By Paula Pyzik Scott

Let's talk classified ads. When you send an ad to [email protected], you must be ready to respond by email as well. Starting this month, we will be sending invoices by return email and ads must be paid by credit card.

ABOUT CLASSIFIED ADS

COMMUNICATION Email ads to [email protected]. Call 567-400-4266 with questions but ads must be sent electronically.
- Please provide up to 75 words. Includes clickable links and phone numbers, one attachement (jpg. png or pdf).

PAYMENT Payable by credit card via our email link. 

COST $1/day, minimum 10 days Items for sale and ticketed events. Items for sale including cars, trucks, real estate, business services and fundraisers.

FREE There are many free ad categories including official notices, help wanted, garage sales, card of thanks, lost and found, wanted and free items.

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The next ONU Healthwise Mobile Health Clinic will be on Wed., Aug. 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This clinic includes free screenings for blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol (please fast for 12 hours to participate in cholesterol or blood sugar screening.)

By Paula Pyzik Scott

The work of new Bluffton author Tom Arnold has arrived at virtual and local retailers with the story of sculptor and poet Dewey Severs (1941-2020), who worked a variety of physically demanding jobs until three heart attacks left him bankrupt. 

Just Dewey: A Journey from Poverty to Creative Genius tells how Dewey began dreaming of creating art with horseshoes and saw God giving him a new direction in life. The book follows Dewey from a childhood filled with hardship in the Missouri Ozarks, through his becoming a husband and father, to finally settling near Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Have you spotted a new lawn sign with a smiling woman decked out in medals? That’s Janean Shannon, a masters heptathlon athlete who will soon be competing in the World Masters Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.

1000 Books Before Kindergarten Completion Party is on Thurs., Aug. 15 @ 10:00 a.m. Has your child finished the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten?

Kindergarten 1st Day of School Storytime is on Aug. 14 at 10:00 a.m. Starting school is exciting!

By Brittany Berens, DO
Obstetrics & Gynecology, OB Hospitalist Program at Blanchard Valley Hospital

Preparing for childbirth can feel like an enormous task. A written birth plan can help the birthing person organize their thoughts. If you or your loved one is considering writing a birth plan for an upcoming delivery, what should you know?  

A birth plan is the birthing person’s written set of preferences and wishes. This is not a requirement prior to delivery. However, writing a birth plan can help the birthing person collect their thoughts and communicate with their partner, family, and birthing team. A birth plan typically involves preferences regarding labor, delivery and postpartum care while in the hospital setting. There are many online tools to help draft a birth plan. Patients should pick one from a reputable source that best fits their preferences. Prior to arrival at the hospital, it is important to take the time to compare and consider various options regarding care.  

All are invited to learn about growing aucchini and zinnias with Hardin County Master Gardener Volunteer Stewart Coats and Allen County Master Gardener Volunteer Victoria Goddard at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13.