KENTON — Judge Randall Basinger will be the featured speaker for the Hardin County Democrats’ annual kickoff dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Goshen Grange Hall, 18977 CR 120, located at the corner of Hardin County Road 120 and TR 205 east of Kenton.

NEVADA — Nevada United Methodist Church will participate in the National Night Out by hosting a community cookout beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. According to the National Night Out website, it is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make neighborhoods safer, better places to live.

CAREY — Carey author Grayson McKee will host a book-signing event from 4-8 p.m. Aug. 6 on the lawn of the Dorcas Carey Public Library during Carey Fest. McKee will sign copies of his newest book, “Legacy.”

BUCYRUS — Elementary school children from low-income families can get free school supplies, play games for prizes and visit an information fair with parents at the eighth annual back-to-school supply carnival and information fair from 3-6 p.m. Thursday at Bucyrus United Methodist Church’s Outreach Center, 216 Hopley Ave.

CAREY — The Dorcas Carey Public Library has released a slate of events for August. A teen sock hop party is set for 4:30 p.m. Aug. 3 with activities including music, dancing, games, door prizes and a movie.

The Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District has set the dates for its elementary, middle and high school open houses. Upper Sandusky elementary school open house dates and times are 6:30 p.m. Aug. 15 at East Elementary School; 6 p.m. Aug. 16 at Union Elementary School; and 6:30 p.m. Aug. 16 at South Elementary School.

TOLEDO — The nonprofit Northwest Ohio Apraxia Support will host its sixth annual family fun day awareness walk Sept. 17 at the Toledo Zoo. Registration will take place beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Anthony Wayne Trail parking lot, and activities will be offered at the Broadway Pavilion.

The Wellness Center at Wyandot Memorial Hospital will offer its Living with Diabetes course to diabetics and their supporters from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Aug. 17 and 18 in the Bowman and Kirkland conference rooms on the hospital’s lower level.

Community Christian Center Today, 6:30 p.m., worship team meeting.

Upper Sandusky resident Lew Gottfried will debut his 10th and potentially his final book when more than 10 authors gather for a book-signing event Saturday at the historic Overland Inn in McCutchenville.