Births

Mercy Health St. Vin­cent Med­i­cal Center

Kel­sey Mel­drum and Samuel Vin­cent, Toledo, boy, Dec. 6.

ProMed­ica Toledo Hos­pi­tal

Shan­nice Hughes, Toledo, boy, Dec. 4.

Devon and Ed­die Lofton, Toledo, girl, Dec. 4.

Julia Ben­nett, Grand Rap­ids, girl, Dec. 5.

Melissa and Mar­tin Sus­tar­sic, Maumee, girl, Dec. 5.

St. Luke’s Hos­pi­tal

Tif­fany and Nathan McBride, Toledo, girl, Dec. 8.

Mar­riage li­censes

Lu­cas County

Dec. 3, 2019

Faisal Ka­bir, 30, stu­dent, and An­ju­man Ahmed, 25, ac­coun­tant, both of Toledo.

Todd Spees, 52, re­tired, and Jen­ni­fer Facenda, 49, mar­ket­ing sales, both of Wa­ter­ville.

Jor­dan Wylie, 21, ma­chin­ist, of Hol­land, and Cam­bridge Rowe, 21, stu­dent, of Avon Lake, Ohio.

Fuad Ab­dul­lah, 43, and Shelby Smith, 26, su­shi chef, both of Toledo.

Jer­emy Ray­mer, 25, la­borer, and Ash­ley Miller, 26, pa­tient trans­port, both of LaSalle, Mich.

Drew Caswell, 27, dock worker, and Kath­er­ine Bartlett, 27, tech­ni­cal writer, both of Toledo.

Dec. 4, 2019

Juan Gon­za­les Mo­lina, 48, re­tired, and Michelle San­tiago, 38, house­wife, both of Toledo.

Kerry Eber­hardt, 63, me­chanic, and LaRay Pol­cyn, 53, cus­tomer ser­vice, both of Maumee.

Caleb Wells, 22, restau­rant man­ager, and Ma­disen Zabo­rowski, 22, nurse, both of Toledo.

Tim­o­thy Lin­ville, 48, dock worker, and Amy Gauer, 46, Real­tor, both of Maumee.

Di­vorces granted

Lu­cas County

Daniel Vu from Nancy Vu.

Alexis Meach from Don­ald Meach.

Jamie Lin­cy­comb from Jo­shua Lin­cy­comb.

Melissa Szot­k­owski from Dale Cu­pe­rus.

Ken­dra Tin­ney from Alan Tin­ney.

Bar­bara Roose from Mat­thew Roose.

Chris­to­pher Dudzik from Kath­leen Dudzik.

Dis­so­lu­tions granted

Lu­cas County

Adam Mead and Mary­ann Mead.

Amy Ma­losh and Gary Ma­losh.

Valerie Miles and Steven Miles.

San­dra Mueller and Steven Mueller.

Cedric Dor­cas and Yong Moore.

Coroner’s rul­ings

The Lu­cas County Coroner has ruled in the fol­low­ing deaths:

Wil­liam Arm­strong, 31, of Mont­pe­lier, Ohio, June 30, at Mercy Health St. Vin­cent Med­i­cal Center. Sui­cide, acute bron­cho­pneu­mo­nia as a com­pli­ca­tions of hang­ing; de­ceased hanged him­self in jail.

John Bar­nes, 87, of Bowl­ing Green, Oct. 16, at ProMed­ica Toledo Hos­pi­tal. Ac­ci­den­tal, ar­te­rio­scle­rotic car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­ease; head and neck in­ju­ries fol­low­ing col­lapse due to heart dis­ease.

David Bit­tner, 65, of Ore­gon, June 14, at home. Sui­cide, self-in­flicted gun­shot wound to the head.

El­len Boyd, 43, of Toledo, Oct. 18. Ac­ci­den­tal, in­ter­nal de­cap­i­ta­tion due to ve­hi­cle ac­ci­dent.

Betty Cal­lo­way, 85, of Toledo, Oct. 12, at Hos­pice of North­west Ohio on South Detroit. Ac­ci­den­tal, ce­re­bral in­farc­tion; de­ceased fell at home.

Tyler Carr, 24, of Toledo, July 6, at Mercy Health St. Vin­cent Med­i­cal Center. Homi­cide, mul­ti­ple gun­shot wounds.

Louis Diaz III, 45, of Toledo, May 30, at home. Ac­ci­den­tal, com­bined drug tox­ic­ity (al­co­hol and fen­ta­nyl).

June Gilling­ham, 89, of Toledo, Oct. 17, at Ebeid Hos­pice in Syl­va­nia. Ac­ci­den­tal, med­i­cal com­pli­ca­tions fol­low­ing right fe­mur frac­ture.

Dusty Hill, 39, of Toledo, May 2, at home. Ac­ci­den­tal, com­bined drug tox­ic­ity (fen­ta­nyl and mi­tragy­n­ine).

Rita Kaspitzke, 88, of Ore­gon, May 27, at home. Ac­ci­den­tal, pneu­mo­nia due to com­pli­ca­tions of blunt head and neck trauma; de­ceased fell at nurs­ing home.

