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You are Welcome Here Welcome Toledo-Lucas County (Welcome TLC) recently received a Gateways for Growth Challenge award for their work in welcoming and helping immigrants to integrate into our region. Gateways for Growth, a national organization which has created a competitive opportunity for public and private sector efforts to be rewarded for enhancing immigrant experiences, recognized the organization’s research, matching grants, and technical assistance. Welcome TLC Co-Chairs Mechelle Zarou and Reem Subei are pleased with the news, adding that “this is another step in Welcome TLC’s leadership in including ToledoLucas County’s small but growing and diverse immigrant population.”

Croswell Voted Theater of the Year The Croswell Opera House in downtown Adrian, Michigan has been voted Theater of the Year in the Broadway Detroit 2018 regional awards competition. Voters nominated and voted on BroadwayWorld. com, where they also chose Croswell as the best community theater in the Detroit area. Another Croswell winner was Terri Hissong’s “The Family Digs,” which won best play. To learn more about the Croswell Opera House, visit croswell.org.

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Get crafty with two groups that meet at the library once a month: the Knit and Crochet Club at the West Toledo Branch (1st Monday, 1:15pm) and Open Crafting with Fiberworks Orphans at the Heatherdowns branch (3rd Saturday, 10am-5pm).

To give back to the community, the Knit and Crochet Club focuses on making beanies and blankets for neonatal and oncology units. Practice your craft while doing a good deed.

With Open Crafting, you’ll receive instruction from Sandra Scharlow and Fiberworks Orphans on needlework projects including lacemaking, crocheting, and knitting. —EH

Jazz fans, get ready for an unforgettable show led by conductor Alain Trudel and pianist Gene DiNovi as they lay down hits from the Golden Era of Jazz with the program, I’m Getting Sentimental Over You. DiNovi, who has performed with legends like Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, and many others, will provide performances that will take you back to Toledo’s historical jazz traditions and supper clubs of yore. The performance will be followed by a concert by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, after which Trudel will be available to meet on stage. Presented by the Lourdes University Lifelong Learning Program. Transportation to the concert provided from the Lourdes campus. $56-$66. 8pm. Saturday, March 9.

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Lucas County Social Justice Winners Lucas County made an incredible showing at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Awards this year, with four recipients honored for their achievements in social justice. State Rep. Michael Sheehy (D-Oregon) congratulated the winners, two of which are from the 46th district he represents, saying, “I extend hearty congratulations and deep gratitude to my neighbors, and I look forward to working with them to build bridges between all Ohioans.” The winners included The Toledo Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club (Cultural Awareness Award), Pastor Michael E. Carter (Governor’s Humanitarian Award), Groomed for Greatness, and the Lucas County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board.

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ProMedica and the Area Office on Aging (AOoA) have partnered to combat social isolation in seniors with the recently launched Neighbors Calling Neighbors Program. Social isolation can bring on serious health issues, and it can become increasingly severe in the winter months. With this program, people can receive free weekly phone calls from AOoA volunteers to help get them past the feelings of isolation that can lead to depression. Clinical Director for ProMedica Social Detriments of Health Joe Jardine said, “We know that some of our volunteers and seniors may develop a friendship within the social connection program and mutually decide to expand it beyond the confines of weekly scheduled calls.” To receive a referral for this program, talk to your primary care physician.

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I have always wanted to... Well, certainly, travel more. My wife has traveled more than I have. And so, that would be one thing I’d like to do more of. I’m not saying I’m going to be a vagabond, or anything like that, but certainly I’d like to do a little more traveling.

What do you admire in people? Honesty, integrity and courage.

What is your pet peeve? People who say one thing and do another.

What is something that most people don’t know about you? I bodybuild.

What are the words you live by? I try to be true, I try to provide the very best. As a librarian, obviously, to provide accurate and true and honest information, with a source in many cases, particularly if it’s a question that I may not know anything about.

Clyde Scoles In Memoriam

What advice would you give to the younger you? Be patient. Don’t get heady. And listen.

Who do you admire most? My wife.

Toledo’s Library leader

By Jeff McGinnis The following interview was conducted with Clyde Scoles on February 11, 2019, a few weeks after he announced his intention to retire, on June 30, from his position as Toledo Lucas County Public Library Director. This profile captures Scoles’ thoughts as he prepared to move on to retirement.

Clyde Scoles served as the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s director since 1985, overseeing the growth of the area’s libraries through years of expansion, renovation, changing information technologies and the eternal struggle for better funding. At age 69, Scoles announced his planned retirement from the post on January 24.

