to meet Sept. 28

The GHS Class of ‘62 will meet at 9 a.m. on Fri­day, Sept. 28 in Gey­ers park­ing lot in Galion, and will then car­pool to Amish Country.

For fur­ther ques­tions, please con­tact Karen Leap­ley Peters @ 937–707-9043.

Okto­ber­fest Sept. 27, 28, 29

Con­nec­tions Week­end Sept 27–29

Con­nec­tions Week­end 2012 — Be a part of the Excite­ment! Become a spon­sor of this fan­tas­tic event, and bring excep­tional expo­sure to your busi­ness while help­ing raise funds for your School Dis­trict. Go to http://www.galion-city.k12.oh.us/protected/ArticleView.aspx?iid=52AYP0&dasi=4GIG0

Needle­work exhibit at King­wood Sept. 29

King­wood Cen­ter is pleased to announce the first annual Needle­work Exhibit to be held on Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 29 in the Meet­ing Hall. This exhibit will focus on “works of art” rather than the many “crafty” items that can be pro­duced by cross-stitch, nee­dle point, embroi­dery, crewel, cro­chet, knit­ting, hand-quilting or any other form of nee­dle work.

The projects are being exhib­ited through the efforts of Kingwood’s staff and vol­un­teers, a group of tal­ented and cre­ative peo­ple with a vision of excel­lence in what they cre­ate. The pub­lic is invited to view this free exhibit on Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There is a $5 park­ing fee at King­wood Cen­ter for those who are not vol­un­teers or members.

For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact King­wood Cen­ter, Mon­day through Fri­day, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., 419–522-0211.

Kiwa­nis Pan­cake Day Sept. 29

The Kiwa­nis will hold its Pan­cake Day Sat­ur­day, Sept. 29 from 7 a.m. — 11 a.m. in the Galion Inter­me­di­ate School. There is park­ing on the north side of the build­ing. Dona­tion sug­ges­tions are adults $5 and chil­dren $4 with chil­dren under 5 are free.

Tick­ets are avail­able from any Kiwa­nis Mem­ber. Meal includes pan­cakes (all you can eat), sausage and bev­er­age. All pro­ceeds go for com­mu­nity projects.

GHS Class fo 1967 to meet

The GHS Class of 1967 will hold its 45th reunion on Sept. 29, at the Ontario Event Cen­ter (for­merly Brown Derby), with the social hour begin­ning at 5:30 p.m. and a buf­fet din­ner ($25 per per­son) at 7 pm. The class photo will be taken at 6:15 p.m. The dead­line for reser­va­tions is Sept. 24. Please sub­mit to Becky Wal­lace Napier, 2555 Tap­pan Drive, Mans­field, Ohio 44906, or call 419–529-6296.

Adop­tion and Fos­ter­care classes

Adop­tion and Fos­ter­care classes will be avail­able at Galion Alliance Church start­ing on Sep­tem­ber 29th, from 9 am to 4 pm, and con­tinue for six ses­sions. Par­tic­i­pants will be cer­ti­fied to pro­vide fos­ter­care or adopt chil­dren in the state of Ohio. To reg­is­ter please con­tact Sue Bauer at (419) 562‑0015 ext. 226 or email at bauers02@odjfs.state.oh.us.

Pack the Park Sept. 29

The Craw­ford County Young Pro­fes­sion­als event Pack the Park has been resched­uled for Sept. 29 at 6 p.m. at Aumiller Park in Bucyrus. Meet by the base­ball fields.

Corn Hole Tour­na­ment Sept. 29

The Evan­ge­lism Team of the united Church of Christ will be hold­ing a Corn Hole Tour­na­ment on sat­ur­day, Sept. 29 start­ing at 1 p.m. The tour­na­ment will be at the Cal­vary United Church at 511 Heiser Court, Crestline.

Reg­is­tra­tion will be at 12 noon with a $20 reg­is­tra­tion fee per team. Dou­ble elim­i­na­tion. Cash prizes will be awarded to the win­ners. Any two per­son teams will be welcome.

