Grant directed to Bryant department

Bryant Fire Department is getting a financial boost.

Jay County farmer Greg Westgerdes directed $2,500 to the fire department through the America’s Farmers Grow Communities Program, which is sponsored by the Bayer Fund.

The program partners with farmers to support non-profit organizations in rural communities. Farmers selected direct the funding to the organization of their choice.

Over the course of a decade, America’s Farmers Grow Communities has donated more than $33 million to thousands of non-profit organizations around the country.

For more information on the program, visit AmericasFarmers.com.

Looking

The Jay County High School Class of 1979 is looking for a number of classmates as it prepares for its 40th reunion.

If you have any information on any of the following — Phil DeBolt, Loren Dilts, Jeanine Godwin, Gregory Griffith, Debra Grove, Becky Gutshall, Judith Hopkins, Michael Lykins, Scott Morgan, Natalie Norris, Rodger Reagan, Dave Roth, Eric Romine, Liz Ruble, Charles (Junior) Smith, Cynthia Whitted, Deborah Whittington, Curt Oder and Susan Huey — contact Kim Brinkerhoff Mills at [email protected].

The reunion will be at the Jay County Event Center in Portland from 6 to 10 p.m. July 27.

Classes set

Fort Recovery Ambassador Pool has scheduled its water aerobics classes for July. 

The 45-minute classes, taught by Jeneration Fitness, cost $5 each and are drop-in. 

They will be Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12:15 p.m. (with no classes on July 1, 3 or 8) and Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:15 p.m. (with no class on July 4).

Movies scheduled

The Ritz Theatre’s free film festival series will continue in July. 

The Portland movie theatre will offer free PG movies for kids at 11 a.m. on Wednesdays. It will show “Sherlock Gnomes” on July 3, “Smallfoot” on July 10, “The Lego Movie 2” on July 17 and “The Grinch” on July 24.

Holding drive

Dunkirk Police Department is collecting shoes for children in need. 

Shoes can be donated now through Aug. 1 at the police department at 130 S. Main St., Dunkirk City Hall at 131 S. Main St. and CVS, 1130 S. Main St., Dunkirk. Sizes needed included girls’ sizes 12, 12.5, 1, 2, 3 and 5 and boys’ sizes 1, 1.5, 3 and 4.

The shoes will be donated to school children in the Dunkirk area in need of footwear.