Over 50 years of library work

“I think it’s time... (with) over 50 years of library work— I started when I was about 16 years of age... I didn’t have any real objective of continuing library work. I was going to go in a different direction, actually into law. But a series of circumstances came about, and when I graduated from college... the opportunity arose for me to consider library work. So I’ve been in it now for 50-some years, and I think that it’s time to do some other things, and begin a new normal, so to speak.”

Scoles dedicated the whole of his adult life to working in Ohio libraries, with decades of service predating even his lengthy term as Lucas County director.

“Before that I was director of the Muskingum County, in Zanesville, Ohio, Library System for about four and a half years. And before that, I was at the Columbus Metropolitan Library in various roles there. I’ve remained in Ohio. I’ve had opportunities to leave, but Ohio is the cradle of libraries in many ways, and (I) decided to stay in the Ohio library community.”

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On February 15, four days after this interview, Mr. Scoles died at age 69.

Presented here is a look at a man who was genuinely proud of his work and excited for all he hoped to do with his future.

What inspires you? I think, certainly, the staff here, who I have worked with for many years, and many who have since retired before me. They’ve inspired me, in so many different ways. I can’t say enough about our staff here at the library. They are the keys to our services and all the things that we do. It’s the staff that really inspire me, and all the work that they do, which is passionate and honest and true.

Over the course of his term as director in Toledo, Scoles has overseen a wide variety of projects including the opening of new branches (new Mott Branch Library, opening in June) and the renovation and revitalization of existing ones (Main Library, expected to reopen this fall). But Scoles said seeing the library embrace new technologies has made him proud, as well.

“Certainly, with all the things that libraries are about, in terms of literacy, and education and recreation, and certainly, with our one foot in a 500-yearold publishing industry and another foot in technology, and all the things that technology has been able to give us and provide to us, in terms of access to other libraries— not only in this country, but also around the world,” he said, explaining what he still found exciting about the field.

Embracing new technology

“For years, you had to have a special pass from a senator or a congressman to be able to actually use the Library of Congress. Now we can provide that window right into that library, and along with the presidential libraries and the archives, I think it’s provided a whole new vista for what we would call ‘access’ to library information, or to information in general.”

Scoles was not expected to have a role in choosing his successor— that process is being handled by the Library Board of Trustees— but acknowledged that

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whoever follows in his footsteps will face plenty of challenges as they work to maintain the level of excellence area patrons have come to expect under Scoles’ leadership.

“I think, certainly, funding will be one (challenge).

Funding is always a key. Certainly I think staffing will be another challenge. And I would say also maintaining the facilities, the physical facilities, that Lucas County taxpayers have put their dollars in over many, many years, obviously those will want to be kept upgraded. These libraries are used heavily, and the wear and tear that happens on a daily basis, obviously over time requires immediate attention. And so that will be another challenge.”

Plans Unfulfilled

As for the man himself, Scoles said he was looking forward to the freedom that choosing a new path for his life will provide. “For the next several months, it will be just looking over what the possibilities are. I have been offered to teach or to consult, and I don’t think I want to do either of those anymore,” Scoles said with a laugh. “I did teach at the University of Michigan and I taught at Kent State, and I just think I’m not going to do that, at least not right now.

“Obviously, there are things I want to do... I have grandchildren now, and they’re spread out all over the place. So, there’ll be time to reconsider. But I think certainly for the next six months it’ll be a time of just recalibrating, so to speak.”

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For most, the thought of retirement brings images of spending time with family, traveling, volunteering for causes you care about and, finally, having an opportunity to take it easy. However, it is increasingly common for people to continue working, either in the career they’ve always loved, or taking a completely new direction. We interviewed three people who are viewing their retirement as an end of one chapter and the beginning of a new one.

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After retiring from her position as Vice President of Central Travel, Polly Caumartin decided it was time for a shift in how she spent her days, leaving the world of corporate travel to work with special needs kids. Since 2013, she’s worked as a substitute paraprofessional, assisting teachers throughout the school day in special education programs for Sylvania Schools.

An incredible perk with substitute teaching: using an app on your phone to look at available jobs and to select them, you never have to go into work if you need a day off. “This job is perfect because it allows me to have flexibility,” says Caumartin. “If I don’t want to work one day, I don’t have to take the assignment. It’s really perfect and offers some extra income. I’m getting paid for what I love to do.”

For Caumartin, working in special education is fulfilling. It’s not just an extra source of income, but a pursuit that has always been dear to her. “I love kids and have a special place in my heart for those with disabilities,” Caumartin says. “Every day is different. I never get bored. I do have a new respect for those that work with special needs kids full-time; they are so caring and extremely good at what they do.”

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Retired TARTA mechanic Dick Sackmann has always had a passion for cars and driving cross country, so it stands to reason that he would choose to do deliveries of trucks as his post-retirement job. When the opportunity first presented itself, however, he turned it down.