Karen Ken­dall, 77, of Toledo, Oct. 18, at home. Pend­ing, ar­te­rio­scle­rotic car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­ease.

Kayla Kindt-Siel­gel, 27, of Toledo, Oct. 15, at ProMed­ica Toledo Hos­pi­tal. Sui­cide, self-in­flicted gun­shot wound of the head.

Ni­cole Mabus, 21, of Toledo, June 4, at Mercy Health St. Vin­cent Med­i­cal Center. Ac­ci­den­tal, anoxic en­ceph­a­l­op­a­thy due to bu­pro­pion tox­ic­ity.

Phyl­lis Mat­tox, 90, of Toledo, Oct. 16, at Hos­pice of North­west Ohio on South Detroit. Un­de­ter­mined, ther­mal burns; de­ceased had fire at home.

Don­ald Ny­burg, 88, of Tem­per­ance, Oct. 20, at Ebeid Hos­pice in Syl­va­nia. Ac­ci­den­tal, blunt-force in­ju­ries of the head.

Jes­sica Oehlers, 37, of Toledo, May 2, at home. Ac­ci­den­tal, fen­ta­nyl tox­ic­ity.

Hoyt Pledger, 45, of Toledo, April 15, at home. Ac­ci­den­tal, com­bined drug tox­ic­ity (fen­ta­nyl and acet­ylfen­ta­nyl).

Raul Riv­era, 60, of Toledo, June 17, at home. Ac­ci­den­tal, acute car­bon mon­ox­ide poi­son­ing.

Char­les Sny­der, 52, of Toledo, June 13, at home. Homi­cide, ar­te­rio­scle­rotic car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­ease; de­ceased had scalp wound in­ju­ries from be­ing beaten, re­cent us­age of co­caine and al­co­hol.

Hen­ri­etta Szy­man­ski, 87, of Toledo, Oct. 5, at the Univer­sity of Toledo Med­i­cal Center. Ac­ci­den­tal, com­pli­ca­tions of a left fe­mur frac­ture; de­ceased fell at home.

Leo­nard Tucker, 47, of Toledo, May 13, at ProMed­ica Toledo Hos­pi­tal. Homi­cide, gun­shot wound to chest.

Jaden Under­wood, 18, of Toledo, March 12, at Univer­sity of Toledo Med­i­cal Center. Un­de­ter­mined, de­ceased hanged him­self per­form­ing in­ter­net chal­lenge.

Frances Weith, 87, of Bowl­ing Green, Aug. 26, at Mercy Health St. Vin­cent Med­i­cal Center. Ac­ci­den­tal, acute bron­cho­pneu­mo­nia as a com­pli­ca­tion of mul­ti­ple blunt

trauma sus­tained from ve­hi­cle ac­ci­dent.

Rita Wil­liam­son, 97, of Toledo, Oct. 19, at Ebeid Hos­pice in Syl­va­nia. Ac­ci­den­tal, com­pli­ca­tions of a hip frac­ture, de­ceased fell at home.

Nancy Wretschko, 97, of Hol­land, Oct. 5, at Hos­pice of North­west Ohio on South Detroit. Ac­ci­den­tal, cran­io­ce­re­bral in­ju­ries sus­tained from fall in park­ing lot.

Res­tau­rant in­spec­tions

Re­cently re­leased in­spec­tion re­ports of Lu­cas County food-ser­vice op­er­a­tions.

No vi­o­la­tions:

Jimmy Johns, 3002 Glen­dale, in­spected Nov. 14.

Fo­cac­cia’s Del­i­ca­tes­sen, 333 N. Sum­mit, in­spected Nov. 14.

CareBare Child­care, 6214 N. Sum­mit, in­spected Nov. 14.

Beth’s Gour­met Kitchen, 3004 Bar­ring­ton, in­spected Nov. 14.

Robin­son Ele­men­tary School, 1075 Horace, in­spected Nov. 15.

Netty’s, 325 S. Fear­ing, in­spected Nov. 15.

Mancy’s Res­tau­rant #2, 953 Phil­lips, in­spected Nov. 15.

Down­town Johnny’s, 513 Jef­fer­son, in­spected Nov. 15.

Cob­bler’s Kitchen, 3131 Cherry, in­spected Nov. 15.

Car­dan Mon­tes­sori Center, 1555 S. Byrne, in­spected Nov. 15.

Boston Mar­ket, 3808 Se­cor, in­spected Nov. 15.

7-Eleven, 1321 Na­varre, in­spected Nov. 15.

The Leaf and Seed Cafe, 116 10th, in­spected Nov. 18.

Sbarro, 5001 Mon­roe, in­spected Nov. 18.

Jimmy Johns, 4133 Tal­madge, in­spected Nov. 18.

Tee Ori­en­tal Food & Gifts, 1101 N. McCord, in­spected Nov. 19.

Con­cor­dia Lu­theran Church Pre­school, 3636 S. Detroit, in­spected Nov. 19.

Chick-Fil-A at West­field Frank­lin Park Mall, 5001 Mon­roe, in­spected Nov. 19.

