Comic book writer visits BG
The BGSU Department of English creative writing program will host two public events with freelance comic book writer Marc Sumerak on Monday.
A presentation and book signing event will take place from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in University Hall 307. Books will be available for purchase at this event. There also will be a Q&A session with at 4:30 p.m. in Prout Chapel.
Sumerak has spent over two decades crafting story content for some of the most celebrated brands in entertainment, including Marvel, Star Wars and more. His work has appeared in numerous books, comics and video games. Sumerak graduated from BGSU in 2000 with a bachelor of fine arts in creative writing and is eager to return to campus to share his experiences with the next generation of storytellers.
Baseball card collecting is Exchange Club topic
Kevin Savage, who grown his childhood hobby into one of the major baseball card and sport memorabilia businesses in the country, will speak to the Exchange Club Tuesday.
His company, Kevin Savage Cards located in Maumee, is an internet-based business that caters to serious collectors and specializes in older vintage material, and boasts an inventory of millions of cards and other sports collectibles.
Widely considered an industry expert, he has written hundreds of published articles about card collecting, baseball card shows, and card values.
The Exchange Club meets at noon at the Bowling Green Country Club. Guests are welcome. Cost of the lunch is $13.
Genealogical society meets Tuesday
The Wood County Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society will meet on Tuesday at 6:30 pm. in the Wood County Senior Center, 140 S. Grove St. The public is welcome. John Ransom, library director, Hayes Presidential Library, Fremont will present a program on genealogy resources available at Hayes.
Church dinner benefits children
RISINGSUN — St. Paul United Methodist Church, 126 Union St., will host a community dinner on Tuesday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Meatloaf, parsley potatoes, green beans, cole slaw, jello salad, desserts and drinks are on the menu. The public is invited to attend. A $5 donation will help with missions and Christmas gifts for school kids.
From the Farm meets Wednesday
The Wood Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting a From the Farm meeting Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., at Buffalo Wild Wings 1550 E. Wooster St.
Nick Eckel, Wood County OSU Extension ANR educator, will present on An Attempt to Plant Ahead of Cold Fronts.
The event is open to the public. Register online at woodswcd.com, call 419-354-5517, or email [email protected].
Earle talks to Kiwanis Club about being university advocate
The Bowling Green Kiwanis will meet on Thursday at the Wood County Senior Center, 140 S Grove St. The public is welcome to attend. The meeting starts at noon and lunch is available starting at 11:30 a.m.
This week the club welcomes speaker Sandy Earle, University of Findlay College of Pharmacy Associate Dean of assessment and Student Success and Bowling Green State University advocate. Her topic of discussion will be What In The World Is A University Advocate.
Earle received her bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Ohio Northern University and her doctorate in pharmacy from Ohio State where she remained to complete a post-doctoral fellowship in pharmacokinetics. This background prepared her for her current position as associate professor of pharmacology at the University of Findlay. Besides her position at University of Findlay, Sandy also serves as a volunteer university advocate at BGSU.
For more information, go to www.kiwanisbg.org.
Rotary Club has ag talk with Eckel
Nick Eckel, with Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources at the OSU Extension, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, is the Bowling Green Rotary Club speaker for Thursday.
The club meets at noon, Bowling Green Country Club, 923 Fairview Ave. All meetings are open to the public.
Portage Lions Club plans fundraiser
The Portage Lions Club is having a fundraiser on Thursday from 4-7 p.m. at the McDonald’s on South Main Street.
The Easter Bunny will be there. Any money raised at the event will be used toward diabetes research, pediatric cancer research, vision screenings, sponsorship of the annual July 4 parade and a picnic in Portage, as well as other service projects.
Civil Air Patrol squadrons plan open house in BG
The Wood County Senior, Toledo ANGB Cadet, and Flag City Composite Squadrons, local units of the Civil Air Patrol, are hosting an open house at noon on April 1 at the Wood County Regional Airport, 1261 E. Poe Road.
The event is planned to run for two hours and all are welcome to attend.
