Bulletin Board, Aug. 4

• SUM­MER CON­CERT SERIES The Dan Zola Orches­tra will per­form at Clark Band­stand in Tap­pan Square in Ober­lin on Fri­day, Aug. 5, as part of the sum­mer con­cert series at 7 p.m. Bring lawn­chairs and blan­kets for seat­ing. Free.

• EAGLES NEST The Pitts­field Town­ship His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety will meet at 7 p.m. at the Pitts­field Town Hall on the cor­ner of Rt. 58 and 303 on Thurs­day, Aug. 11.

The pro­gram will be pre­sented by Grant Thomp­son from the Lorain County Metro Parks who will talk about the Great Eagle’s Nest in Brown­helm Town­ship, the largest one in the world. All are wel­come to hear the story of what hap­pened to the nest.

• OBER­LIN UNI­TAR­IAN UNI­VER­SAL­IST FEL­LOW­SHIP meets at the Ober­lin Early Child­hood Cen­ter, 317 E. Col­lege St., at 10 a.m. Sun­day morn­ing. Aug. 7: Sci­ence can Answer Moral Ques­tions. Cindy Frantz of the Ober­lin Col­lege Psy­chol­ogy Depart­ment will be dis­cus­sion leader. There will be a TED Talk fea­tur­ing sec­u­lar advo­cate Sam Har­ris, who argues that sci­ence can and should be an author­ity on moral issues, shap­ing human val­ues and set­ting out what con­sti­tutes a good life. All are welcome.

• MAC­U­LAR DEGEN­ER­A­TION SUP­PORT GROUP will meet on Thurs­day, Aug. 11 at 4 p.m. in the Green Room at Kendal for the web­cast “Keep­ing Fit: Fall Pre­ven­tion and Exer­cise for Older Adults with Vision Loss.”

• RAW FOODS POTLUCK A raw foods potluck will take place on Sun­day, Aug. 7 begin­ning at 2 p.m. a tthe Ober­lin Pub­lic Library. Helen Kopp will present the pro­gram, “Pre­serv­ing Your Foods by Fer­men­ta­tion.” Par­tic­i­pants are asked to bring fruit or salad for six and their own plate and utensils.

• CIVIL WAR CAMPS Lim­ited open­ings remain to reserve a space for boys and girls ages 8-13 to take part in one of the upcom­ing week-long sum­mer camps offered by the award-winning Ober­lin Her­itage Cen­ter. Top­ics include: Kids & World Cul­tures (Aug. 8-12) and Archi­tec­ture Camp (Aug. 15-19). Activ­i­ties will be held at the Ober­lin Depot (240 S. Main St.) from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The camp fee is $95 per child, with a $10 dis­count for chil­dren and grand­chil­dren of Ober­lin Her­itage Cen­ter mem­bers; some schol­ar­ship assis­tance is avail­able for those who qual­ify. For more infor­ma­tion, or to reg­is­ter for one or more of the pro­grams, visit www.oberlinheritage.org or call the Ober­lin Her­itage Cen­ter at 774-1700 and request a sum­mer camp flyer.

• OBER­LIN AARP #395 will meet on Tues­day, Aug. 9, at the New Rus­sia Town­ship Hall, 46268 But­ter­nut Ridge Rd. Social hour begins at 11 a.m., fol­lowed by a potluck lunch at noon. The theme of the meet­ing will be “The Good Old Sum­mer Time.” Pho­tog­ra­pher Dan Mes­saros will present a slide show of last year’s Lorain County Fair. For more infor­ma­tion on attend­ing meet­ings or join­ing, call Sally at 967-3466.

• CRUIS­ING AMERICA’S Great Loop” will be pre­sented by Dan and Judy Ker­nell on Mon­day, Aug. 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the Ober­lin Pub­lic Library.

• CLASS REUNION The Ober­lin High School Class of 1951 will cel­e­brate their 60th class reunion on Sun­day, Aug. 21. The reunion will be at Quick & Deli­cious, 311 S. Main St., Ober­lin, at 7:30 p.m. For reser­va­tions, call Mary Ann Novak at 440-324-5167; or Katie Smith at 440-774-7954.