A vari­ety of sand­wiches and munchies, includ­ing chicken sand­wiches, sloppy Joes, hot dogs, drinks, chips, etc. will be available.

Any­one is wel­come to par­tic­i­pate or come and join the fun by watch­ing the teams in action.

To pre­reg­is­ter or for more infor­ma­tion you can con­tact Jake Dap­per at 419–569-5149 or the Cal­vary United Church of Christ at 419–683-2745.

Pro­ceeds will be used for church ser­vice projects.

Friend­ship Parish Gath­er­ing Choir

The Galion Free Methodist Church is host­ing the Friend­ship Parish Gath­er­ing Choir Sun­day, Sept. 30 at 6 p.m.

Join the choir for a delight­ful evening of sing-a-long hymns. The Friend­ship Parish Gath­ing Choir is com­prised of singers from 12 rural United Methodist churches in the area who get together once a month to wor­ship in a Sun­day evening ser­vice, as well as spe­cial Easter and Chirst­mas programs.

Galion Free Methodist Church is located at 683 Port­land Way North, Galion. For more infor­ma­tion call 419–468-4358.

Ceme­tery Walk in Crest­line Sept. 30

The final Ceme­tery Walk will be Sept. 30 at Crestline’s Green­lawn Cemetery.

For more infor­ma­tion con­tact the Qual­ity of Life Team Co-coordinator Deb Pin­ion at 419–562-4811. Admis­sion is free.

His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety Car Show Sept. 30

The Galion His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety is hav­ing a car show on Sept. 30 from 1–5 p.m. in the vacant lot across from Brownella Cottage.

Street Tree Com­mis­sion Oct. 1

The Street Tree Com­mis­sion will be meet­ing on Mon­day, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. at the City Build­ing on the sec­ond floor. For more infor­ma­tion call 419–468-1857.

29th Annual Colonel William Craw­ford Fall Fes­ti­val Oct. 6

The 29th annual Colonel William Craw­ford Fall Fest­val will be Sat­ur­day, Oct. 6, from 8 a.m. — 4 p.m. at the Colonel Craw­ford High School, 2303 State Route 602, North Robinson.

Included will be a craft show with 100 plus ven­dors, a farm mar­ket, a car show, “Our Gangs” Old Fash­ioned Ket­tle cooked Soup, Coun­try Cross­road Clog­gers at 11 a.m., babysit­ting, raf­fles, deli­cious food all day, enter­tain­ment through­out the day.

This event is sponored by the Colonel Craw­ford Ath­letic Boosters.

Mor­row County Com­mu­nity Cen­ter 5K Run Oct. 6

The Mor­row County Com­mu­nity Cen­ter 5 K Run will be held Sat. Oct. 6, 2012. Start is at 9 a.m. Reg­is­tra­tion begins at 8 a.m. Start line is at the Mt. Gilead

The Swim­ming Pool is located at cor­ner of N. Cherry St. and Park Ave. in Mount Gilead.

Reg­is­tra­tion forms are avail­able at the Com­mu­nity Cen­ter on S. Main St. or you can down­load a PDF at morrowcountycommunitycenter.org . Free wick­ing tee shirt for those who reg­is­ter before Wed. Sept. 19, 2012.

5K Walk/Run Ben­e­fit Slated for Octo­ber 6

A 5K Run/Walk fundraiser sup­port­ing Hos­pice of North Cen­tral Ohio’s bereave­ment ser­vices is sched­uled for Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 6 at 9:30 in Mansfield’s Down­town Car­rousel Dis­trict. A Great Gal­lop Fun Run, which is a free run for chil­dren, starts at 9 a.m.

Reg­is­tra­tion begins at the Car­rousel at 7:30 a.m. The fee to enter is $20 before Sep­tem­ber 14 with an event t-shirt, and $25 after Sep­tem­ber 14. The top two male and female par­tic­i­pants, plus the top two male and female run­ners in each age group will win prizes. Age groups include: 14 and under; 15–19; 20–29; 30–39; 40–49; 50–59; 60 and over.

