Time for winter reading

Jay County Public Library is bringing back its winter reading challenge.

Starting Monday, teens or adults may pick up a reading challenge form at the library. Participants may exchange each completed form for prize entry tickets. This year’s drawings include a 35-ounce Yeti tumbler, a Vanzon V40 bluetooth speaker, a $25 Amazon gift card or two tickets to a March 9 Fort Wayne Komets ice hockey game.

Completed forms will be accepted until noon, March 2.

Also happening at the library this month is a lip balm tutorial. Participants at the “Balmy at the Library” Jan. 23 event will create and design their own lip balms in a beach-themed setting. 

There will be a session for third through sixth graders from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and a session for teens and adults from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Registration is required.

New support

IU Health Jay Outpatient Behavioral Health is hosting two new support groups.

Beginning next week, Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) will be offered for free from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. each Wednesday. The family education and support group is meant for individuals who have a loved one with substance use disorder, helping folks to develop effective strategies to cope and help their loved one seek treatment.

Smart Recovery, a program aimed at those with substance use disorder, aims to help those living with addiction build and maintain motivation, cope with urges and cravings, manage thoughts, feelings and behavior, and live a balanced life. Free to the public, it meets from 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays.

For more information, call (260) 726-1960.

New member

Morton Pugh of Salamonia recently became a member of the American Angus Association. Headquartered in Missouri, it is the largest beef breed association in the world.