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Toledo Animal Shelter Auxiliary celebrates
summer ending with annual picnic
The Toledo Animal
Shelter Auxiliary (TASA)
celebrated the ending of
summer with a picnic held
recently at Belmont Country
Club in Perrysburg.
Boasting its largest
crowd for the annual
event, auxiliary members
and guests enjoyed mingling,
a silent auction, raffles
and a picnic buffet.
The mission of the auxiliary
is to promote community
awareness, education
and financial support
for the Toledo Animal
Shelter Association.
Founded in 1948 and
reorganized in 1963, the
auxiliary continues today
as the fund-raising arm of
the shelter.
Auxiliary officers
include Nancy Ligibel,
president; Grace Christopher,
vice president; Pat
Osborn, corresponding
secretary; Barbara Brown,
recording secretary; Carol
Arnold, treasurer, and Pat
Hunter, past president.
The Toledo Animal
Shelter is located at 640
Wyman Road, Toledo. Its
mission is “to care for and
provide temporary and
indefinite shelter and care
for homeless and abandoned
dogs and cats by
promoting and sponsoring
animal welfare education
programs, adoptions, preventive
veterinary care,
and a mandatory
spay/neuter program, with
emphasis on a ‘no kill’
policy for its animals.”
The shelter executive
director is Helen Bensch
and the board of directors
include Stephen Mason,
president; Barney Stickles,
vice president; Allan Timmerman,
treasurer, Mrs.
Ligibel, James Bishop, Dr.
David Boudouris, Ron
Coffman, Mrs. Hunter,
Marshall Isenberg, Rob
Luderman, Jeff Millins,
Marianne Molnar, Dr.
Michael Myers, Dr. Daniel
Schoeck, Jean Smith and
Stephanie White.
For additional information
on the shelter and auxiliary,
visit the Web site at
www.toledoanimalshelter
.com.
Toledo Animal Shelter Auxiliary member Marlene Uhler and guests Jana Lake and
Barbara Baker.
Below, TASA President Nancy Ligibel, left, receives a gift from past president Pat
Hunter for her leadership and guidance of the auxiliary.
OPENING
THIS FALL
Artistic welding student exhibition at Owens now open
Owens Community College
students will have the
unique opportunity to showcase
their artistic welding
talents in Center for Fine
and Performing Arts as the
Walter E. Terhune Art
Gallery serves as host to the
first-ever artistic welding
student exhibition titled
“Steel,” September 18 to
October 19.
In addition, the college
will host a free reception for
the exhibit on Friday, September
21 from 6 to 8 p.m.,
in the Walter E. Terhune Art
Gallery. Artwork will be on
display both within the Walter
E. Terhune Art Gallery
and in the outside courtyard
adjacent the Center for Fine
and Performing Arts. Owens
is located on Oregon Road
in Perrysburg Township.
“The Owens Center for
Fine and Performing Arts is
proud to partner with the
College’s School of Technology
and showcase the artistic
talents of our students,”
said Wynn Perry, Owens
Coordinator of the Walter E.
Terhune Art Gallery. “Attendees
will be amazed at how
materials, such as a piece of
steel, can be transformed
into a masterful work of art
through the use of various
welding techniques.”
Owens students and
alumni of the college’s artis-
FOUNDER’S CLUB
ADVANTAGES
tic welding classes displaying
their artwork include Jim
Van Brandt of Ottawa Lake,
Michigan, Pamela Reithmeier
of Monclova, Todd
Kime of Toledo, Toni
Lucadello of Fostoria,
Robert Krohn of Perrysburg,
Beth Scheffert of Toledo,
Robert Garcia of Toledo,
Marie Brown of Napoleon,
Jody Smith of Grand Rapids,
Celebrity dealers announced
for PAHM’s Chips A’Hoy fund-raiser
The Perrysburg Area
Historic Museum
announces its celebrity
dealers for the upcoming
Chips A’Hoy fund-raiser on
November 3.
They are Michael Craig,
Keith Custer, Jon Eckel,
Walter Edinger, Marie
Ermie, Paula Fall, Rick
Gilts, Bill Jordon, Debbie
Knight, Tony Knight, Daren
LaShalle, Scott Libbe, Tom
Mackin, Scot MacPherson,
Michael Olmstead, Kevin
Rantanen, Meredith Sherman,
Ryan Sherman,
Annette Sipp, Patrice
Spitzer, Rick Thielen, Mark
Wasylyshyn, Becky Willliams,
Barbara Wright, and
Jim Wright.
The event will be held
from 8 to 11 p.m., at Carranor
Hunt and Polo Club.
The evening will offer
12 game tables–10 Black
Pamela Reithmeier's metal artwork depicting a flower is
featured in the "Steel" exhibit.
Jack and two poker, entertainment
by Eric Dickey at
the piano; Mike Robarge as
master of ceremonies; a
silent auction; hearty hors
d’oeuvres, and a cash bar.
Tickets cost $45, which
includes 500 chips and five
raffle tickets toward the
prizes.
For more information or
purchase of tickets, call
Phyllis Morton at 419-872-
0846, Marsha Molnar at
419-878-3500, Cary Wise
at 419-754-6830, Polly
White at 419-874-1890,
Judy Justus at 419-874-
6828, and Nancy Wilbur at
419-874-0292.
Joanne Juan of Perrysburg,
Mia Thomas of Toledo and
Donald Cole of Napoleon.
The college’s artistic
welding classes are taught
by nationally-known sculpture
artist and Owens
Adjunct Instructor of Manufacturing
Technologies
James Havens of Gibsonburg.
Mr. Havens also will
showcase artwork as part of
Back by popular demand,
the folk music program
“Singing the Good Old Songs
Again” will be held at Way
Public Library on Friday,
September 21, at 7 p.m.
Jackie Davidson, formerly
of the New Christy Minstrels,
and singer/songwriter Gary
Brandt will take the audience
on an energetic and entertain-
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More than 40 pieces of metal artwork ranging from
abstract to the figurative, including Todd Kime's artistic
welding expression, are being showcased at the Owens
Center for Fine and Performing Arts.
the exhibition.
The exhibition features
more than 40 pieces of metal
artwork ranging from
abstract to the figurative.
Admission to the Walter
E. Terhune Art Gallery is
free and open to the public
ing tour of American folk
music.
The concert is free, and
refreshments will be served.
Nationally known performers
who present concerts
across the United States,
Jackie and Gary performed
last summer at the library, and
the audience enjoyed the
opportunity to participate,
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays,
Tuesdays, Fridays and
Saturdays, and from 10 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Wednesdays and
Thursdays.
For additional information
about the exhibit, call
567-661-2721.
Folk music concert at Way Library Sept. 21
laugh and sing along to classic
folk tunes written and performed
by great artists such
as Dylan, Guthrie, Seeger,
Peter Paul and Mary, Denver,
Lightfoot, Chapin, Croce, and
the Kingston Trio.
“Singing the Good Old
Songs Again” captures the
memories and traditions of
this unique musical era.