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Heroes Youth Camp
Youths ages 8 through 17 will have the opportunity to explore the areas of emergency medical service, law enforcement and fire service as Owens Community College hosts Heroes Youth Camp, June 13 to 15 and July 11 to 13.
The camp will be offered through Owens’ Workforce and Community Services at the College’s Center for Emergency Preparedness.
The college will offer two separate age-appropriate class sections as part of the new continuing education programming in June and July. The first class section will explore basic first aid/CPR, introduce attendees to an air ambulance and discuss helmet safety and preventing head injuries.
Campus instruction will also include K-9 demonstrations, firearm safety and crime prevention, as well as evacuation steps to take in a house fire emergency. Additionally, camp participants will be introduced to police cars, fire trucks and hose lines.
The first class, intended for ages 8 through 12, will be held June 13 to 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A second class for the same age group will take place July 11 to 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The second class section, open to ages 13 through 17, will be held June 13 to 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A second class for ages 13 through 17 will take place July 11 to 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The second class section will feature similar topics and activities as the younger age group as well as target practice using non-firearm air soft trainers.
In addition, attendees will participate in a mock bank robbery where they will ride along with a SWAT team, attack a structure fire inside the college’s virtual fire training system, repel off an indoor training tower and use the Jaws of Life to rescue a simulated victim trapped inside a vehicle.
All Heroes Youth Camp Program staff members are state-certified Emergency Service Instructors who are active in the emergency services fields.
For more information, or to register, call 1-800-GO-OWENS, ext. 7357 or ext. 2411.
May Day Festival
The Luckey Business Association will host the 4th Annual May Day Festival (formerly Luckey Summerfest) May 21 at 10 a.m. at Basic Park in Luckey.
The festival will include a beer garden, food and craft vendors, a Luckey Four-Miler Run, community-wide garage sales and entertainment by two bands…This year’s event will include two local bands – Coupe Deville and Rizzo – who will entertain beginning at 7 p.m. The run will start at 5 p.m. Participants can register at Second Sole at Levis Commons in Perrysburg, or at the Adams Street parking lot at Basic Park on the day of the event. Call Dianna Ashton at 419-460-2866 for more information.
Flower Day Weekend
The 22nd Annual Flower Day Weekend will be held Memorial Day weekend at the Toledo Farmer’s Market, located in the heart of Toledo’s historic Warehouse district at the corner of Market and Superior streets.
On Saturday May 28 and then again on Monday May 30, local farmers will be on hand for “Market Days,” selling baked goods, produce, eggs, poultry and beef. In addition, assorted artisans and growers will be on hand with yard art, crafts and, of course, flowers.
On Sunday May 29, Flower Day, 35 of the Toledo area’s best flower growers and greenhouses will pack the market with their best flowers and plants.
Hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday.
Throughout the weekend, there will be musical entertainment and a wide assortment of “fair food” including kettle corn, hot dogs, funnel cakes, lake perch, onion rings, Italian sausage, fries, hamburgers and more.
More than 20,000 visitors have been known to visit the market on this day. Parking is available in front of the Erie Street Market, located at 237 South Erie St., and throughout the revitalized Warehouse District. For shopper convenience, a complimentary package pickup system will be staffed by Boy Scouts
For directions and more information, visit www.toledofarmersmarket.org.
Memorial Day ceremony
Veterans and citizens of the Oregon and Jerusalem Township communities are invited to attend a Memorial Day observance May 30 at 11 a.m. at Clay High School’s Memorial Stadium. The ceremony will be held in the memorial garden area, where war memorials in remembrance of those who lost their lives in WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War are located.
In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in the school building across from the monuments.
Highlighting this year’s ceremony will be a flyover of F-16s from the 180th Tactical Fighter Wing based at Toledo Express Airport.
Father Patrick J. Rohen, a priest in the Catholic Diocese of Toledo, will deliver the keynote address. Fr. Rohen is an enlisted veteran of the U.S. Air Force, a veteran of the Ohio Army National Guard and a graduate of the University of Toledo R.O.T.C. He became an officer in the Army and served on active duty as a chaplain in the ongoing global war on terrorism.
His military service took him to Europe during the Cold War and in his later years, he was deployed to South Korea and the Korean Demilitarized Zone. He retired from the Army in 2007. He currently serves as the Ohio State Chaplain for the Catholic War Veterans of the U.S.A.