• CHRIST TEM­PLE APOS­TOLIC CHURCH 370 W. Lin­coln St. Lau­rence E. Nevels, Senior Servant/Teacher. Early morn­ing prayer 7:30 a.m. Sun­day Acad­emy (classes for all ages) 9:30 a.m. Sun­day Morn­ing Cel­e­bra­tion Ser­vices 11 a.m. Faith Builders Bible Study, Tues­day 7-8:30 p.m. Inter­ces­sory Prayer from 8-10 p.m. (first Fri­day each month).

• RUST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Sun­days: Free com­mu­nity break­fast at 9 a.m., church school for all ages 9:30 a.m., Sun­day wor­ship at 11 a.m. Spar­row Bible Study: Wednes­day at 7 p.m., 133 Smith St. Sat­ur­day: Gospel Choir prac­tice 12:30 p.m.

• CROSS­ROADS BAP­TIST CHURCH 12404 Rt. 58. Bible Study Sun­day morn­ings at 10 a.m. fol­lowed by wor­ship and ser­vice at 11 p.m.

• LIFE BUILDERS FOURSQUARE CHURCH meets at the Seventh-day Adven­tist Church at 99 S. Park St. Sun­day morn­ing praise and wor­ship starts at 11 a.m. Tues­day night at 7 p.m. is Bible study for men and women. Call 440-343-9739 for more information.

• FIRST CHURCH IN OBER­LIN, UCC, 106 N. Main St. Office hours 9 a.m. to noon, Mon­day through Fri­day. Sun­day, Aug. 7: Wor­ship, 10 a.m., Rev. David T. Hill, Communion.

• CHRIST EPIS­CO­PAL CHURCH 162 S. Main St. Sun­day ser­vices of the Holy Eucharist are at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Morn­ing Prayer is read in the church choir Monday-Friday at 8 a.m. The Holy Eucharist is cel­e­brated on Wednes­days at 8 a.m. Ober­lin Week­day Com­mu­nity Meals: Mon­day through Fri­day. Doors open at 4 p.m. Meals are served from 5-5:30 p.m. Free to all.

• FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH of Ober­lin, 45 S. Pro­fes­sor St. Sun­day, Aug. 7: Sun­day School for adults at 9:30 a.m.; wor­ship with holy com­mu­nion at 10:30 a.m. with infant care pro­vided dur­ing the wor­ship hour. Dul­cimer class at 7 p.m.  Wednes­day, Aug. 10: Admin­is­tra­tive coun­cil at 6:30 p.m. All church mem­bers are invited to attend this spe­cial plan­ning meeting.

• BIKE WORK­SHOP A Bike Co-op Work­shop is held at the Ober­lin Pub­lic Library now through the end of August on Sun­days from 1-4 p.m. and on Thurs­days, 4-7 p.m. Par­tic­i­pants are invited to bring their bikes for a free tune-up, friendly instruc­tion and advice on bike maintenance.

• OBER­LIN ALLIANCE CHURCH 125 S. Pleas­ant St. Sun­day school for chil­dren and adults begins at 9:30 a.m. Sun­day morn­ing wor­ship begins at 10:45 a.m. Weekly work­shop begins with Wednes­day prayer ser­vice at noon. Bible study begins at 7 p.m. on Wednes­days, Pas­tor Lester A. Allen, teacher.

• PARK STREET SEVENTH-DAY Adven­tist Church, 99 S. Park Street. This Sab­bath (Sat­ur­day) is Friends and Fam­ily Day at Park Street. Sab­bath School is at 9:30 a.m. fol­lowed by wor­ship at 11 a.m. with Elder Kelvin Bai­ley from Cleve­land speak­ing. There will be a fel­low­ship (potluck) lunch fol­low­ing the morn­ing ser­vice. God Cares Min­istry will visit Wel­come Nurs­ing Home at 3 p.m. Mid­week prayer ser­vice is Wednes­day at 7 p.m. www.parkstreetsda.org.

• BIKE CAMP The Ober­lin Bike Co-op will host a bike camp for grades six through eight, Aug. 8 to 12. The camp will meet from 9 a.m. to noon at the Co-op, behind Keep Cot­tage. For more infor­ma­tion, email bikecoop@oberlin.edu.

• OBER­LIN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1970 is hold­ing a get-together on Sat­ur­day, Aug. 6, at 5 p.m. at the Ober­lin Depot, 240 S. Main St. It will be a causal potluck din­ner with class­mates asked to bring a cov­ered dish. All wel­come. Call George Clark at 775-4725 for more information.