“I’m a pretty busy person,” Sackmann said. “I had plenty to do!” After a friend of his asked him, maybe for the fourth time, if he’d be interested, he finally said, “‘Sure, I’ll give it a try. I started doing it, and I found that I liked it very much.” He describes his first trip as a “trial by fire,” when he had to drive a cement mixer to Duluth, Minnesota, only to return and find that he had to deliver another truck to Cincinnati.

“It was three days of just driving. They (the company) thought I’d never want to do it again, but I didn’t mind at all.” Having done truck deliveries for almost two years now, he’s travelled all over the country. His longest trip took him through Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and finally Los Angeles where he wound up spending a day on the beach in Santa Monica.

“It’s such a pleasant thing, all the fun things you get to see,” Sackmann says. “There’s nobody with me. It just gives me time to think and enjoy the beautiful countryside.”

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Booth worked as a designer for various companies over the years, then founded Imagine That in 1998 to provide marketing strategies for small businesses. She loves combining business strategies with artistry. When she was fresh out of college, people asked her, “Do you want to be a designer, or do you want to be a writer?” With a triple major in creative writing, public relations, and graphic design, she knew that she wanted to be both a designer and a writer.

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Though Imagine That is still very active, Booth is looking to slow down the marketing to pursue things she hasn’t had much time for over the years. For her, retirement means pursuing the interests she’s always had.

“I started Arty Parties to Go as a retirement business,” she says. Booth provides instruction on how to create a painting and participants can enjoy wine while painting. The twist, Booth doesn’t have a retail space, so she’ll come to you.

Booth’s motto is “everyone can be an artist,” and she hopes to expand her teaching from beginner level to intermediate classes. She’s also moving away from graphic design to focus on other opportunities, like font development and illustrations. A lifelong dream of hers has been to write a children’s book, so she is working on an interactive nonfiction story about the history of colors and how they are made.

Booth has found in her later years that she much prefers to work for herself, and that won’t change once she officially retires. “I have been on the road for 20 years living in different areas of the country,” she says. “I finally got tired of other people making money off my talent.”

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Giving Mobile Meals

Making sure no community member goes hungry

By Erin Holden Founded in 1967, Mobile Meals of Toledo is an indispensable resource to those in need, providing home deliveries with nutritionally rich meals. “We provide meals to people’s homes, typically for the homebound, disabled, elderly, and people with special dietary requests,” explains Associate Executive Director Carolyn Fox. “There are many different reasons people are on the meal program.” Those reasons include being temporarily bedbound post-surgery, or being unable to cook meals for your children if you are undergoing medical treatments. “There are no age restrictions,” Fox said.

“Anybody who needs help can receive meals.”

How To Apply

Medicaid and Medicare clients receive the service for free, but Mobile Meals makes meals delivered to your home affordable for everyone by using a sliding scale, based on income.

To apply, simply call with basic financial information, including monthly income, mortgage or rent payments, and property tax payments.

The options for meal delivery are one to two meals per day, but Fox points out that the two meals have everything you need for the day nutritionally. Each day comes with two

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choices per meal, and there’s no cooking required. “All of our meals are fully prepared,” Fox says. “They just have to be warmed up in the microwave.”

Schools and Pets

While home delivery is Mobile Meals’ most popular service, they also have the Weekender Program, which helps children who don’t have enough food at home to get through the weekend. Teachers communicated to Mobile Meals that many kids were unable to concentrate on Mondays because they had gone hungry for so long over the weekend. Now in its 11th year, the program serves eight area schools.

Another service that Mobile Meals provides is their pet food delivery program. After hearing from 88 clients who requested pet food assistance, the organization began the deliveries.

Sometimes lower income pet owners will feed their pets before they feed themselves, so it is important to make sure that doesn’t happen. Fox says that the pets are not just important as companions for their clients, the animals are a therapeutic part of their lives. “In many of the neighborhoods we serve, pets are an important part of security.”

How to Get Involved

The work of caring volunteers makes Mobile Meals. Sign up to make deliveries in your area of Toledo, or you donate online, specifying which part

of the program you would like your money to go to, even dedicating your donation in memory of someone you’ve lost.

Mobile Meals currently helps about 500 people per day, and Fox says it makes a huge difference in people’s lives. “I think the main thing is that clients get to stay in their own home and be independent versus going to a nursing home or assisted living situation.”

To learn more, visit mobilemeals.org or call 419-255-7806.

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The Invisible Disability: Traumatic Brain Injury

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By Erin Marsh

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is often termed the “invisible disability.”

Despite, perhaps, no apparent signs of injury, an individual’s neurological functions can be severely impaired.

