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Allen County Children Services will present an informational program on Kinship/Relative Care at the Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St., on Tuesday, September 26. The program starts at 6:30 p.m. 

Register for this program at the library by Sep. 22. For additional information or to register, call the Bluffton Public Library at 419-358-5016.

Are you raising a grandchild, other relative, or friend's child in your home? Find out what resources and support are available with Allen County Children Services.

Organizers note, “Kinship care represents the most desirable temporary or permanent out-of-home placement option for children who cannot live with their parents. It offers family preservation and the greatest level of stability by allowing children to maintain their sense of belonging, and enhances their ability to identify with their family's culture and traditions.”

Bluffton University’s Grace Albrecht Gallery will host the art exhibit “A Line is a Point” by Kathleen Pahl, from September 25-Oct. 22, 2023.

Using color, organic forms and lines, Pahl explores the complex intersections of life and death and our relationship with the unknowable.

The exhibit, featuring oil on canvas paintings, is free and open to the public. Gallery hours in the Sauder Visual Arts Center are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

A reception for the artist will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 21 with an artist talk scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m.

Arts at Bluffton events are made possible due to generous support from donors including David Bertsche ’57 and James ’83 and Rhonda (Louis ’84) Fox.