Phan­tom Runner/Walker reg­is­tra­tion fee is avail­able for a $20 min­i­mum dona­tion. Reg­is­ter online at www.myhnco.org. For more infor­ma­tion, please call 419–281-7107.

The 5K event is being held in con­junc­tion with the Rich­land Car­rousel Park’s 21 Anniver­sary fes­tiv­i­ties which also include a Bike Tour at 9:15 a.m. and a His­tor­i­cal Walk at 9:45 a.m. For more infor­ma­tion about the Bike Tour or to reg­is­ter, please call 419–522-4223 or e-mail manager@richlandcarrousel.com. Free children’s activ­i­ties and free Car­rousel rides will be offered as well.

Open House Oct. 7

Hope Cab­ins and Ban­quet Fall Open House will be Oct. 7 from 4–7 p.m. Activ­i­ties include horse and car­riage rides, crafts forchil­dren, Elvis at 5 p.m., All-U-Can-Eat pan­cakes and sausage, chain­saw wood­carver, fish­ing derby at 4 p.m. and more. Hope Cab­ins is located at 5310 State Route 288, Galion. For more infor­ma­tion call 419–462-0334 or email hopecabins@gmail.com or go to www.hopecabins.com

Opi­ate Task­force meet­ing Oct. 8

There will be an Opi­ate Task­force meet­ing Oct. 8 at 5:30 p.m. at the Bucyrus Pub­lic Library

Rain­bows of Hope Oct. 9

Home­Care Mat­ters Home Health & Hos­pice will be start­ing a new sup­port group, Rain­bows of Hope, for par­ents who have lost a child. The first meet­ing will be Tues­day, Oct. 9 start­ing at 6 p.m. at the Home­Care Mat­ters office, 133 S. San­dusky Ave. in Bucyrus. This on-going sup­port group will con­tinue to meet the sec­ond Tues­day of every month. Any par­ents, grand­par­ents, or guardians in the com­mu­nity who are griev­ing the loss of a child are wel­come to attend. Please call Bran­don at 419–468-7985 for more infor­ma­tion. Home­Care Mat­ters is a not-for-profit orga­ni­za­tion serv­ing Craw­ford, Huron, Mar­ion, Mor­row, Knox, Rich­land, Seneca and Wyan­dot counties.

How to Self-Publish Your Work Oct. 11

Have a dream of get­ting your work pub­lished? Join Noel Lizotte as she shares her dream with you and pro­vides her insight and tips along the way Thurs­day, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m.

This 45 minute pre­sen­ta­tion will take you through 3 main steps. Defin­ing your dream, Pick­ing the right pub­lisher for you and Work­ing with your pub­lisher. Ques­tion and Answer time will fol­low. Call 419–468-3203 to register

Ash­land Fall Fes­ti­val Oct. 13–14

Wel­come to an inti­mate gath­er­ing of area artists who have cre­ated qual­ity art and craft pieces. The Ahs­land Fall Fes­ti­val will be Oct. 13–14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Held at the beau­ti­ful Brook­side West Park, in Ash­land, you can shop for jew­elry, water­col­ors, acrylic paint­ings, wood turn­ing, hand-stiched dolls, stained glass, and many oth­ers. You shouldn’t go hun­gry either as there will be ven­dors sell­ing good­ies like brats, ket­tle corn, fudge, and other sweet treats. Free pub­lic admis­sion and parkting.

Golden Age Cen­ter Fall Bazaar Oct. 20

The Golden Age Cen­ter Fall Bazaar will be Oct. 20 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Oper­a­tion Street Smart March 8, 2012

Oper­a­tion Street Smart in Craw­ford County on Fri­day, March 8 from 9 to 4. Loca­tion to be determined.

Brownella tours held Fri­days and Sundays

Through Oct. 28, tours of Brownella Cot­tage are being offered on Fri­days and Sun­days from 1 — 4 p.m. Tick­ets are $5 for adults, $3 for stu­dents and chil­dren 5 and under are free.

Con­tact Amber Wert­man, exec­u­tive direc­tor of the Galion His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety, at 419–468-9338 or galionhistory@gmail.com to sign up or for more info.

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