Jackie Moore, TBI survivor and co-founder of Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Center (TBIRC), explains, “Someone may be walking around with a brain injury, but because they don’t have any motor issues or physical injuries, you can’t tell. When they’re...speaking differently or behav-

ing badly, people can’t see the injury, and so we are often judged as being poorly mannered or socially inept...or just slow.”

The Resource Center has determined that in Toledo, “15 or more people suffer a head trauma every day. Of these [15/day], about four require...hospitalization or die as a result of their injuries.” TBIRC estimates that “between 12,000 and 17,500 TBI survivors with ongoing issues live in the Toledo area.”

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Jackie’s personal experience

Jackie sustained a TBI through a motor vehicle accident. Stopped behind a school bus when a texting teenager rammed into the cars behind her, Jackie’s vehicle was pushed under an SUV. Despite having four damaged vertebrae and a diffuse axonal injury (DAI, a type of brain injury), Jackie was misdiagnosed with a simple concussion. “I got zero help or services,” Jackie confesses. “There is little help for anyone (with a brain injury).”

Based on this lack of services, Jackie founded TBIRC which now provides education to TBI survivors, their caregivers, and those in the healthcare industry, while also connecting survivors/caregivers with helpful services and professionals. Jackie explains, “We are a center to promote independent living. We will have a full ADAcompliant kitchen in the next couple months...and we teach people how to feed their bodies and their mind.”

Inspired by yoga

For Kevin Pearce, a professional snowboarder and candidate for the 2010 Winter Olympics, that body/ mind connection was imperative to his recovery after a life-changing TBI. Kevin’s brain injury resulted in several physical and mental limitations, including the need for glasses to correct his vision. Yet after his very first yoga class, Kevin discovered he was able to drive home without his glasses.

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Jackie Moore, TBI survivor, and her husband.

The power of yoga was so transformative for Kevin that he and his brother founded the LoveYourBrain Foundation, a nonprofit offering support to TBI survivors by providing affordable yoga and meditation classes.

Margaret Penn, local yoga teacher and owner of Yogaja Yoga at Cricket West and downtown, adds “Doctors often recommend yoga to their patients--for various reasons--and yoga is different from traditional rehabilitation exercises in that it is more wholebody focused. Yoga incorporates movement, which works both the brain and body, and includes meditation and breathing, both of which calm the nervous system and can help with healing.”

Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Center, 7430 W. Central Ave, 419-214-0555. tbirc.org Yogaja Yoga, 3145 W. Central Ave. and 701 Madison Ave., www.yogajayoga.com Love Your Brain, loveyourbrain.com/yoga

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Health Events

ASANA MEDITATION

SENIOR STROLL

Celebrate the long-awaited spring on the night of a full moon with Toledo Asana’s Spring Equinox Meditation, a resting Asana practice that will bring peace and balance to your life.

Prevent burnout and strive for physical well-being with techniques like dharana and dhyana. $20.

6:15pm-7:15pm.

Toledo Asana Room.

407 Washington St. 330-388-1395. toledoasanaroom.com

Looking for a way to get your cardio in? We’ve got what you need. Meet with a group every Wednesday for a slow-paced hike around Wildwood. Put on your walking shoes, get moving and stay healthy with this moderate exercise event. Get out there and log those FitBit steps!

Register in advance.

2pm-3pm. Wildwood Preserve Metropark, 5100 W. Central Ave. 419-270-7500.

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DIGESTION CONNECTION

THURSDAY, MARCH 14 Looking to improve your digestion, or maybe learn more about the effects your gut has on your health? The Digestion Connection class has answers about how to keep your tummy balanced and in good working order. $5 in advance. $10 at door. 7pm-8:30pm.

Thursday, March 14. Health Foods by Claudia, 3904 Secor Rd. 419-474-2400. healthfoodsbyclaudia.com

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Biaggi’s

Exemplary Italian food, relaxing atmosphere

By Kathleen Bresnahan-Dewar Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano in Perrysburg’s Levis Commons is not just another Italian restaurant. While sunshine mixed with snow and arctic cold temperatures prevailed outside, inside Biaggi’s offered a charming, warm and relaxing backdrop. A separate bar area, aside the main dining room, offers a full wine and liquor selection with craft cocktails.

Warm and welcoming

This casual restaurant offers an extensive array of pastas, soups, salads, pizza, seafood, steaks and desserts for all tastes. With booths and tables easily accessible in the cleverly decorated dining room, the hostess greeted us and graciously accommodated our seating preference. As welcoming wait staff moved through the dining area, our server, Chandler, highlighted the special features that change every two to three weeks, offering consistent variety. A complimentary basket of warm bread accompanied olive oil and grated cheese for dipping.

We sampled dates wrapped in Applewood Smoked Bacon, finished in a maple-balsamic vinegar glaze ($8.99). Twelve dates, served in a piping hot cast iron pan, provided a melt-in-your-mouth moment.

