The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve & Conservation Farm, rural Pandora, will conduct a spring sparrow hike on Sunday, March 20, the first day of Spring 2022.
From 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. hikers will celebrate World Sparrow Day by seeing how many different species of sparrows can be spotted on the nature preserve. Findings will be submitted to ebird, one of the world’s largest biodiversity-related science projects.
Cory-Rawson Elementary School is hosting a Family Literacy Night from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on March 8 as part of the Right to Read Week celebration. This is the sixth annual event to promote literacy to families.
The event includes a book fair with all proceeds benefit our school library.
The West Central Ohio Chapter of the Compassionate Friends, a support group for families after a child dies, meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month. The next meeting will be at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22 at Union Chapel Missionary Church, 4869 Ada Road, Lima, Ohio.
The program will be "Tell Us." Participants are encouraged to bring some photos and memories of their child and a friend or relative if they wish.
Blended Roots, 246 Cherry St., is seeking 40 vendors for the 2022 Bluffton Arts and Craft Festival, which will take place from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 4. The festival will be located in and around the store including the surrounding grounds on Cherry and Railroad streets.
In addition to art and craft vendors, the festival will include food trucks and live music. Vendors are invited to participate with handmade and upcycled items. Mass quantity, catalog items are not allowed.
