In appreciation for its customers and in honor of Community Banking Month, every Citizens National Bank office will serve cake to its customers on Friday, April 8 during normal business hours.
April is Community Banking Month, and members of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and Citizens National Bank are celebrating the role that community banks play in the economic, civic and cultural life of their communities in cities and towns throughout America.
The annual Allen County "Senior Citizens Day" will be celebrated Thursday, May 12, beginning with a family style lunch at noon at the K of C Hall on South Cable Road in Lima.
Entertainment will be provided by the Al Best Band from 1:00-3:00 pm.
The event is a combined effort between Senior Citizens Services and the Allen County Council on Aging.
Tickets are $8 and may be purchased at Senior Citizens Services, 3400 W. Elm St., Lima, or the Allen County Council on Aging 215 N. Central, Lima. Tickets will not be sold at the door.
The Columbus Grove Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a dinner event featuring State Senator Cliff Hite on Sunday, April 10, at the Columbus Grove VFW, 218 E. Sycamore.
The event is open to the public. Space is limited to 80 people,. To make a reservation call either Ed Cassidy at Hawkey's Pharmacy at 419-659-2366 or Mark Edelbrock at Ft. Jennings State Bank at 419-659-2527.
Apollo Career Center will hold its first-ever digital citizenship day, Friday, April 1, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Apollo students will spend the day learning about the dangers, consequences, and the positives of their on-line activities.
Apollo believes that now, with the top three websites being Google, Facebook and YouTube, and the exploding use of smart phones, students need to learn responsible and productive use of these tools.
Banjo and guitar player and singer Matt Brown will perform in concert at 7 p.m., Friday, April 1, in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall in the Town Hall Concert Series, according to Wendy Chappell-Dick, of the village cultural affairs committee.
Opening for Brown are the Bluffton High School Fiddlers, an after- school club.
The performance is free and open to the public. Donations are accepted.
Jesse Henry and the Royal Tycoons will perform in the back room at Tu Pueblo Mexican Restaurant, 142 N. Main St., at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 2.
The largely original compositions are a stylistic mixture of blues, jazz, jug band, and folk performed with vibraphone, guitars, saxophone, harmonica, drums and more.
This group debuted at the 2009 Columbus Community Festival (ComFest) where they generated crowd enthusiasm the stage manager claimed to have never seen in the 20 years she had been managing the stage.
