FR museum presentation is Sunday

There will be an opportunity to learn about the Northwest Ordinance this weekend.

Fort Recovery State Museum will host the presentation “The Northwest Ordinance, 1787: Implemented in Fort Recovery; Have we Honored it yet today?” at 3 p.m. Sunday at Nazarene Family Center, 401 E. Boundary St.

Joe Beatty, a Houston resident who is a descendent of two soldiers who served under Gen. Arthur St. Clair in the Battle of the Wabash, will lead the presentation. Samuel Beatty’s name is etched in the Fort Recovery Monument as one of the officers killed in the battle.

The event is free of charge. For more information, call (419) 375-4384.



Registration open

Arts Place’s Arts in the Parks program continues through next week.

The summer arts program for school-aged children offers classes — they include painting, pressing flowers, wheel throwing, dioramas, dance, drumming and cyanotype printing, among many others — in 14 communities, including Portland, Dunkirk, Redkey, Pennville and Fort Recovery. Classes, which are open to children ages 6 through 18, are $5 each with a maximum of $30 per child for the summer.

Information on the classes available in each community are available online at artsland.org. Brochures are available at Arts Place, 131 E. Walnut St., Portland.

Classes, which range from a single day to a full week, continue through the end of July.



Series continues

The Dunkirk Webster Depot Park Concert Series resumes Saturday with a performance by Boot Hill Band. 

The band performs classic rock, country and southern rock.

The concert series continues at 7 p.m. each Saturday through the first weekend of August. The schedule is as follows:

July 31 — Jay Foxx Band

Aug. 7 — Spittin’ Image



Applications open

LifeStream Services is accepting applications for its Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program Vouchers.

The vouchers can be used to purchase items such as beans, peppers, tomatoes, apples and other fruits and vegetables from qualifying locations. They are worth $20 and are provided by the state on a first-come, first-serve basis.

To be eligible, applicants must be 60 or older and meet income guidelines.

For details, visit  lifestreaminc.org/nutrition or call (800) 589-1121.



Senior series

John Jay Center for Learning’s Senior Learning Series next event, the first to be held at John Jay since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 5. Justin Curley of Jay County’s Purdue Extension Office will discuss building a mini greenhouse.