Flavorful pasta dishes with distinct textures included Rigatoni Bolognese, a generous bowl of pasta, traditional meat sauce and Italian sausage; Three Cheese Alfredo with plenty of Parmigiano Reggiano grated cheese; and a satisfying bowl of Butternut Squash Ravioli, beautifully presented with toasted walnuts, diced squash and plenty of grated cheese in a sagebrown butter sauce, ($12.99 each).

Savor the moment

Biaggi’s seating capacity was full during the lunch rush as guests enjoyed food and conversation with business associates, friends and family. The casual atmosphere also lends itself to a leisurely meal. Perhaps plan for 60-90 minutes, which is the time we took for our meal, with conversation, beverages, three courses of food and dessert.

Nearing the end of the meal we wanted something sweet. White chocolate bread pudding, made with brioche bread and topped with a white chocolate sauce, did not disappoint with a generous portion, more than enough for sharing. The decadent delight, served warm with sprinkled chocolate shavings and fresh strawberries, made for a sweet finale ($7.99).

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Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano also offers gluten free choices, gift cards, carry out options, private event rooms for those special moments, a well balanced array of services for today’s life, work and play opportunities.

Biaggi’s is the right atmosphere for an array of diners — special dates, anniversary celebrations, family dinners, couples gatherings, a ladies lunch, business lunches, grandparent/grandkids dates. The lunch and dinner menus provide similar selections, with portion sizes and prices adjusted accordingly.

Reservations are accepted. Parking (free), has access by the front doors to four handicap spots and a handful of general parking spots or pull up to the front door to drop off guests before parking in the lot behind the facility.

There is no valet parking. Biaggi’s, a privately held company, has expanded since opening in Bloomington, IL in 1999, currently operating 19 locations in nine states.

The Bottom Line

The pleasure of finding the difference! True Italian flavor where food speaks with your palate. Life is too short for average food so eat, drink and lounge!

Levis Commons Shopping Area. in Perrysburg on Route 25 (Dixie Highway) Su-Th 11:30 am -9 pm and Fr & Sa .11:30 am-10 pm.

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Multi-generational Home Stunning details, indoor pool

There’s a Sylvania house on the market that shows like an HGTV Dream Home. Realtors are seeing more demand for housing spanning many generations - from aging parents to boomerang kids who go away to college and then move back home. Multigenerational homes are larger and more expensive but a creative and sometimes necessary way to keep the family together as we age.

This new listing, at 4356 Holt Road in Sylvania, features two homes in one, with two separate living quarters, two high-end kitchens and even separate entrances.

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Danberry Realtor Deb Katich said: “Whatever the reason or season - this home will accommodate your family events and family needs. Never leave your private resort.

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To learn more about the home, call Deb Katich at 419-290-0436.

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Hosted by Bleaf Natural and Poplettes, the 2019 Spring Toledo VegBash promises to be the perfect event for veggie lovers to enjoy a wide array of samples from jackfruit sliders to vegan ice cream. 6pm-9:30pm. Parkway Place, 2592 Parkway Plaza, Maumee.

Message the VegBash event page with questions, or visit vegbash.com for more details.

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10am-noon. Parking rates apply.

(Non-residents tickets are $16-$19 and free for kids under 2). Toledo Zoo, 2 Hippo Way. 419-385-5721. toledozoo.org

Join the fun! This dance is based on traditional square dancing, but has a veritable cult following due to the health benefits and community.

9:30-10:30am Thursdays.

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Center Singers with Jim Burns

Award-winning artist Mary Jane Erard will be leading a Paint an Impressionist Still Life class, where students will use soft or oil pastels with impressionist techniques to recreate a still life arrangement. Supplies will be provided, though students should bring their own paper. RSVP ASAP. $40.

1pm-4pm. The Art Supply Depot.

29 S. St. Clair St. 419-720-6462.

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THURSDAY28

Do you have memories of East Toledo that you want to share? Now’s your chance.

Every Tuesday the pop choral group will meet for practice at the Center.

Looking to join? Just show up and learn how to audition. 12:30pm.

Maumee Senior Center, 2430 S. Detroit Ave., Maumee 419-893-1994. maumeeseniorcenter.com Free [misc]

The Bridge - Every Tuesday the

Bridge at Monroe Street United Methodist is open to serve a hot bowl of soup, free clothing, hygiene products and pantry items. 11:30am-1pm.

MSU Methodist, 3613 Monroe St. 419-473-1167. monroestumc.com Free

FRIDAY 1

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Opening Exhibition “Demon Rum & Cold Water: The Two Sides of Temperance”

The multi-media exhibition focuses on the Prohibition years in America. Hear about how the Hayes family played a part in the drama. $5-$20. Kids under 5 are free.