South Toledo Golf Club, 3915 Heat­h­er­downs, in­spected Nov. 20.

Pizza Hut, 3425 Se­cor, in­spected Nov. 20.

Buf­falo Wild Wings Grill & Bar, 6710 W. Cen­tral, in­spected Nov. 20.

North­west Ohio Devel­op­ment Center - Vend­ing for You, 930 S. Detroit, in­spected Nov. 21.

West­field at Phoe­nix, 1505 Jef­fer­son, in­spected Nov. 22.

Sub­way, 4400 Chrysler, in­spected Nov. 22.

Sub­way JK Main Stick­ney, 4400 Chrysler, in­spected Nov. 22.

Sub­way Body­shop KK, 4400 Chrysler, in­spected Nov. 22.

Spe­cial Kare-N-Learn­ing Center, 2124 Frank­lin, in­spected Nov. 22.

Mercy Health­care Center Cafe, 2200 Jef­fer­son, in­spected Nov. 22.

Blue Agave, 1855 S. Rey­nolds, in­spected Nov. 22.

A Moth­ers Touch Last For­ever, 3006/​3010 Douglas, in­spected Nov. 22.

South Side Li­quor Box, 754 Western, in­spected Nov. 25.

Vi­o­la­tions:

Kil­gus Mar­ket, 3346 W. Las­key, in­spected Nov. 14.

● Deli items ei­ther lacked date marks or had im­proper date marks.

Glen­dale Garden Cafe, 2915 Glen­dale, in­spected Nov. 14.

● Pre-made sal­ads were stacked im­prop­erly with no cov­er­ings to pre­vent con­tam­i­na­tion, and foods in three-door reach-in cooler and pies in cooler be­hind bar were un­cov­ered.

● Sau­sage gravy in walk-in cooler was cooled im­prop­erly and hold­ing at un­safe tem­per­a­ture.

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, 3332 W. Cen­tral, in­spected Nov. 5.

● Many foods in cool­ers lacked cov­ers to pre­vent con­tam­i­na­tion.

● Chlo­rine san­i­tizer in bar dish ma­chine tested at 0 ppm.

● Chip warmer equip­ment was en­crusted with grease buildup and can-opener blade was dirty with buildup.

● Na­cho cheese in steam ta­ble was hold­ing at un­safe tem­per­a­tures be­cause ta­ble was turned off.

● Salsa in un­der-counter cooler was not dis­carded upon reach­ing ex­pi­ra­tion date.

Fire­house Subs, 5208 Mon­roe, in­spected Nov. 14.

● A plas­tic jar was placed im­prop­erly in hand-wash­ing sink, and per­son-in-charge said hand sink was used im­prop­erly for wa­ter sup­ply.

Cir­cle K, 5342 Lewis, in­spected Nov. 14.

● Creamer in dis­penser was cold hold­ing at un­safe tem­per­a­ture.

Car­mel’s Mex­i­can Res­tau­rant, 2947 Tre­mans­ville, in­spected Nov. 14.

● A hose was con­nected to the mop sink fau­cet with­out a back­flow pre­ven­tion de­vice.

Vito’s Pizza, 4235 Douglas, in­spected Nov. 15.

● The front hand-wash­ing sink was blocked by pa­pers and other items.

Paula Brown Gallery, 912 Mon­roe, in­spected Nov. 15.

● A hand-wash­ing sink was used im­prop­erly as a dump sink.

● The dis­penser in­side an ice ma­chine was dirty with black buildup.

The Olive Garden, 5120 Mon­roe, in­spected Nov. 15.

● Three boxes of let­tuce out of re­frig­er­a­tion were hold­ing at un­safe tem­per­a­tures.

Mancy’s Res­tau­rant #1, 953 Phil­lips, in­spected Nov. 15.

● The ice ma­chine was dirty in­side with buildup.

Lit­tle Cae­sar’s Pizza, 3145 La­grange, in­spected Nov. 15.

● Qua­ternary am­mo­nium san­i­tizer in three-bay sink was too strong.

● The back room was in­fested with gnats.

Hamp­ton Inn & Suites, 3434 Se­cor, in­spected Nov. 12.

● Food de­bris in hand-wash­ing sink in­di­cated im­proper use as dump sink.

● The san­i­tizer dis­penser for the three-bay sink was not work­ing.

● Hard-boiled eggs, shred­ded cheese, 2% milk, skim milk, cut melon, and yo­gurt-based smoothies were cold-hold­ing at un­safe tem­per­a­tures.

Ed­die Lee’s, 4700 Nan­tuck­ett, in­spected Nov. 15.

● Two boxes of raw beef were stored im­prop­erly above cheese in

walk-in cooler.

● Dress­ings made in-house in server cooler lacked date marks.

Cir­cle K, 2969 Tre­mains­ville, in­spected Nov. 15.

● Chicken sand­wich and egg-and-sau­sage sand­wich in hot-hold­ing unit were hold­ing at un­safe tem­per­a­tures.

Al Ahmed’s Steak House, 1923 W. Alexis, in­spected Nov. 7.

● Raw ground beef and raw steak were stored im­prop­erly above lem­ons and po­ta­toes in walk-in cooler.