The open house will consist of a general CAP overview, cadet drill demonstration, aircraft static display, flight simulators and information tables from various programs including emergency services, flight operations, cadet programs, aerospace education and radio communications. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.
The Toledo ANGB Cadet Squadron is Northwest Ohio’s largest cadet squadron and meets at the Toledo Air National Guard Base. As a cadet squadron, the unit is heavily focused on the CAP cadet program for its members aged 12 and older. With the mission of “transforming youth into dynamic Americans and aerospace leaders,” young adults participate weekly in leadership, aerospace, fitness, and character development activities. Cadets also participate in the CAP emergency services program as ground team members, radio operators and assistants at incident command posts.
The Wood County Senior Squadron is an emergency services and flight operations focused squadron based at the regional airport in Bowling Green and is made up of senior members 18 and older. This squadron serves as Northwest Ohio’s CAP emergency services hub for training and activities including flight operations, unmanned aircraft, search and rescue, disaster relief and radio communications. While many of the squadron activities are aviation related, no aviation or piloting experience is necessary to apply.
To learn more, visit www.facebook.com/CAPOhioG6 or send an email to [email protected].
Celebrate Easter in Tontogany
TONTOGANY — Tontogany American Legion will hold an Easter benefit on April 1 at 18086 Tontogany Road.
Bingo starts at 6 p.m., with doors open at 4 p.m.
Play bingo for chances to win hams, chickens, eggs, flowers, cash and bunnies. There will be free door prizes for everyone and a 50-50 drawing.
Food, including homemade soups, sandwiches, pies and cakes, will be available.
T-Bone Paxton & Old Town Stompers will be Live! In the House
PEMBERVILLE — T-Bone Paxton & the Old Town Stompers will perform as part of the Pemberville Freedom Area Historical Society’s Live! In the House Concert Series on April 1 at 7:30 p.m.
The show is at the Pemberville Opera House, 115 Main St.
With the primary goals of inspiring connections with audiences and simply having a good time, T-Bone and the Stompers relate an authentic translation of the studied yet spontaneous spirit of 1920s traditional jazz.
Tickets $12 and are available at Beeker’s General Store, at the door or by contacting Carol Bailey at 419-287-4848 www.pembervilleoperahouse.org.
BGSU Cherry Blossom Fest celebrates Japanese culture
The 22nd Ohanami Cherry Blossom Festival will be held April 2 from noon-4 p.m. at the Lenhart Grand Ballroom, Bowen-Thompson Student Union on the Bowling Green State University campus.
It is free and open to the public. The festival is presented by the BGSU Japanese Club and the Asian Studies Program.
The indoor activities include caricatures, Japanese calligraphy, origami, traditional Japanese games, water games: yoyo and super balls, kimono try-ons, Ikebana — flower arranging, a tea ceremony with tea tasting, Taiko performance, martial arts demonstrations, tap dance, Bon-odori and sushi tasting and authentic Japanese refreshments.
Holy Week services at St. Luke’s Lutheran
NORTH BALTIMORE — Holy Week services at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church are planned. All services, led by Pastor Rob Johnson, will be in person and live on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/stlukesnb.
The services:
Palm/Passion Sunday, April 2, 10:15 a.m.
Maundy Thursday, April 6, 7 p.m.
Good Friday, April 7, 7 p.m.
Easter Sunday, April 9, 10:15 a.m.
BG Community Good Friday: A Tenebrae Service of Darkness
The Bowling Green Ministerial Association invites all to attend a Good Friday Tenebrae Service on April 7 at 8 p.m. at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 315 S. College Drive.
This is an ecumenical service that will bring together clergy, lay leaders and choirs to unite in this solemn observance of Jesus’ passion and death.
Tenebrae is a Latin word meaning shadows or darkness. God’s sacrificial love is made real in the dramatic narrative of Jesus’s betrayal, arrest and crucifixion. The service marks Jesus’ journey to Golgotha and allows for extended meditation through proclamation of the word in scripture and sermon, as well as through music, increasing darkness, and silent reflection.
