Shutterbug Show to be held on Saturday

The 4th annual Shutterbug Show will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Jay County Fairgrounds in Portland.

The show is one of the largest scale model events in the Midwest.

Registration is from 8 a.m. to noon and the cost is $5 for the first model and $2 for each additional model. A Shutterbug Picture Car & Truck Show will also be held and the entry fee is $10 per picture. Awards will be given.

Revell Model Company and Jay County REMC will sponsor a make-it-and-take-it program for children to build a model.

The show is sponsored by Jay County Visitors & Tourism Bureau and Jay County REMC Touchstone Energy Cooperatives. For more information, call Ed Ferguson at (260) 273-1447.



Artifact show

Fort Loramie Historical Association Artifact Show will be held Sunday at the F.L.H.A. Museum, 37 N. Main St. in Fort Loramie, Ohio.

Displays can be set up from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and the show will be held from 1 to 4 p.m.

Artifacts can include arrowheads, pottery, stone tools, military items and more. Anyone wanting to set up a display can call the museum at (937) 295-3855, Ken Sowards at (937) 295-3764 or Ken Gigandet at (937) 295-3607.



Library news

National Library Week will begin Monday at Jay County Public Library with the theme “Libraries Lead,” highlighting how libraries go beyond being a source of books.

The following is a list of items that JCPL offers in addition to books.

1. Download an E-book

2. Host/attend a meeting or class

3. Research your family heritage

4. Learn a new skill/make a craft

5. Take home an internet Hot Spot

6. Listen to a story

7. Buy a used book or movie

8. Play a game with friends

9. Tackle a puzzle

10. Learn to use a computer

11. Learn to speak another language

12. Build a Lego creation

13. Get ready for kindergarten

14. Take care of copy and fax needs

15. Check out materials for a new craft

16. Borrow a day pass to the Minnetrista

17. Access popular legal documents

18. Get help fixing your car

19. Practice for your driver’s exam

20. Find your necessary tax forms

21. Read local newspapers

22. Play with toys

Pamela Hart donated the book “The Road Home” by Beverly Lewis to Jay County Public Library.

Clubs meeting this month at JCPL include Cookbook Club at 6:15 p.m. on Monday. Amie Carpenter of Purdue Extension will present tasty recipes made with chickpeas; JayCPL Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 16, to discuss “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr; Friends of JCPL will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17; JayCPL Writers Guild will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 30; and Hook & Needles Club will meet at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24.

Children’s programs this month will include Story & Fun Time at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 16, 23 and 30 and again at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 10, 17 and 24; Mother Goose & Me will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 13, 20 and 27; Lego Free Build will be from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, 19 and 26.

Kindergarten Prep School (KiPS) will be held June 5 through July 31 for children entering kindergarten in the Jay School Corporation in the fall. Registration forms are available at the library or will be given at Kindergarten Round-up. The deadline to register is May 15.



Speaker series

The Spring Speaker Series at John Jay Center for Learning, 101 S. Meridian St. in Portland, continues this month.

“Tesla: Visionary or Madman?” will be held from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11.

“Josef Mengele: Hunting A Nazi Criminal” will be held from 6:30 to 7:45 on April 17.