● Vege­ta­ble beef soup and raw beef in walk-in cooler were hold­ing at un­safe tem­per­a­tures.

● Fa­cil­ity was vac­uum-pack­ag­ing raw steaks, raw ground beef, and cut let­tuce with­out fol­low­ing proper doc­u­men­ta­tion.

Steak Es­cape, 5001 Mon­roe, in­spected Nov. 18.

● An em­ployee was ob­served clean­ing a ther­mom­e­ter in the hand-wash­ing sink.

● Pro­vo­lone cheese in prep cooler and par-cooked fries in fries cooler were hold­ing at un­safe tem­per­a­tures.

● An open pack­age of ham in the un­der-counter cooler had no date mark.

● The mop sink’s back­flow pre­ven­tion de­vice was dam­aged.

Ohi­olink Cor­rec­tions & Treat­ment, 2012 Madi­son, in­spected Nov. 18.

● Salad dress­ing and diced to­ma­toes in two-door reach-in cooler next to stove were hold­ing at un­safe tem­per­a­tures.

Mei­jer, 1500 E. Alexis, in­spected Nov. 18.

● Dis­penser on cof­fee ma­chine and in­sides of noz­zles on deli pop ma­chine were dirty with buildup.

● Sev­eral va­ri­et­ies of or­ganic baby food pouches re­mained on sale past ex­pi­ra­tion dates.

Ka­bob It, 5001 Mon­roe, in­spected Nov. 18.

● The pa­nini press had buildup on food-con­tact sur­faces.

● Baba ganoush in Ho­bart cooler was not dis­carded upon reach­ing ex­pi­ra­tion date.

● Cooked po­ta­toes and green beans in Ho­bart cooler lacked date marks.

Fowl And Fod­der, 7408 W. Cen­tral, in­spected Nov. 18.

● Qua­ternary am­mo­nium san­i­tizer in wipe buck­ets tested at 0 ppm.

● Sal­ads and oat­meal left out of re­frig­er­a­tion were hold­ing at un­safe tem­per­a­tures.

Zoup!, 4204 W. Syl­va­nia, in­spected Nov. 19.

● The back hand-wash­ing sink was blocked by a cart.

● Qua­ternary am­mo­nium san­i­tizer in wipe buck­ets and in three-bay sink was too weak.

Save-A-Lot Foods, 657 E. Man­hat­tan, in­spected Nov. 19.

● Dried pro­tein had built up on han­dles and parts of knife and wall-mounted knife sharp­ener in the meat de­part­ment.

● Two va­ri­et­ies of baby food re­mained avail­able for sale past their ex­pi­ra­tion dates.

Rudy’s Hot Dog, 4748 Mon­roe, in­spected Nov. 19.

● Spray head panel of un­spec­i­fied ma­chine was dirty with buildup.

● Po­tato and beef veg­e­ta­ble soups in steam ta­ble were hold­ing at un­safe tem­per­a­tures.

● Foods in prep cooler lacked date marks.

● Sev­eral foods in re­frig­er­a­tion had im­proper date marks.

● Noo­dles in walk-in cooler were not dis­carded upon reach­ing ex­pi­ra­tion date.

China Star, 527 Dorr, in­spected Nov 19.

● Em­ployee im­prop­erly used prep sink to wash hands, in­stead of hand-wash­ing sink.

● Fried and raw chicken, cut broc­coli, cut cab­bage, and other food items in walk-in cooler were un­cov­ered.

Arby’s, 611 Man­hat­tan, in­spected Nov. 19.

● Sev­eral per­ish­able foods in prep-top cooler were hold­ing at un­safe tem­per­a­tures.

● Per­son-in-charge failed to en­sure em­ploy­ees main­tain per­ish­able foods at safe tem­per­a­tures.

Happy’s Pizza, 513 Dorr, in­spected Nov. 19.

● No per­son-in-charge qual­i­fied in food safety was pres­ent dur­ing in­spec­tion.

● Cooked, cut chicken and cooked steak in prep-top cool­ers were hold­ing at un­safe tem­per­a­tures.

● Numer­ous meat and top­ping items on prep-top ta­bles and in walk-in cooler lacked date marks.

Tougen Jap­a­nese Res­tau­rant, 7414 W. Cen­tral, in­spected Nov. 19.

● Raw fish was stored im­prop­erly above ready-to-eat foods in walk-in cooler.

● Whisk and in­sides of food con­tain­ers were dirty with buildup.

St. Char­les Bor­ro­meo Cath­o­lic Church, 1850 Air­port, in­spected Nov. 20.

● No per­son-in-charge qual­i­fied in food safety was pres­ent dur­ing in­spec­tion.

● Qua­ternary am­mo­nium san­i­tizer tested at 0 ppm.

● Ham­burg­ers were hot-hold­ing at un­safe tem­per­a­tures.

Rudy’s Hot Dog, 4747 Glen­dale, in­spected Nov. 20.

●A per­son-in-charge im­prop­erly used a hand-wash­ing sink to draw wa­ter for the steam ta­ble.

