October 25, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Secret Families plan a breakfast

Taking Note

There will be a benefit breakfast for Secret Families Christmas Charity of Jay County from 8 to 10 a.m. on  Nov. 2. The cost is $6 for all the pancakes and sausage you can eat.

All of the proceeds go to sponsor a bright Christmas for Jay County families.

For more information about Secret Families Christmas Charity contact Conny Knight, (765) 730-2444  or Kadie Knight (765) 729-2196.



Scholarship

The Indiana Volunteer Firefighters Association is partnering with Ivy Tech Community College to offer volunteer first responders a chance to earn a two-year degree, tuition free.

Ivy Tech has committed $250,000 over two years to pay for tuition and fees for volunteer first responders to attend academic programs with the exception of Flight Aviation and General Studies.

To learn more visit www.ivfa.org or IvyTech.edu/volunteer.



Talk it over

Folks who have been reading Michael Koryta’s “If She Wakes” in advance of the author’s Nov. 7 visit to Jay County Public Library are invited to a discussion session on the book at noon on Nov. 1.



Revival set

Evangelist Fred Stevens and The Christianaires will be featured at a revival at Evangelical Methodist Church, 930 W. Main St., Portland, today and Saturday at 7 p.m. and again on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

There will be a carry-in dinner after the Sunday morning service.



Blood drive

Friends and family of Rachel Osterholt Theurer will host the American Red Cross blood drive in her memory from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 29 at Jay Community Center.

Osterholt died after suffering at amniotic fluid embolism during childbirth on Nov. 1, 2015. 

She received 27 units of red blood cells, 12 units of plasma and three units of platelets in the effort to save her life.

Thus far, 314 donations have been made in her honor. 

To make an appointment to donate, visit redcrossblood.org or call (800) 733-2767.



Annual meeting

The Jay County Historical Society will hold its annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 5, at Asbury United Methodist Church in Portland.

The program for the evening will feature “video moments from Jay County’s past,” a compilation by Rob Weaver.

Reservations must be received no later than 4 p.m. on Nov. 5. Cost of the dinner meeting is $10 per person.

 
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