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Rossford Riverfest returns with food, festivities and fireworks

The Rossford Business Association’s annual Riverfest has been in the works for months, and their efforts came to fruition on the evening of August 17.

Community Calendar

To include your organization’s activities, mail or drop off the details to the Rossford Record Journal, 130 Louisiana Avenue, PO Box 267, Perrysburg, Ohio 43552. Or send an e-mail, with the date, time and location, to dianaw@perrysburg.com. The deadline is Friday at noon.

Rossford Police Department offers Citizens Police Academy

Rossford residents are invited to participate in a Citizens Police Academy hosted by the Rossford Police Department this fall. The program will be offered Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m., September 4 through October 30.

Grand Rapids Jazz and Arts Festival is Aug. 18

The Grand Rapids Arts Council will host its annual Jazz at the Rapids, Sunset Jazz and Art Festival, Sunday, August 18, from 2 p.m. to dusk, on the towpath, downtown Grand Rapids. Admission is free.Featured performers include: Lake Erie Jazz quartet, from 2:30 to 3:15 p.m.

Hockey benefit to be held for twp. firefighter with cancer

On Saturday, September 7, at 6 p.m., Tam-O-Shanter will host a hockey benefit game between the Toledo Fire Firefighters and Wood County FOP. All proceeds from the event will be donated to Troy Bernhard, a long-time firefighter/paramedic with Perrysburg Township.

Native plant sale set for September 14, 15

Blue Creek Seed Nursery, 7790 Schadel Road, Whitehouse, will hold a fall plant sale on Saturday and Sunday, September 14 and 15. Sale hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.Organizers note that the fall season is a good time to put native plants and seeds in the grounds.

Daylily auction is August 17

The Black Swamp Hosta and Daylily Society daylily auction is set for Saturday, August 17, at Toledo Botanical Garden Metropark, 5403 Elmer Drive, in the courtyard behind the conference center, beginning at 12:30 p.m.