• COME TO THE FAIR Visit the Ober­lin Her­itage Cen­ter dur­ing the Lorain County Fam­ily Fun Fair on Sat­ur­day, Aug. 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and enjoy all sorts of old-fashioned amuse­ments includ­ing spe­cial Civil War era activ­i­ties for kids. Drop in on his­toric school lessons and games in the Lit­tle Red School­house or enjoy “at-your-own-pace” mini-tours of the beau­ti­fully pre­served 1866 Mon­roe House and 1884 Jew­ett House. Fun Fair activ­i­ties are free and open to the pub­lic. For more infor­ma­tion, visitwww.oberlinheritage.org or call (440) 774-1700.

• I SPY OBER­LIN His­tory and Archi­tec­ture Scav­enger Hunt The Ober­lin Her­itage Cen­ter hosts this fun guided walk through his­toric Ober­lin on Sat­ur­day, Aug. 6, from 3 to 4 p.m. Designed for chil­dren ages 5-11 with an adult com­pan­ion. Keep your eyes open for his­toric mark­ers, dec­o­ra­tive details and Ober­lin odd­i­ties. Reser­va­tions needed; $3 per child (adults are free). Reg­is­ter online at www.oberlinheritage.org or call (440) 774-1700 for more information.

• OBER­LIN PUB­LIC LIBRARY board of trustees will hold a reg­u­lar meet­ing on Tues­day, Aug. 9, at 5 p.m., at the library. A records com­mis­sion meet­ing will be held at the start of the meet­ing. The meet­ings are open to the public.

• BIKE FOR YOUR HEALTH Learn about the indoor cycling sen­sa­tion, spin­ning, at the Lorain County MetroParks Splash­Zone, Tues­day, Aug. 16, at 9 p.m. Bikes will be pro­vided. This activ­ity includes a stren­u­ous hike.

• DETROIT HIS­TORY FOR THE SOUL BUS TOUR The Ober­lin Under­ground Rail­road Soci­ety (O.U.R.S.) will spon­sor a bus tour to Detroit, Fri­day and Sat­ur­day, Aug. 19-20. Learn about the his­tory of Lewis Col­lege of Busi­ness, Michigan’s only his­tor­i­cally black col­lege, and a spe­cial national archive exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum, and African and African Amer­i­can art, and cul­ture through museum vis­its, the African World Fes­ti­val, and other events. Cost is $150 for adults and $90 for youth. For more details and reg­is­tra­tion, call 774-6968.

• THE CIVIL WAR: Ober­lin Per­spec­tives on the Home Front and War Front. The begin­ning of the Civil War con­sumed the thoughts of many across the nation in 1861, and espe­cially so in Ober­lin, where the townspeople’s abo­li­tion­ist spirit was known far and wide. Karyn Nor­wood weaves together both lively and poignant accounts from the war front and the home front in Ober­lin dur­ing a free pub­lic pro­gram on Thurs­day, Aug. 18, at 7:15 p.m. at Kendal at Oberlin’s Heiser Auditorium.

• MONTHLY FOOD DIS­TRI­B­U­TION for eli­gi­ble res­i­dents of Welling­ton, Ober­lin, Welling­ton, and New Rus­sia, Carlisle, Kip­ton, Brighton, LaGrange, Pen­field, Cam­den, Hunt­ing­ton, Rochester, Pitts­field and Welling­ton town­ships through Ober­lin Com­mu­nity Ser­vices, 285 S. Pro­fes­sor St., will be Sat­ur­day, Aug. 13 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Par­tic­i­pants must pro­vide iden­ti­fi­ca­tion and address ver­i­fi­ca­tion. Call 774-6579 for assistance.

• BACK TO SCHOOL BONANZA Zion Com­mu­nity Devel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion and Mt. Zion Bap­tist Church, together with other coop­er­at­ing agen­cies, will present Back to School Bonanza on Sat­ur­day, Aug. 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the House of Zion Fel­low­ship Hall. Activ­i­ties will include a car­ni­val, 3-on-3 bas­ket­ball, book bags and school sup­plies give-away, food, vouch­ers for bicy­cles, health screen­ing, com­mu­nity orga­ni­za­tion infor­ma­tion booths, and much more to start off the school year. For more infor­ma­tion, call Zion CDC at 774-1800.

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