What's On - West 4/20

4/20/2011

Point Place

The 36th annual Community Easter Egg Hunt will be at Friendship Park Community Center, 2930 131st St., Saturday at 10 a.m. The hunt is free to all children 10-under. Every child leaves with a prize and candy-filled eggs. 419-936-3079.

Music, dancing, jam session, 7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, VFW Post 3265, 5416 North Summit St. Area musicians invited to participate. No cover charge. 419-729-9282.

Sylvania

Sylvania Recreation Swim Club now accepting registrations for the 2011 season. Divisions include U8 through 18 and under. Register at: playsylvania.com or 419-882-1500.

West Toledo

Free Services for One Village Residents who live in the 04, 08, or 11 ZIP code areas and want help increasing your earnings and keeping more of what you currently earn. Get free help with tax preparation, employment and education services and more. Call or stop into the One Village Financial Opportunity Center, 2860 Lagrange St., 419-724-5640.

Mayfair Plymouth Church, 5253 Bennett Rd., will be serving the needy with a community food pantry from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday. First come, first serve. Call: 419-476-7093.

Wauseon

Fulton Soil & Water Conservation District is selling rain barrels for purchase, 8770 State Rt. 108, Suite B. fultoncountyoh.com/swcd or 419-337-9217.

Toledo

Master Gardener 2011 Lecture Series, Ohio State University Extension at Toledo Botanical Garden Conference Center, 5403 Elmer Drive, first session, 6:30-9 p.m., Monday. Cost: $15 payable at the door. For reservations: 419-213-4254 or powers-barker.1@cfaes.osu.edu.

Breast Cancer Survivorship with ProMedica Cancer Institute four-week series workshop at the Toledo Hospital Donald V. Kellermyer Medical Education Center Auditorium, 2121 Hughes Drive (hospital entrance 5), 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Topic: Giggling Your Way to Good Health. To register: 877-291-1441. For information: promedica.org/cancer.

Edward Drummond Libbey Farewell Event Committee seeks college scholarship applicants from the 2010 Class of Libbey High School. Submit an essay of at least 350 words stating need. State name, address and phone number. Deadline is April 30. Mail essays to: Albert Flores, 2258 Maplewood Ave., Toledo, Ohio 43620. Information: Francine Coogler Boyd, 419-250-0491. Event will be at Army National Guard Recruiting Center, 925 Research Drive, 3 p.m. on June 18.

Areawide

Registration Rocks, Owens Community College, 30335 Oregon Rd., Perrysburg Township, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday. Registration Rocks is an opportunity for prospective students to receive academic advising and register for summer and fall classes all in one day. Win raffle prizes. Free lunch. 567-661-7253 or 1-800-OWENS, ext. 7253, or owens.edu and click on the Registration Rocks icon.

The Maumee Valley Historical Society will host a special Civil War exhibit beginning Thursday at the Wolcott House Museum, 1031 River Rd in Maumee. The exhibit runs through Nov. 6, and guided tours are Thursdays through Sundays starting at 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. There will be no exhibit on Mother's Day. 419-893-9602 or visit wolcotthouse.org.

Lucas County Retired Teachers Association Luncheon, Brandywine Country Club, 6904 Salisbury Rd., Maumee, noon, April 28. Speaker: Jennifer Cummins of Beautiful Blooms by Jen. Take blooms from your yard or purchase them and let Jen teach you the basics of floral design, what flowers to use, and the care of floral arrangements. Members are asked to bring specific food items to help feed youths. Lunch options: chicken marsala, parmesan breaded tilapia, roast sirloin of beef, and vegetarian. Send reservation with entree choice and a check for $17, written to LCRTA, and send to Kathleen Brunt, 3460 Shadywood Circle, Lambertville, Mich. 48144. Deadline Friday.

Annual seedling sale, Lucas Soil & Water Conservation District, one to two-year-old seedlings offered at low cost. Conifers available in packets of 25 trees; hardwoods and bushes in packets of five. One-ounce packages of "native" prairie seed mix, collected from the Oak Openings Region. Two mixes offered: dry mix suited for sandy or well-drained soils and a moist mix for average to moist soils. For order form, call 419-893-1966 or download from co.lucas.oh.us/lswed.

YWCA Child Care Resource and Referral offers assistance in locating affordable child care and becoming a child-care provider in Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Williams, and Wood counties. 419-255-5519 or 800-632-3052.

Toledo Artists' Club at Toledo Botanical Garden, classes in advanced drawing and mixed media for ages 5-17. 419-841-8153.