The ceremony is open to the public. Event organizer Jerry Eversman, of Oregon, encourages all veterans to attend and to proudly display their military service colors.
Feet on the Street
Wood Lane Residential Services, Inc., will present “Feet on the Street,” a 5K Run/2K Walk July 16 at Bowling Green City Park, 417 City Park Dr., Conneaut and Fairview avenues.
Overall male and female and overall masters will receive a gift certificate from Second Sole, located in Levis Commons in Perrysburg. Awards will also be given to the top three finishers in each age group. Age categories range from 14 and under to 65 and over.
Strollers are welcome. No pets.
The entry fee is $20 by June 30 and $25 afterwards. Register online at www.Active.com (additional fee of $3.95), at Second Sole at Levis Commons in Perrysburg, or mail registration information to WLRS Inc., 545 Pearl St., Bowling Green, OH 43402.
Proceeds raised from the event will benefit the Nancy Ullum Garden Apartments in Bowling Green, a 14-unit complex for adults with developmental disabilities.
Podiatry Center open house
Mercy St. Charles Hospital will hold an open house for the new Podiatry Center May 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The event will be held in the Mercy Wound Care Center at St. Charles.
Free podiatry examinations will be offered and refreshments will be available and raffles will be held.
Doctors Corey Russell and Khase Wilkinson, members of the Northwest Ohio Foot and Ankle Group, LLC. will hold weekly clinics Mondays 8 a.m. to noon. “We are beginning with a half day,” said Jeff Duhaime, director, Mercy Access. “We hope to expand as needs increase. We are very excited about this opportunity to offer comprehensive podiatry care to patients right here in our community.”
“We are pleased to be able to offer patients convenient access to ancillary services and same-day testing,” Dr. Wilkinson said. “We also have experience with more complex foot and ankle pathology and quick access to would care services when needed.”
For more information, call 419-696-FOOT (3668).
Poppy Days
Each year, before Memorial Day, members of the Elmore Community American Legion Auxiliary, Unit #279 and scout troops distribute bright red poppies made by veterans at the Ohio Veterans Home and Hospital in Sandusky to Elmore pedestrians.
Donations received assist disabled and hospitalized veterans through national programs, provide aid to local veterans through community programs or individual assistance and fund veteran-related programs, scholarship and charities.
Holiday closure
Owens Community College Toledo-area and Findlay-area campuses, as well as the Arrowhead Park Learning Center in Maumee and the Learning Center at The Source in downtown Toledo, will be closed Friday through Monday May 27 to 30 for the Memorial Day holiday.
There will be no classes and the college offices will be closed for business. Classes will resume and administrative offices will reopen May 31.
EPA open meeting
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office representatives will share the results of fish tissue and sediment sampling from Otter and Duck Creeks at an open meeting May 26 at 2 p.m. at the Oregon Branch Library, 3340 Dustin Rd.
The testing is the result of a cooperative effort between BP Husky, Chevron, Pilkington and Toledo Refining Company (formerly Sunoco) and the USEPA to pursue investigation of the creeks. The companies voluntarily began this project leveraging private and public dollars to review levels of contaminants in the sediments creeks.
There has also been fish tissue sampling. The number and types of fish and the results of the fish tissue sampling will be discussed at the meeting.
The Duck Otter Creeks Partnership of industry and local stakeholders was established in 1997 to cooperatively help Duck and Otter Creeks.
For more information, visit dopartnership.org or call Sandy Bihn at 419-691-3788. For more information on the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, visit http://greatlakesrestoration.us.
Memorial Day event
U.S. Marine Corps pilot Sarah Deal will be the guest speaker at the Genoa Memorial Day ceremony, set for 9 a.m. at the Clay Township Cemetery.
Among the participants in the event, which is sponsored by Genoa American Legion Post #325, are the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, Taylor’s Battery Artillery, Genoa American Legion Band, Genoa High School Band and various scout troops. There will also be a release of white doves by Chet Lewandowski. Lt. Deal, a Pemberville native, is the Marines’ first female aviator.
Those attending should bring a lawn chair, as seating is limited. In the event of rain, the ceremony will be held in the Genoa High School auditorium.
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