Ignore the calendar. It may be January, but the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce is already planning this year's downtown arts and crafts festival.
This year is the 41st annual festival. The event will be Saturday, May 12, on Main Street. Jerry Burkholder is the craft exhibit director.
Invitations are in the mail to last year's craft exhibitors. Including Bluffton businesses, who had booths, nearly 60 crafters and businesses were on Main Street.
Bridge Home Health & Hospice, Findlay, will offer training courses for prospective volunteers beginning on Monday, Feb. 13.
The training will be held in the Wenner Conference Room at Birchaven Village, located at 15100 Birchaven Lane in Findlay, and will take place for seven consecutive Mondays from 1 to 4 p.m.
Courses will cover the basic principles of hospice, understanding the needs of patients and their families, effective communication, patient care, pain and symptom management, spiritual care giving and understanding grief and loss.
Bluffton safety services, with the Allen County Sheriff's Office and Bluffton and Allen East High Schools talked safety on Friday night to a captive audience.
The presentation was during the Bluffton - Allen East boys' varsity basketball game halftime.
Emphasizing the importance of traffic safety and reducing injuries through the use of safety belts and avoiding impaired driving was the safety theme.
The Pandora United Methodist Church will host an America Red Cross blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 2. The church is located at 108 E. Washington St., Pandora.
To schedule an appointment, call the Red Cross at 419-523-4810 or visit redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code: PANDORAUMC.
