Used toy drive is Dec. 7

The Artifices Luminis Chapter of the Low Twelve Riders will be sponsoring a used toy drive from 8 a.m. to noon on Dec. 7 at Jay F. & A.M. Lodge 87 in Portland.

Clean usable toys will be collected and given to the Salvation Army for distribution.



On Sale

Tickets go on sale Friday, Nov. 22, for a 2020 performance by BlackHawk and Sawyer Brown at the Mercer County Fairgrounds in Celina, Ohio.

The concert is set for Friday, Aug. 14.

For more information go to www.mercercountyohiofair.com or visit the fairgrounds box office.



Blood drive

A special community blood drive in honor of John Paul Morris and in memory of Wiley Freel will be conducted by the American Red Cross from 1 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, at Sonoco Protective Solutions, U.S. 27 North, Portland.

Organizers said John Paul Morris is a 5-year-old kindergarten student who loves playing soccer, baseball and basketball. In February 2019 he was diagnosed with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a form of cancer.

He has received frequent blood transfusions and may need more as treatment continues.

Wiley Freel was born in December 2013 with a congenital heart defect.

He received many transfusions before he passed away from complications in January of 2014.