● The plate di­vider in­side the ice ma­chine was dirty with buildup.

● Creme pies in dis­play case lacked date marks.

Cinco de Mayo Amigos, 6975 W. Cen­tral, in­spected Nov. 20.

● A la­dle had been placed im­prop­erly in a hand-wash­ing sink.

● Chlo­rine san­i­tizer in wipe buck­ets was too weak.

● Ice ma­chine drip edge was dirty with buildup.

● Beef with veg­e­ta­bles was not dis­carded upon reach­ing ex­pi­ra­tion date.

● Beef, chicken, and pork had im­proper date marks.

Cen­tral Cath­o­lic High School, 2550 Cherry, in­spected Nov. 20.

● Salad top­pings in cold wells on salad-serv­ing line were hold­ing at un­safe tem­per­a­tures.

Bri­oche Doree at Mercy Health St. Vin­cent Med­i­cal Center, 2400 Cherry, in­spected Nov. 20.

● Sliced to­ma­toes, tur­key breast, and ham in­side kitchen reach-in cooler were hold­ing at un­safe tem­per­a­tures.

Fosto­ria

Christ­mas Re­flec­tions con­cert with the Fosto­ria Com­mu­nity Band and the Fosto­ria High School Con­cert Band at the Wain­wright Per­form­ing Arts Center, Fosto­ria Junior/​Se­nior High School, 1001 Park Ave., 3 p.m. Sun­day. Guest clar­i­net so­lo­ist, Chris­to­pher Bow­mas­ter, of Ma­ri­etta Col­lege. Free and open to the pub­lic.

Fre­mont

Bir­chard Pub­lic Li­brary Pro­grams, 423 Croghan St.; Christ­mas Night­mare and Gin­ger­bread Houses (grades 6-12) 5-6:30 p.m. Tues­day. Adult Book Dis­cus­sion 7 p.m. Thurs­day, My Bril­liant Friend by Elena Fer­rante, avail­able at adult ref­er­ence desk. Short on Thyme: Short Story Dis­cus­sion (adults) 10 a.m. Dec. 17, short story dis­cus­sion at the Down Thyme Cafe on Front St., call li­brary ask for Max. Crochet Con­nec­tion (adults) 6:30-8 p.m. Dec. 17, all lev­els wel­come, bring your own hooks and yarn. Reg­is­ter/​de­tails: 419-334-7101, ex­ten­sion 209 or at bir­chard.org.

Gib­son­burg

Gib­son­burg Pub­lic Li­brary pro­grams, 100 N. Web­ster St.; Pre­school Sto­ry­time 4:30 p.m. Mon­day. Adult Cook­book Club 6:30 p.m. Mon­day, Amish Friends Christ­mas Cook­book by Wanda Brun­stet­ter, choose a rec­ipe from the cook­book, make it and bring to share. Beyond Book Bears: Early Chap­ter Books (grades 1-4) 3:30 p.m. Wed­nes­day, The Seven Trea­sure Hunts by Betsy Byars and par­tic­i­pate in a STEM learn­ing ac­tiv­ity on sound. Reg­is­ter, 419-637-2173.

Grand Rap­ids

Prov­i­dence Metropark pro­gram, 13200 S. River Rd. (His­toric Area); Camp­fire Cook­ing: Wood Stove 5:30-7 p.m. Wed­nes­day, cost $8. Res­er­va­tions, 419-407-9700.

Maumee

The Chan­cel Choir and Hand­bell Choir Christ­mas Con­cert at First Pres­by­te­rian Church of Maumee, 200 E. Broad­way St., 4 p.m. Sun­day. New and tra­di­tional carol ar­range­ments. Free and open to the pub­lic. Details: first­pre­s­maumee.org or call 419-893-0223.

Mich­i­gan

Mon­roe Se­nior Citi­zens Center pro­grams, 15275 S. Dixie Hwy.; Fall Preven­tion 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tues­day, Sing-a-long with Donna Hwang at 10 a.m. Wed­nes­day. Sit, Chat, and Craft with home­school­ers, 11 a.m. Thurs­day. Decem­ber Movie, A Cin­dere­lla Story Christ­mas Wish (Rated PG) 1:30 p.m. Wed­nes­day. Center’s Christ­mas Din­ner Cel­e­bra­tions 11:30 a.m. Dec. 16, mu­sic by Tom Treece, cost $5 per per­son and 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 25, cost $8 per per­son, call for res­er­va­tions. Res­er­va­tions/​de­tails, 734-241-0404.

Bed­ford Art­ists Club hol­i­day/​so­cial gath­er­ing in the com­mu­nity room at Bed­ford Li­brary Branch, 8575 Jack­man Rd., Tem­per­ance, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 17. No busi­ness meet­ing or art demon­stra­tion. Some mem­bers will bring in art­work to show. Light re­fresh­ments and pos­si­bly some games. Any­one in­ter­ested in our group or in art is wel­come to at­tend. Ques­tions con­tact, Faye: 419-882-1323 419-378-1323.

