Alger Public Library is offering a number of special events for the summer.
For a complete list of regular and one-off events, please see the library's calendar. Here are the latest events on offer:
Polar Paws dogs will be at the library at noon, on Thursday, May 30. These pups are service dogs in training, through 4 Paws for Ability at Ohio Northern University. Children are encouraged to meet the pups, read to them, and learn more about Polar Paws.
Meet your EMT, sponsored by the local USV Alger EMS Squard, will be on Monday, June 3 at 2 p.m. at the library. The squad offers a tour of an ambulance.
Alger Public Library will continues a Young Mom Support Class on Fridays in May. Each class is from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. in the library.
The schedule follows:
• May 17 - Let's talk: Stretching food dollars and nutritition
• May 24 - Let's talk: Health and safety
• May 31 - Let's talk: Money, money, money
These classes will cover budgeting, nutrition, development, health and safety, among other topics.
This program is for young mothers, from teenage up to 25 years old. To pre-register, please call 419-757-7755 or email [email protected].
The Community Health Assessment Advisory Committee and the Kenton Hardin Health Department invites the community to the public release of the Hardin County Community Assessment Report, on Monday, June 3,, from 9 a.m. to noon.
This report contains information gathered from Hardin County residents on health related areas and compiles information on the health of our community.
The event is led by Emily Golias from the Hospital Foundation of Northwest Ohio. She will summarize data results and conduct a focus group to assist with identification of Hardin communities priority needs.
Alger Public Library will hold a Young Mom Support Class over four Fridays in May. Each class is from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. in the library.
The schedule follows:
• May 10 - Let's talk: Development
• May 17 - Let's talk: Stretching food dollars and nutritition
• May 24 - Let's talk: Health and safety
• May 31 - Let's talk: Money, money, money
These classes will cover budgeting, nutrition, development, health and safety, among other topics.
This program is for young mothers, from teenage up to 25 years old. To pre-register, please call 419-757-7755 or email [email protected].
FROM BLUFFTON ICON - The 48th annual Bluffton Arts and Crafts Festival on Saturday, May 11, is a family friendly, activity-packed event with two new features: a music tent and shopping passport.
The festival brings some 60 vendors with non-commercial arts and crafts to Bluffton’s Main Street from Vine to Franklin. This year, the event will also include a music tent on the lawn of Bluffton Presbyterian Church, 112 S. Main.
A shopping passport will feature 12 businesses that have contributed to a prize of $250 Bluffton Bucks.
The 16th annual Hardin County Master Gardener plant sale begins at 9 a.m. on
Saturday, May 11, rain or shine at the Friendship Gardens of the Hardin County, which is a new location.
The Friendship Gardens of Hardin County is located behind the HARCO Workshop Building, 960 W. Kohler Street in Kenton. Parking is available at the garden.
Sponsored by the Hardin County OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers, there will be several Hardin County garden clubs and vendors at this annual event.
The public will find a wide choice of their favorite flowers, bedding plants, roses, herbs, trees and various other potted plants.
