Students in grades K-5 are invited to sign up for a popular hour-long children’s cooking program at the Upper Sandusky Community Library. Due to popular demand, the program will be offered two times at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Oct. 17. Space is limited and registration, which begins Oct. 3, is required. Cheryl Lyon and Jill Stansbery will teach basic cooking skills, share fun food facts and more in a fun learning environment.

The Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation, in Carey, continues the tradition of its annual Family Day on Sept. 29. Pastoral care and offering assistance to families to grow in faith together has always been a priority. The Conventual Franciscan Friars at Our Lady of Consolation have celebrated this special day for decades.

The Sept. 3 meeting of the Beta chapter of Tri Sigma Sorority was held at Don Tomasso’s at 6:30 p.m. The guest speaker was unable to attend and after the meal, the meeting continued.

Forest UMC Thursday, 10-2 p.m., Harvest Fest, Fairhaven Sunday, Grandparents day, lunch after worship; 3-4 p.m., family fun day at Gormley Park.

Gracie Thomas Faulkner, Plymouth, is the mother of a son. Remy Alexander was born at 3:04 p.m. Sept. 3, 2019, in Tiffin. He was weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces and was 19 inches long. The maternal grandparents are Derek and Deborah Thomas Page, of Brunswick, Georgia.

MELMORE — The Mohawk Historical Society is pleased to announce that 2012 Banjo Hall of Fame inductee Glenn Parks will take to the stage of the historic 1910 Melmore Town Hall at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. The event is free and the general public is cordially invited to attend. Glenn will deliver a high energy, crowd engaging performance. Come prepared to sing along!

The Red Cross is providing opportunities to donate blood in coming weeks. — From 12:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, at John Stewart United Methodist Church, 130 W. Johnson St., Upper Sandusky. — From 12-6 p.m. Oct. 3, at Fairhaven, 850 Marseilles Ave., Upper Sandusky.

FOREST — “Cut the Craft” is 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Forest-Jackson Public Library. Adults and teens may join the library to make a burlap pumpkin decoration.

BUCYRUS — Be SMART for Kids, a gun safety program, will be featured at the Mid-Ohio Progressives meeting at 6 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Bucyrus Public Library. The presentation will be given by a member of Moms Demand Action, a grassroots movement fighting for responsible gun ownership and public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence.

Wyandot Memorial Hospital is offering A Matter of Balance classes from 1:30-3:30 p.m. starting Oct. 8. The classes continue each Tuesday and Thursday through Oct. 31 for a total of eight two-hour sessions.