The Whit­mer Girls Class of 1950 will meet at the Olde School­house Lunch­room Com­mons, 8336 Mon­roe Rd., Lam­bert­ville, 11:30 a.m. Thurs­day. Details con­tact: Nancy (Ray) Strig­gow, 734-854-2558, 419-466-2494, or an­strig­gow@msn.com.

Ore­gon

From the Heart Theater Group presents A Char­lie Brown Christ­mas (Act 1) and One Beth­le­hem Night (Act 2) live on stage at Ei­sen­hower In­ter­me­di­ate School, 331 N. Cur­tice Rd., 7:30 p.m. Fri­day, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Satur­day, and 6 p.m. Sun­day. Tick­ets are $12/​adults and $6/​chil­dren 12 and un­der. Tick­ets can be pur­chased on­line at fromthe­heart­the­ater­group.org. Tick­ets are also avail­able at the door.

VFW Post 9816 eu­chre tour­na­ments, 1802 Ash­croft Drive, 7 p.m. Tues­days and 2 p.m. Sun­days. Details, 419-725-9916.

JWH (James “Wes” Han­cock) Ore­gon Se­nior Center events, 4350 Na­varre Ave.; Craft Class, gift box dec­o­rat­ing 12:30 p.m. Wed­nes­day, free to Ore­gon se­niors 60 years or older and $5 for non-res­i­dents, all ba­sic ma­teri­als pro­vided. Diner’s Club at Red Lob­ster, de­part­ing at 11 a.m. and re­turn­ing 1:30 p.m. Wed­nes­day, sug­gested travel do­na­tion $4. Depart­ment of Veter­ans Af­fairs with Veron­ica, 9-11 a.m. Thurs­day, an­swer­ing ques­tions re­gard­ing VA ben­e­fits, 419-250-5373. Hol­i­day Min­gle and Graze Open House 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Dec. 19, mem­bers must pres­ent in­vi­ta­tion, non-mem­bers ad­mis­sion is $15 per per­son, must reg­is­ter. Res­er­va­tions/​de­tails: 419-698-7078.

Per­rys­burg

Way Pub­lic Li­brary pro­grams, 101 E. In­di­ana Ave.; Reel Talk with screen­ing of Sun Val­ley Ser­e­nade at 10 a.m. Thurs­day, guest speaker Den­nis Vaughn, area film his­to­rian. Reel Art (adults only) screen­ing

Danc­ing in Jaffa, 7 p.m. Fri­day. Reg­is­ter/​de­tails: 419-874-3135, ex­ten­sion 119 or way­li­brary.info.

TOPICS Camera Club meet­ing at the Way Pub­lic Li­brary, 101 E. In­di­ana Ave., 6:30 p.m. Wed­nes­day. Gen­eral pub­lic is wel­come. For fur­ther in­for­ma­tion: TOPICSCameraClub.com.

Port Clin­ton

“Coats for Fam­i­lies” pro­gram by the Sal­va­tion Army runs through Jan­u­ary. Pro­gram is based on do­na­tions from the gen­eral pub­lic of new and gen­tly used coats only. Dona­tions can be dropped of at the Sal­va­tion Army’s of­fice, 1834 E. Perry St. or call, Mau­reen Sap­onari, 419-732-2769.

Sal­va­tion Army in Ot­tawa County’s Army Toy Drive through Satur­day, col­lec­tion boxes will be in our lo­cal stores, churches, banks, and busi­nesses. All toys col­lected stay in Ot­tawa County and ser­vice our lo­cal res­i­dents in need. Ques­tions: Mau­reen Sap­onari, 419-732-2769.

Ross­ford

Owens Col­lege Con­cert Band Hol­i­day per­for­mance at the Ross­ford Pub­lic Li­brary, 720 Dixie Hwy., 6:30 p.m. Wed­nes­day. Fea­tur­ing fa­mil­iar Christ­mas songs, hol­i­day med­leys, and other unique ar­range­ments. Free.

Swan­ton

Swan­ton Pub­lic Li­brary events, 305 Chest­nut St.; Film and TV Dis­cus­sion: Gal­axy Quest, 7-8 p.m. Wed­nes­day. Adult Book Club 7 p.m. Thurs­day, An Anon­y­mous Girl by Greer Hen­dricks and Sarah Pek­kanen. Make and Take Crafts: Hol­i­day Cookie and Or­na­ment Dec­o­rat­ing 3-5 p.m. Fri­day, cre­ate your own tree or­na­ments and/​or or­na­ments (limit 3 per per­son). Cod­ing Club 1-2 p.m. Satur­day and Dec. 21, learn be­gin­ning steps of cod­ing and play with ro­bots. The Toast­busters: A Cook­book Club 6:30 p.m. Dec. 16, this month ce­leb­rity chef is Al­ton Brown’s Ev­ery­day Cook.

Syl­va­nia

Syl­va­nia Women’s Con­nec­tion West Lun­cheon Christ­mas Cel­e­bra­tion at High­land Mead­ows Golf Club, 7455 Erie St., 11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m. with lunch at 11:30 a.m. Fri­day. Speaker: “Life Beyond the Picket Fence” by Brenda Yoder, of Ship­she­wana, In­di­ana. Fea­tur­ing mu­sic by Steph­a­nie Ali­son McCormick. Cost: $13. For res­er­va­tions by Mon­day con­tact: Julie, 419-466-9701 or email at sj­pereus@att.net.