9am-5pm. Hayes Presidential Library, Spiegel Grove, Fremont.

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East Toledo Historical Society’s 2019 Social Gathering is an opportunity

to hang out and reminisce about the area’s history.

6pm-8pm. East Toledo Historical Society.

1001 White St. Contact Society on Facebook.com/ EastToledoHistoricalSociety for more details.

50+ Basketball Open CourtShoot some hoops with other semi-competitive players. Drop in games begin at 7pm every Thursday. East Toledo Senior Center, 1001 White St. 419-691-2254. etfc.org Free

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DEEP Empowerment Program

Learn new ways to manage your diabetes with DEEP, Diabetes Empowerment Education Program.

1pm. This six week program runs Fridays through April 5. Maumee Senior Center, 2430 S. Detroit Ave. 419-893-9616. areaofficeonaging.com Free

SATURDAY 2 [culinary]

Historic Cooking Demo

Witness traditional folk arts at the Log Cabin. Visitors will watch as breakfast is cooked over an open fire at the Museum. Admission cost varies. 1-4pm. Wood County Historical Museum, 13660 County Home Rd., Bowling Green.

419-352-0967. woodcountyhistory.org [misc]

Zepf’s Don’t Skirt the Issue Fundraiser - Shop local designer clothing for discount prices at this pop-up bazaar benefitting the Zepf Center. 10am-4pm. Zepf, 2272 Collingwood Blvd., 419-261-0658. zepfcenter.org/events Free [music]

Mardi Gras with Vaud and the Villains - Celebrate the New

Orleans tradition in style with the outrageous review of Vaud and the Villains. Food, drinks and music make the night one you won’t soon forget. $20-$30. 5pm. Meyer Theater, 1555 S Raisinville Rd, Monroe, MI. monroeccc.edu/theater

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Jackie O’s Beer Dinner

The southern Ohio brewery’s favorite craft brews will be paired with a five course meal. $50 plus tip. 6:30pm. Plat8, 4330 Central Ave. 419-214-0370. plat8toledo.com

TUESDAY 5

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Caregiver Support Group

variety of beauty items created from plants in nature. Learn what to plant and how to use them. $29.

10-11:30am. Schedel Gardens, 19255 W. Portage River South Rd., Elmore. 419-862-3182. schedelgardens.org

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This monthly support group works with families with persons diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. 6-7pm.

Sylvania Senior Center, 7140 Sylvania Ave., Sylvania.

419-882-3913. scsonline.org Free

THURSDAY 7

Intro to Herbalism - Sample a

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SUNDAY 10

Zenobia Shrine Circus - The circus is in town! Bring the family to the Seagate Center for four nights of performances. $10. 6:30pm. Additional showtimes through Sunday, 3.10. Seagate Center, 401 Jefferson Ave. 419-255-3300. hensvilletoledo.com

Greater Toledo Train & Toy Show

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Lake Erie Boomers Meet-Up

Buy lunch and stay for the educational lecture, “US Vets Update,” and socializing. 11:30am-1:30pm.

Uncle John’s,3131 Secor Rd. 419-865-8503. lakeerieboomers.com Free [culinary]

Beer and Wine Tasting

Adventure to Schedel Gardens for a fun tasting with Chef Jennifer Schuerman. Beverages will be paired with delicious foods. $31. 6:30-8pm. Schedel Gardens, 19255 W. Portage River South Rd., Elmore. 419-862-3182. schedel-gardens.org

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Shop and browse over 250 toy and model train vendors with antique collector’s items to extensive model train layouts and train rides for the kids. $6-$10. 9am-3pm.

Owens Community College, 30335 Oregon Rd., Perrysburg.

419-215-4181. toymasters.org

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Gun Violence in US History

This Lifetime Learning course will look for ways to end active shooters with sensible legislation.

Noon-1pm. Franciscan Center, 6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania.

419-824-3707. lourdes.edu

Sidebotham will discuss his research on an ancient merchant and his journey through the Roman Empire and Arabian Peninsula.

7pm. Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St. 419-255-8000. toledomuseum.org Free

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Maple Sugaring Festival

Discover nutritious, delicious natural sweetener, maple syrup. Enjoy the Maple Market and the Pancake Cook-Off with educational demonstrations. 11am-3pm. Olander Park, 6930 Sylvania Ave., Sylvania.

419-882-8313. olanderpark.com

Cook-off for Mobile Meals

Reserve your seat at the Auxiliary lunch. The Toledo Metroparks will give a presentation. $25.

Carranor Polo Club, 502 E. 2nd St., Perrysburg.