BGMA is a fellowship of clergy who gather to pray, share, study, communicate and plan worship, times of Christian fellowship and education for all Christian churches. The churches of the BGMA work together to organize and support Christian service organizations for the benefit of the city. It is inclusive and supportive of all clergy/churches in Bowling Green and has been a central part of the BG religious community since 1917.
LED streetlights installed in Perrysburg
PERRYSBURG – FirstEnergy electric company Toledo Edison has installed the first of about 1,000 LED streetlight fixtures to kick off the city’s $251,000 streetlight conversion project.
The new LEDs are about 50% more efficient than the high-pressure sodium lights and are expected to save the city $30,000 in energy costs annually. They are also expected to last 15 to 20 years, compared to three to five years for the previous lights.
Perrysburg received federal funding through the American Rescue Plan Act to cover the entire cost. City officials estimate the return on investment will be approximately six years.
Heinze Insurance receives top designation
WAYNE — Heinze Insurance Agency has been named one of Celina Insurance Group’s 2023 Master Agencies. Celina awards the Master Agency designation to those partners who display exceptional commitment to the company and achieve superior operating results.
Heinze Insurance Agency provides a wide range of services to meet clients’ home, auto, business, farm and life insurance needs. Located in Wayne, the agency has served the local community for over 40 years. The Heinze Insurance motto is “large enough to serve, small enough to care.” To learn more, visit heinzeinsurance.com or call 419-288-3762.
Have questions about local flora? Ask an arborist
If you’re interested in local flora and want to know more about selecting and taking care of trees in your yard and community, join the Wood County District Public Library to ask an arborist.
Ask an Arborist: Care & Selection with the City of Bowling Green will take place April 10 at 7 p.m. in Meeting Room A&B at the library, 251 N. Main St.
Adrien Lowien-Kirian, arborist for the City of Bowling Green, will discuss the importance of trees in the local area. Learn how to care for trees and what to look for when caring for or planting trees on the property.
Registration is required. To register, call 419-352-5050, email [email protected], or register online at wcdpl.org/events.
Rotary’s Piano Wars will benefit local projects
Piano Wars, Rotary Club of Bowling Green’s annual fundraising event, returns April 21 with all of the proceeds donated to local and global causes. The evening at the City Park’s Veterans Memorial Building begins at 6 p.m. with food, drinks and dueling pianos.
There will be many silent auction items for guests to bid on throughout the evening, as well as some special items auctioned off by WTOL’s Ryan Wichman.
The dual pianos, performed by the nationally known tour company out of Detroit, will provide music from a variety of styles and eras, many of which the audience can sing along.
The Italian dinner buffet is being catered by Beckett’s restaurant. Drinks will be served.
Tickets are $75 per person and can be purchased from any Rotarian or online at www.rotarybg.org.
Past Piano War events have supported many worthy projects and programs, including the inclusive playground at Carter Park, emergency defibrillators located throughout downtown, Wooster Green Archway, the Wintergarden Park Nature Center, Bowling Green’s City Schools scholarships and Student Athlete of the Week.
For additional information, or to arrange for a speaker, email Trevor Jessee at [email protected] or contact him at 567-341-4640.
BG chamber’s Amazing Race benefits Cocoon
The Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce ACT*BG Project Team will host the annual Amazing Race on May 12.
Presented by Bowling Green Manor, all proceeds will benefit the Cocoon. Participants can sign up a team or sign up alone and be placed on a team.
Tickets are $30 per person and May 11 is the deadline for registration. Register online at bgchamber.net/rsvp, email Kristen Kreienkamp at [email protected], or call 419-353-7945.
The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. on rain or shine, at the Veterans Building Atrium at City Park.
Complete challenges and solve puzzles around BG to win the race. Juniper Brewing Company will hold the after party with heavy appetizers, a cash bar and live music from AmpWagon. The party will include prizes for Top Team, Best Dressed Team and Best Team Name.