Toledo

Toys For Tots show at Civic Mu­sic Hall, 135 S. Byrne Rd., 7:30 p.m. Satur­day. Bands per­form­ing are KARIE, Sir Cadian, Half Step Back, and Age of Hys­te­ria. Ad­mis­sion: free with a toy or $10/​no toy.

Hol­i­day Cookie Walk at St. Mark Lu­theran Church, 611 Wood­ville Rd., 9 a.m.-noon Satur­day. Buy a small, me­dium, and/​or large con­tainer and fill with cook­ies/​buck­eyes. Also avail­able for pur­chase are hol­i­day cheese balls.

Birming­ham Branch Li­brary pro­grams, 203 Paine Ave.; Toy Care Rac­ing (ages 5-10) 4 p.m. Thurs­day, zoom your toy cars on a race track, win prizes. Reg­is­ter: 419-259-5210.

The Islamic Food Bank of Toledo will dis­trib­ute 200 hot meals at two lo­ca­tions on Satur­day​: Mo­bile Food Bank truck at Help­ing Hands of St. Louis, 443 Sixth St., from 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. or Toledo Mas­jid Al-Islam, 722 E. Ban­croft St., be­tween 1:35 p.m. and 2 p.m. Meals will in­clude an en­tree, side items in­clud­ing fresh pro­duce and baked goods.

Hol­i­days in the Manor House at Wild­wood Metropark, Main En­trance, 5100 W. Cen­tral Ave., 10 a.m.-8 p.m. daily, through Sun­day. Details: 419-407-9700.

Free Tu­tor­ing Pro­gram is be­ing of­fered by Tak­shila Ed­u­ca­tion at two lo­ca­tions: Sanger Branch Li­brary, 3030 W. Cen­tral Ave., 6-8 p.m. Mon­day-Thurs­day and noon-5 p.m. Satur­day-Sun­day and res­i­dence (with par­ents’ per­mis­sion and par­ent(s) can stay dur­ing their child’s tu­tor­ing) at 3034 Red­ing­ton Woods Rd., 9 a.m.-noon Satur­day and Sun­day, and 6-8 p.m. Fri­day. Tak­shila Ed­u­ca­tion pro­vides free one on one tu­tor­ing for our stu­dents from grades 9-12 in sci­ence and math­e­mat­ics. Visit their web­site at tak­shilaed­u­ca­tion.org or con­tact, Ra­jesh Kumar, 762-233-1668 or rku­mar@tak­shilaed­u­ca­tion.org.

Wild­wood Pre­serve pro­grams, 5100 W. Cen­tral Ave.; Hol­i­days Fam­ily Night Hike 7-8 p.m. Wed­nes­day. Tales and Trails (ages 3-5) 10-11 a.m. Thurs­day, East En­trance. Hol­i­day Tree Climb­ing (adults and ages 8 or older) 5:30-7 p.m. Fri­day and Satur­day, East En­trance, cost $25 each class/​per­son. Visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Satur­day and Sun­day, Ward Pavil­ion (east en­trance) and free hol­i­day movie at 1 p.m. Hol­i­day Car­riage rides also avail­able check web­site for de­tails. Reg­is­ter, 419-407-9700/​metropark­stoledo.com.

Cen­tral Cath­o­lic High School presents Sounds of Christ­mas at the Val­en­tine The­atre, 410 Adams St., 3 p.m. Sun­day. Fea­tur­ing per­for­mances by the Cen­tral Cath­o­lic Glee Club, Mixed Cho­rus, String Orches­tra,

Con­cert Band, Ir­ish Dance Team, and Alumni Glee Club, with spe­cial guest the Our Lady of Per­pet­ual Help (OLPH) Spirit Singers. Tick­ets: $10 each for first and sec­ond floor seats, $7 for bal­cony, and $5 for stu­dents. For tick­ets: 419-242-2787 or at the Val­en­tine box of­fice.

Ge­n­e­sis Vil­lage Se­nior Liv­ing events, 2429 S. Rey­nolds Rd.; Christ­mas Con­cert with Side by Side band, 6:30 p.m. Thurs­day, en­joy cook­ies and light re­fresh­ments, free. Details, 419-720-1286.

Free Pub­lic Lec­ture spon­sored by the Toledo So­ci­ety, a chap­ter of the Ar­chae­o­log­i­cal In­sti­tute of Amer­ica, and co-spon­sored the the Toledo Mu­seum of Art in the mu­seum’s Lit­tle Theater, 2445 Mon­roe St., 7 p.m. Fri­day. Speaker: Ann Steiner, Pro­fes­sor of Clas­sics at Frank­lin and Mar­shall Col­lege, Lan­caster, Penn­syl­va­nia, “A New Chap­ter in An­cient Etruscan Reli­gion: The Sanc­tu­ary of Uni at Pog­gio Colla, Italy”. For more in­for­ma­tion con­tact, James Har­rell at 419-530-2193 or email james.har­rell@utoledo.edu.