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Trez & Ramona - Don’t miss

The topic is hydration. Learn more ways to stay healthy by drinking enough water, even during the colder months. Snacks provided.

10am. Genesis Village, 2429 S. Reynolds Rd. 419-215-9919. genesisvillage.org

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Ability Center Spring Luncheon

SATURDAY 9

Promedica Educational Series

Motown and More with Ramona Collins and Trez Gregory, two Toledo ladies who know a thing or two about the genre. The pair will be singing Motown classics and other beloved songs. 6:30pm9:30pm. The Pub, 912 Monroe St. 419-241-8100. facebook.com/ thepubatpaulabrownshop Free

Buy lunch and stay for the educational presentation by Maumee Valley Growers. 11:30am-1:30pm.

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AIA Lecture - Dr. Steven

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Donations are welcome at this chili cook-off competition. Family activities include vendors, face painting and a DJ. Noon-4pm. Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd.

419-255-7806. mobilemeals.org Free

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Painting with Beth - Create a

colorful landscape using paints, wax and heat. $56-$102. 9amNoon and 1pm-4pm. Schedel Gardens, 19255 W. Portage River South Rd., Elmore. 419-862-3182. schedel-gardens.org

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Stamped Cards

ADAI Pasta for Pooches

[misc]

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Style personalized greeting cards and decorations using floral patterns and paper crafts. $20.

6:30-8:30pm. 577 Foundation, 577 E. Front St., Perrysburg.

419-874-4174. 577foundation.org

WEDNESDAY 20

Support the foster program, Assistance Dogs for Achieving Independence at this dinner fundraiser. $5-$10. St. Michael Lutheran, 5790 W. Temperance Rd., Ottawa Lake.

419-349-4966. abilitycenter.org

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577 gardens and start your own herb garden at home. $15. 6-7:30pm. 577 Foundation, 577 E. Front St., Perrysburg.

419-874-4174. 577foundation.org

Caregiver Educational Series

Herb Gardens - Take a tour of the

[talks & lectures]

7th Leadership Summit

Lourdes University will host a symposium featuring two local entrepreneurs Michael C. Gibbons and Prakash Karamchandani, recognizing business as a ‘noble profession’. $30-$50. 11:30am.

Sylvania Country Club, 5201 Corey Rd., Sylvania.

419-824-3814. lourdes.edu

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This month’s topic, “Warning Signs” discusses the difficult subject of how to tell your loved one it’s time to stop driving and when to take away the keys. 6:30pm. Heatherdowns Library, 419-725-6983. Free

WEDNESDAY 27 [talks & lectures]

Veteran Benefits Informational Presentation - Learn more about

new changes to your Veterans’ Benefits and how to efficiently navigate the system. Questions welcome. 1:30pm. Genesis Village, 2429 S. Reynolds Rd. 419-215-9919. genesisvillage.org

THURSDAY 21

Free

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worth of groceries for only $10, every 3rd Thursday of the month.

Proceeds go to Enpuzzlement programming. Register in advance. $10. 3:30-5pm. Eastern Community YMCA, 2960 Pickle Rd., Oregon. 419-729-8135. ymcatoledo.org

Path in the Woods Painting

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THURSDAY 28 Maple Sugaring - Watch a

Lake Erie Boomers Meet-Up

demonstration on the art of maple sugaring. Learn to tap, boil and bottle with the best of them.

10am-noon. Historic Carter Farm, 18331 Carter Rd., Bowling Green.

419-353-1897. wcparks.org Free

Buy lunch and stay for the educational presentation “Update on OSU Greenhouses” and socializing. 11:30am-1:30pm.

Uncle John’s, 3131 Secor Rd. 419-865-8503. lakeerieboomers.com Free

[talks & lectures]

[art]

Lake Erie Boomers Meet-Up

Welcome Sign - Decorate a 3.5

foot sign using paints and a simple panel board. The art class includes a complimentary glass of wine. $67. 6-8pm. Schedel Gardens, 19255 W. Portage River South Rd., Elmore. 419-862-3182. schedel-gardens.org

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Buy lunch and stay for the educational lecture “K9s for Warriors and Star” and socializing.

11:30am-1:30pm. Uncle John’s, 3131 Secor Rd. 419-865-8503. lakeerieboomers.com Free

“The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach” - The musical art house

film imagines the life of classical composer Johann Sebastian and his personal life. $5. 7pm. Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St. 419-255-8000. toledomuseum.org

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This step-by-step instructional art class will lead you down a peaceful path. $25. 10am-12:30pm.

577 Foundation, 577 E. Front St., Perrysburg. 419-874-4174.

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festive sides, entrees and desserts. $25. 1-3pm. 577 Foundation, 577 E. Front St., Perrysburg.

