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SPENCERVILLE — Roselawn Manor in Spencerville will hold an Ice Cream Social from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 in the community room of the assisted living facility.
The event will give the community a chance to meet with the facility’s new administrator, Sierra Saylor. Ice cream will be provided by The Creamery of Delphos.
Roselawn Manor is located at 420 E. Fourth St. in Spencerville. For more details, call 419-647-4115.

LIMA — The Veterans of Foreign War Post 1275 is hosting a series of dinners on Friday nights for the month of September. A broasted chicken dinner will be held at 5 p.m., Sept. 8, at the VFW, 124 E. Elm St., Lima. Price is $8 and the public is welcome.
Carry-out is available for the dinners, which open at 5 p.m. on Fridays.
Future dinners include:
• All you can eat fish dinner, 5 p.m. Sept. 15
• Baked steak dinner, 5 p.m. Sept. 22
Call 419-229-9796 for more details.

LIMA — The Lima Exchange Club will not meet Monday, Sept. 4, due to the Labor Day holiday.

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LIMA — The Veterans of Foreign War Post 1275 is hosting a series of dinners on Friday nights for the month of September. A barbecue rib dinner will be held at 5 p.m., Sept. 1, at the VFW, 124 E. Elm St., Lima. Price is $8 and the public is welcome.
Carry-out is available for the dinners, which open at 5 p.m. on Fridays.
Future dinners include:
• Broasted chicken dinner, 5 p.m. Sept. 8
• All you can eat fish dinner, 5 p.m. Sept. 15
• Baked steak dinner, 5 p.m. Sept. 22

You may have noticed a “for sale” sign on The Lima News’ offices on Elida Road. Rest assured, the region’s authority on local news and sports is not closing; it’s just planning to relocate.
As The Lima News announced in June, Lima’s 36-year-old printing press broke during production. The newspaper moved its printing to Fort Wayne, which now produces your morning newspaper.

What’s next for The Lima News building?

LIMA — St. Rose Catholic School in Lima has been recognized by the State of Ohio, receiving the Three-Star Step Up to Quality Award.

VENICE, Italy — The Venice Film Festival is kicking off the fall cinema season with searing drama, serious glamour and a crop of new movies vying for attention, awards and acclaim.
Thanks to its late-summer time slot, just ahead of rivals in Telluride and Toronto, the world’s oldest cinema festival has become a key showcase for films hoping to dominate Hollywood’s awards season. In recent years, Venice has been a launch-pad for Oscar winners including “Gravity,” ”Birdman,” ”Spotlight” and “La La Land.”

LIMA — Hunter Reprogle, 13, earned a trophy and ribbon at the Ohio State Fair.
Reprogle earned the Ohio State Fair Clock Trophy for shotgun, which is a-first place honor for exhibitors. He also received an Outstanding of the Day ribbon.
He is the son of Jeff and Leah Reprogle, of Lima. Reprogle has been a member of the Allen County 4-H Sharp Shooting Sports Program for three years. He is a junior leader for the Allen County 4-H program.

VAN WERT — Lifetree Cafe is exploring the topic of the impact of concussions from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, at Bachwell Center, 116 N. Washington St., Van Wert.
This is program is free and open to the public. For more information, call 419-238-0631.