White­house

White­house Li­brary pro­gram, 10651 Wa­ter­ville St.; Kids’ Hour (pre-kin­der­gar­ten to grades 3) fea­tur­ing Santa’s Sto­ries, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Satur­day, crafts and a yummy treat. No BookNuts dis­cus­sions in Decem­ber. Winter Reader’s Chal­lenge, will be to read all 40 books on the list by Feb. 8. Check web­site for new hours. Reg­is­ter/​Details: 419-877-9088 or email whouseli­brary@gmail.com.

Wood­ville

Wood­ville Pub­lic Li­brary pro­grams, 101 E. Main St.; Christ­mas Cards for Se­niors (all ages) Mon­day through Satur­day, stop in and make a card or two to send to a lo­cal care cen­ter for se­nior cit­i­zens. Wed­nes­day Adult Book Club 7 p.m. Wed­nes­day, The Christ­mas Jars by Ja­son F. Wright. Santa Crafts for Kids (kin­der­gar­ten to grades 6) 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Satur­day and Dec. 21. Crochet and More 6:30 p.m. Dec. 16, bring a proj­ect and ex­change ideas/​tech­niques. Reg­is­ter/​de­tails, 419-849-2744.

Sup­port Groups

TOPS (Take off Pounds Sen­si­bly) 1648 sup­port group at Luther Haus Com­mu­nity Room, 800 Smith Rd., Tem­per­ance, weigh-in/​meet­ing 9:15-11 a.m. ev­ery Mon­day. Ques­tions, 419-242-6789.

Food Ad­dicts in Re­cov­ery Anon­y­mous at Ep­worth United Meth­od­ist Church’s Room 206, 4855 W. Cen­tral Ave., 7 p.m. Mon­days. Con­tact: Stoney, 734-635-1392 or visit foo­dad­dicts.org.

Fam­ily and their Care­giv­ers Cancer Sup­port Group at Mercy Health St. Anne Hos­pi­tal, Cancer Center Li­brary, 3404 W. Syl­va­nia Ave., 6:30 p.m. sec­ond Mon­day of each month. In­for­ma­tion: 419-865-0659 or 419-754-1277.

Prostate Cancer Sup­port Group at Mercy Health St. Anne Hos­pi­tal’s Cancer Center Li­brary (Second Floor), 3404 W. Syl­va­nia Ave., 6:30 p.m. fourth Mon­day of each month. Details: Roger, 419-346-2753 or Ernie 419-344-9830.

PAL (Par­ents of Ad­dicted Loved Ones), a faith-based sup­port group at Cal­vary Church, 1360 Conant St., Maumee, 7-8:30 p.m. Tues­days. Par­tic­i­pants must be 18 or older. Details: 419-893-2171 or see pal­group.org.

Par­ents and guard­ians of chil­dren with Fetal Al­co­hol Spec­trum Dis­or­ders (FASD) sup­port group at A Re­newed Mind Dou­ble ARC Center for FASD, 5164 Mon­roe St., from 7-8 p.m. ev­ery sec­ond Tues­day of each month. You also have the op­tion to join meet­ing on­line from your de­vices, or with a phone call. Sign up/​de­tails: dou­blearc.org or 419-890-1225

Fam­ily After Ad­dic­tion or Death (F.A.A.D.)/​Team Re­cov­ery: Sup­port Group at Alders­gate Church, 4030 Douglas Rd., 7-8:30 p.m. Tues­days; and Ep­worth United Meth­od­ist, 4855 Cen­tral Ave., 7-8:30 p.m. Thurs­days. Fam­i­lies or any­one deal­ing with ad­dic­tion wel­come. In­for­ma­tion: 419-561-5433.

Shakin’ Not Stirred’s Mon­roe County and Con­tig­u­ous Areas Par­kin­son’s Sup­port Group at Mon­roe Char­ter Town­ship in the Na­ture Center, 4925 E. Dun­bar Rd., Mon­roe, 6:30 p.m. ev­ery third Wed­nes­day of each month. For in­di­vid­u­als with Par­kin­son’s dis­ease and their loved ones. Learn the lat­est about this dis­ease and how to cope suc­cess­fully with daily chal­lenges. Details: Jen­ni­fer Traver, 734-497-5683 (call/​text) or email shakinn­stirred@gmail.com or Mich­i­gan Par­kin­son Foun­da­tion, 800-852-9781.

Are you a Widow? Wid­ows Em­pow­ered Strength­ened and I sup­port group at Rey­nolds Corners Branch Li­brary, 4833 Dorr St., 1-3 p.m. ev­ery third Satur­day of each month. Details: 419-359-4001, w.e.s.an­di­inc@gmail.com or web­site, wid­owsem­pow­ered.com.

S.A.F.E. (Sup­port­ing Ad­dict Fam­i­lies Ev­ery­where) at Res­cue Cri­sis, 3350 Coll­ing­wood Blvd., 6-7:30 p.m. sec­ond Sun­day of each month. For any­one af­fected by a loved one’s ad­dic­tion. In­for­ma­tion: 419-304-7034.