A cancer benefit meal and bake sale, with all proceeds going to Kevin “Wayne” Crowe, is planned for Saturday, Sept. 12 at Auglaize Free United Baptist Church. It is located at Maysville on Ohio 309, 15 miles west of Kenton. A chili and vegetable soup meal, along with the bake sale, will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Crowe …

My kids remember it as the worst vacation ever. But of all our vacations, this is the one they keep talking (or laughing!) about.

The documentary film, "When God Left the Building," will be screened Wednesday, Aug. 26 and Sunday, Sept. 13 at the St. John's United Church of Christ, 211 E. Carrol Street, Kenton. The screening will begin at 7 p.m. both days.

GRANT — The Grant United Methodist Church will hold a Family Fun Day on Sunday, Aug. 30 at the church, located on Ohio 53 in Grant. The public is invited to attend.

The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 215 E. North St., Kenton, will be holding its annual summer festival on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. with plenty of food and entertainment for all.

Kenton Full Gospel Church will hold its annual picnic from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8 at the Hardin County Fairgrounds shelter house. Everyone is invited; the only requirement is to bring a covered dish. Everything else will be provided.

In the Broadway musical The Music Man (premiered December, 1957. Meredith Wison), traveling salesman Harold Hill tries to scam the people of River City into paying for band instruments they would never receive. Then Hill, as he had always done before, would skip town with the cash.

Trinity United Presbyterian and First Reformed Church will host a Neighborhood Block Party for the neighborhood surrounding the two churches in Kenton. The Neighborhood Block Party will be held in the First Reformed Church parking lot and on the lawn of Trinity Presbyterian from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8.

Pastor Beverly Smith will be the speaker at the monthly meeting of Lima Aglow International on Thursday, Aug. 13 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Church of the Good Shepherd, 224 S. Elm St., Columbus Grove. Registration at the door is $4.