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LIMA – Keeping youth active through walking, biking and playing will be the theme of the next Bike and Pedestrian Task Force meeting on Wednesday from 12-1 p.m. at the Faurot Park Amphitheater.

LIMA — Rayne Johnson and Ty Herndon will headline the first Central Jam from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12 in The Central District (Spring Street at Central Avenue) in downtown Lima.

CRIDERSVILLE — The Cridersville Historical Society has announced that the two performances planned by the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus on Tuesday in Legacy Park have been canceled.

LIMA — Mark Scheid, Retired Army Brigadier General, discussed the war on Ukraine at the Rotary Club on Monday afternoon. According to the speaker introduction by Rotary Club member Mary Elmquist-Lane, Brigadier Scheid and two others wrote the strategic war plan for Afghanistan and Iraq. After the plan was completed and approved, he was deployed to Kuwait as the Chief of the Joint Movement Control Center.

LIMA — Due to recent rain, the Drainage Field Day originally scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 9 at The Ohio State University Lima campus farm is rescheduled to Tuesday, Aug. 16.

LIMA — Joni and Jazz, a jazz and pop concert featuring the music of Joni Mitchell, will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Every Body Art Show pop-up gallery, 516 N. Main St., Lima.

LIMA — Lima Municipal Court Magistrate John Payne has announced his candidacy for a seat on the bench of Lima Municipal Court.

LIMA — Long-term care facility Lima Manor will close later this year, as its parent company HCF Management consolidates services amid a decline in residents in Allen County skilled nursing facilities, the company confirmed via press release Monday.

LIMA — The following couples recently applied for marriage licenses in Allen County Probate Court:

SASKATOON, Canada — The Nutrien Ltd. Board of Directors appointed Ken Seitz as the company’s president and CEO Monday, according to a release from the company.