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Today is Monday January 28, 2008
OSU-Marion holding financial aid event
MARION - Ohio State University-Marion is hosting the statewide college financial aid event, "College Goal Sunday," at 2 p.m. Feb. 10.
The event will take place in Room No. 100 of Maynard Hall on the campus of OSU-Marion, 1461 Mount Vernon Ave., Marion.
The free event, presented by the Ohio Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and endorsed by the Ohio Board of Regents, assists students and parents with completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The FAFSA is the federal application that is required to receive federal financial aid, including the federal Pell Grant and student loans.
Families are encouraged to register for the event by visiting due to the demand for assistance in completing the FAFSA. Walk-ins also are welcome to attend.
(Refer to page 3 of today's Daily Chief-Union)
Humane society to observe Spay Day USA
The Wyandot County Humane Society and its sister organization, Helping Our Pets Everywhere, again will participate in Spay Day USA on Feb. 26.
Spay Day USA is a national campaign of The Humane Society of the United States to promote life-saving benefits of spaying and neutering pets and to remind everyone, it is not just rabbits that multiply like rabbits.
While the WCHS considers every day "Spay Day" through its low-cost clinic, HOPE, it recognizes this day to promote the essential, life-saving activity.
"(Spaying and neutering) protects pet health, improves pet behavior and helps reduce the pet overpopulation problem," WCHS administrator Roberta Hiner said. "There are more companion animals born in the U.S. each day than there are people born. It’s a matter of simple mathematics. There is no way to catch up and provide a safe, loving home for each animal with those statistics.
"Every animal that is bred, sold or given away means another animal in a shelter will not find a home and may be euthanized. Many animals entering shelters are adopted, but if more people had their pets spayed or neutered, we may someday see fewer and fewer animals entering shelters and far fewer being euthanized simply because there aren’t enough homes," Hiner added.
This year marks the 14th annual Spay Day USA. Since its inception in 1995, participants have altered an estimated 1,386,000 animals. It has been a proud achievement of Spay Day USA participants like the Wyandot County Humane Society and other spay and neuter programs that the number of homeless animals euthanized in the U.S. has fallen from about 13.5 million in 1973 to about 4 million currently.
The WCHS says the number of euthanized animals still is unacceptable and it hopes that animal lovers who have not already done so will have their pets spayed or neutered so they do not add the numbers of animals that may someday enter shelters.
The HOPE low-cost spay and neuter program, located at the WCHS in Upper Sandusky, provides its services regardless of income or geographic location. Fees range from $20 for a cat neuter to $70 for a large dog spay.
(Refer to page 3 of today's Daily Chief-Union)
Seneca County Genealogical Society offering program on Tiffin’s pubic library Feb. 5
TIFFIN - The Seneca County Genealogical Society is having a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 in the Frost-Kalnow room of the Tiffin-Seneca Public Library.
Meetings include a business session, as well as the feature program. The featured program at the meeting is a virtual tour of the structure and information relating to the construction and the history of the building.
The meeting is open to the public.
(Refer to page 3 of today's Daily Chief-Union)
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