News Briefs

Hungarian Club
Harvest Fest set
The Hungarian Club of Toledo, 224 Paine Ave., Toledo, will host its Harvest Fest Saturday, Oct. 19. The event, which will begin with a social hour at 5 p.m., will feature chicken paprikas, stuffed cabbage and Hungarian pastries. Reservations are required for dine-in service, which starts at 6 p.m.; but not for carryouts, with walk-ins welcome from 3-5 p.m.
The dine-in menu includes chicken paprikas with dumplings or two stuffed cabbages, plus sides, including cucumber salad, green beans and Vienna bread and butter. Langos and Hunkey Turkey/Sutni Szalonna will be available for sale for $3 each during social hour. The donation is $15 for adults and $7.50 for children.
The carryout menu includes chicken paprikas with dumplings or two stuffed cabbages only (no sides). The donation is $10. Hungarian pastries will also be available for carryout at a cost of $5 for a half dozen.
Call Betty Ujvagi at 419-691-6958 or Barbara Bachar at 419-693-3132 for reservations.

Meeting date change
Public Employees Retirement Inc. (P.E.R.I.) Chapter #82, Ottawa County District 1, will meet Monday, Nov. 4, at 1:30 p.m. at the Ottawa County Community Resource Center, located at 8043 W. SR 163, Oak Harbor (note the date change).
This meeting is open to all P.E.R.I. members, P.E.R.I. guests, pre-O.P.E.R.S and O.P.E.R.S retirees of Ottawa and the surrounding counties.

Toledo Toy Show
The New Toledo Toy Show will be held Saturday, Oct. 12, at the TOCA Soccer & Sports Center, 10020 S. Compass Dr., Rossford, directly behind Meijer on SR 20.
Admission is $5 per person, with kids under 12 admitted free. Early bird entry is available from 7:30-9 a.m. for $10, and $5 for kids 12 and under.
The show will feature more than 200 tables of collectible, antique and cherished toys, from vintage treasures to modern-day classics. There will also be opportunities to meet fellow collectors, toy vendors and enthusiasts.
Visit midmichigansupershow.com and like “The New Toledo Toy Show” on Facebook for updates and sneak peeks.

Siren testing
Ottawa and Lucas counties will test the Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) sirens for the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Friday, Oct. 18, at noon. The testing of the 54 sirens will last for three minutes.
In Ottawa County, sirens will sound in Bay, Benton, Carroll and Erie townships; the city of Port Clinton; Harris Township east of SR 580 and Salem Township, including the village of Oak Harbor. Sirens will also sound in Jerusalem Township (eastern portion of Lucas County).
For more information, contact Fred Petersen, Ottawa County Emergency Management Agency, at 419-734-6900 or Abby Buchhop, Lucas County Emergency Management Agency, at 419-213-6503.

Halloween Party
The Erie Shores Council, Scouting America, will host its annual community Halloween Party on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 5:30-9:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 20, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Camp Miakonda, 5600 W. Sylvania Ave., Toledo.
The event, presented by the Rotary Club of Reynolds Corners, is open to the public and offers haunted attractions and other activities.
“This is one of our most anticipated events of the year. We welcome over 1,500 people from the community onto the historic grounds of Camp Miakonda for family-friendly, spooky fun,” said Andrew Curran, Erie Shores Council interim scout executive. “The Halloween Party is an affordable evening for families and admission includes haunted cabins, haunted trail, trick or treating, a huge display of inflatable characters, hayrides, and more.”
Advance tickets may be purchased online for $8 each at ErieShoresCouncil.org/HP or at the door for $10 each. Children 2 and under are admitted free.

Wood Co. cemetery
receives grant
The Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing (REPL) has awarded $104,000 in grants to 45 Ohio cemeteries in 32 counties through the Fiscal Year 2025 Cemetery Grant Fund. The Division currently registers more than 4,100 cemeteries throughout the state.
Locally, Webster Township Cemetery in Wood County, will receive $2,500 in grant funding to restore and identify headstones.
“This is the sixth year the Division has awarded grant funds to assist registered nonprofit cemeteries in completing critical projects that may otherwise never be addressed due to lack of funding,” said REPL superintendent Daphne Hawk. “We are honored to provide these important funds to help Ohio’s beautiful cemeteries improve recordkeeping, restore monuments, repair fencing, improve signage and enhance visitor safety, all of which helps preserve a piece of our state’s history.”
The annual grant is funded by $1 of every $2.50 from burial permit fees received by the Division. Cemeteries that applied and did not receive funding this year are encouraged to apply again next year.
In addition to registering cemeteries in Ohio, the Division administers the Ohio Cemetery Dispute Resolution Commission, which assists in resolving complaints filed against registered cemeteries through mediation and conciliation.
For more information, visit com.ohio.gov/Real.

Genealogical society
meeting this week
The Ottawa County Genealogical Society's Oct. 15th meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. at the Oak Harbor Library with speakers John Liske and Dick Martin. The topic will be “I Was Built At The Wrong Location - Buildings That Moved.”
The public is welcome."

Vaccines offered
in Oregon
The Toledo Lucas County Health Department will hold a vaccination clinic in Oregon on Oct. 15 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The clinic will be held at Fire Station 41, 1040 S. Wynn Rd.
COVID 19 and flu vaccines will be offered and no appointments are needed.
Persons with insurance coverage should bring their insurance cards and identification. Insurance carriers will be billed
Those without insurance will not be turned away due to lack of coverage or inability to pay.
For information call 419-698-7095.

Issue 1 endorsed
The Libertarian Party of Ohio (LPO) has announced that its executive committee voted to join several other organizations in the multi-partisan alliance to support Issue 1, the constitutional amendment on the ballot this fall that would create a citizen redistricting commission and remove politicians from the process in Ohio.
The LPO’s executive committee unanimously agreed that while the amendment isn’t perfect, it’s preferable to the controversial redistricting system Ohio has now.
“Libertarians all across the country oppose the two-party system because it tends to lead to one-party rule,” said LPO Communications Director and former Libertarian candidate for governor in 2018 Travis Irvine. “From gerrymandering to limiting ballot access, politicians in either party always rule in favor of themselves when it comes to protecting their political power.”
Among Issue 1’s best libertarian features are its direct citizen involvement, representative transparency and ability to give independent voters a seat at the redistricting table, he said.