419-874-4174. 577foundation.org

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Tennessee Williams’ tale of a painfully shy young woman’s search for meaning in her increasingly isolated world is the play that made him a household name. The family dynamics reflected in the story of this young woman and the mother (who has a penchant for drama) are purported to be autobiographical.

At the Opera House through March 10. $12-$25. 7:30 pm. Fridays and Saturdays. 2:30pm, Sundays. Croswell Opera House, 129 E. Maumee St., Adrian. 517-264-7469. croswell.org

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Get ready to laugh until you cry, then just keep crying as all of the characters in Steel Magnolias go through the difficult losses in life that make you realize the value of friendship. This is the live version of the Southern classic play by Robert Harling, made famous by the 1989 film starring Julia Roberts and Sally Field. 8pm on Friday and Saturday. 3pm on Sunday. Collingwood Arts Center. 2413 Collingwood Blvd. 419-244-2787. steelmagnolias.brownpapertickets.com.

MARCH 16-17

The Velocity of Autumn This staged reading performed by Paul Causman and Madge Levinson will have you on the edge of your seat with its witty and heartfelt banter. Proceeds go to Jewish Family Service of Greater Toledo. $18.50.

8pm. Saturday, March 16. 3pm.

Sunday, March 17. The Valentine Theatre. Studio A. 410 N. Superior St. 419-242-3490.

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MARCH 15

The Popovich Comedy Pet Theater - Animal advocate Gregory Popovich proves that cruelty-free animal entertainment is possible, and fabulous, in this comedy circus show. See European-style circus acts with cats and dogs adopted from animal rescues and trained using positive reinforcement. $35.

Ohio Theatre, 3114 Lagrange St., 419-255-8406 Ext. 305. Tickets available at toledocitytix.com

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2019 Greater Toledo Auto Show Preview Gala

Guests revved their engines during the Toledo Area Auto Dealers / Auto Dealers United for Kids annual gala.

Meg and Dick Ressner with Susan and Michael Rees.

Casino Night

The Perrysburg Rotary Gala hosted an evening of games and auction items to benefit their local and national programs.

Bob and Patty Cabanski with John Yark.

Alison Frye and Kim Klewer.

Jim and Jan Comiskey with Lisa and Bob Hoye.

Jerry and Sandi Carter.

Karyn and Labib Hajjar.

Cindy Russeau, Jennifer Fehnrich, Molly Mack, Mickey Schaller and Sherina Ohanian.

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• 62 or older (some units for persons under 62 who require accessible features) • Rent Based on Income • Tobacco Free

Now Accepting Applications 1&2 Bedroom Apartments

2700 Pelham Rd. Toledo OH

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Classifieds

Housing Guide

Moongate Luxury Adult Living

930 Soda Park Drive Temperance, Michigan

The Elizabeth Scott Community 2720 Albon Road Maumee, OH 43537

734-847-7879 www.moongateadultliving.com

419-865-3002

The Elizabeth Scott Community offers a variety of living units for seniors.

Independent Living units are unfurnished one-bedroom and studio apartment models. Each apartment features walk-in closets (one-bedroom); full kitchen with stove, oven, refrigerator, and dishwasher; private washer and dryer (one-bedroom); with daily continental breakfast and dinner included. Amenities include a Resident Activity Center with fitness equipment; heated outdoor pool; daily social programs; utilities including Wi-Fi; and weekly housekeeping.

Elizabeth Scott staff will also greet you every morning in your apartment. The Elizabeth Scott Community also offers two distinct levels of Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing if further care is needed. In September 2015, the Elizabeth Scott Community opened a 12,000 square foot Skilled Rehabilitation facility.

The Skilled Rehabilitation facility offers state-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient treatment along with14 private rooms with private baths. For more information, please email Matt Bucher at mbucher@elizabethscott.org or call 419724-5021.

One story apartment community for ages 55 and older. Ground level living, no steps. You’ll have it all under one roof... library, activities & craft room, beauty salon, fireside lounge, game room, exercise room, coffee shoppe, patios, community room, washer/dryer hookups and activities.

Family owned and operated. Offering the best in luxury adult living. Just like home... only better!

Rents from $840.

Oakleaf Village and The Grove

4220 N. Holland-Sylvania Toledo, OH 43623 419-885-3934 Oakleaf Village is an Independent and Assisted Living apartment community that offers all of the comforts of home with the peace and security of 24/7 care by a staff of caring professionals. Residents feel at home in their private studio, one-bedroom or two-bedroom apartments.

Your custom-designed personal care program will have exactly what you need – from basic services to more customized care and monitoring. We welcome the opportunity to show you the Oakleaf Village community and The Grove memory care facility on our campus. Contact us at 419-885-3934 for more information or to make an appointment today.

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