Lutheran Homes Society Hosts 150th Anniversary Celebration
BY KAREN BERGER — MIRROR REPORTER
The anniversary party doesn’t officially start until the weekend, but residents at Lutheran Village at Wolf Creek gathered Monday for ice cream, sunshine and socializing at one of Lutheran Homes Society’s many facilities.
Founded by Pastor Johannes Doerfler on August 6, 1860, LHS is celebrating 150 years of serving youth and elderly in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan.
What began as a home for orphans expanded in 1906 to include care of the elderly. Over the years, the society’s mission has adapted to meet the changing needs of children and the elderly.
After the orphanage closed in 1964, the organization repositioned from institutional care of about 100 children to caring for 10 or fewer in neighborhood group homes. As care for the elderly evolved, the society added nursing and rehabilitative care, as well as assisted living and independent living facilities.
Today, Lutheran Homes Society serves over 2,300 youth and elderly. Its focus is primarily high-risk, severely emotionally and behaviorally troubled children through community-based residential treatment group homes, supportive services for the youth and their families, and an Asperger’s program consisting of both residential and day treatment options.
The elderly are served in independent living, assisted living and extended care residential settings in Toledo, Napoleon, Holland and Sandusky. Senior independent living apartments are located in 12 communities within the society’s service area.
LHS also provides service coordination, which assists seniors with access to needed services, thereby enabling them to remain living independently in their homes.
Public events in honor of the anniversary will take place at the Lutheran Home at Wheeling and Seaman streets in Oregon on Friday and Saturday.
From 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, August 6 German music and dancers, concession food, and tours of the former Lutheran Orphans’ Home and Museum will be offered.
A family-friendly festival will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, August 7, featuring an entertainment tent, silent auction, vintage games, food vendors, a chicken dinner, 1860s-era craft displays, tours of the former Lutheran Orphans’ Home and Museum, a dunk tank and a hot air balloon.
Metroparks of the Toledo Area, the Oregon-Jerusalem Historical Society and the Butterfly House in Whitehouse will provide 19th-century activities for all ages.
Free parking and shuttle service will be available at Bayside Boardwalk, 2759 Seaman Rd.; New Harvest Church, 3540 Seaman Rd.; and the old Pharm parking lot at the corner of Wheeling and Starr. For more information, call (419) 861-4970.

Benefit For Kalub Motter Set At Timbers Bowling Lanes
BY KAREN BERGER — MIRROR REPORTER
Since he could utter the words “Go Bucks,” Kalub Motter has wanted to attend The Ohio State University.
On Saturday, August 7, a fund-raiser at Timbers Bowling Lanes should kick-start the college fund his father Brett never had a chance to open.
Brett, a 29-year-old from Whitehouse, was killed in a motorcycle accident on June 12.
“Kalub dreams of attending The Ohio State University and becoming professional soccer player,” said his aunt Kim Jarzeboski, who is organizing the event for her 11-year-old nephew.
Kalub, who will be entering the sixth grade, enjoys soccer, golf and baseball, and played on an all-star team a few weeks ago.
“He’s a very adventurous kid, and very loveable,” Jarzeboski said.
Pre-registration is open for the event, which takes place from 5:00 p.m. to midnight at Timbers, located at 1246 Conant St. in Maumee.
Tickets are $15.00 each or $10.00 each for families of four or more. The price includes two games of bowling, shoe rental, two slices of pizza, a beverage and desserts.
All donations will be deposited into the Kalub Motter Benefit Fund at Huntington Bank.
The family-friendly event will also include many raffle items donated from area business, Jarzeboski said.
Brett, a Maumee High School graduate, was a locksmith for the family business, Horn Lock and Key.
“A lot of people knew him,” Jarzeboski said.
The family will gather outside at 8:00 p.m. and release balloons filled with messages to Brett.
To pre-register a lane at Timbers, call (419) 376-6721.

Golf Outing And Bike Run Planned To Raise Funds For Bri Mullinger
BY KAREN BERGER — MIRROR REPORTER
With over $70,000 in medical bills, Bri Mullinger’s family could use some help.
So when family friend Alyson Blair Binkley, a 2008 Springfield High School graduate, began working as an intern with the Toledo Children’s Hospital Foundation, one of her first assignments became to help organize a fund-raiser for the SHS student who was seriously injured in a train accident last December.
Binkley, Molly Long and several area parents are working with Jed’s Barbeque and Brew on Holland-Sylvania to host two events for Bri on Sunday, August 15: a golf outing and a motorcycle run.
The golf outing, held at Spuyten Duyvel Golf Club, includes 18 holes of golf with a cart, food and drink. The day begins with a shotgun start at 8:00 a.m. A dinner and parking lot party with $1.00 drafts for golfers will follow at Jed’s. The entry fee for foursomes is $240. Hole sponsorships are also available.
Prizes include longest drive and closest to the pin, as well as $400 first place, $200 second place and $100 third place team prizes. The deadline for sign-up is Saturday, August 7.
A day-long Ride For Bri Mullinger will begin with registration from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Village Inn, with an optional breakfast buffet. Stops include Skeeter’s in Whitehouse, Margaritaville in Sandusky and Dos Harmanos Oregon on Wheeling Road.
The last stop is Jed’s for a parking lot party with $1.00 Miller Lite drafts and lots of door prizes.
The cost is $25.00 per rider and $15.00 per passenger, with all money going to help Bri.
Checks should be made payable to Toledo Children’s Hospital Foundation, which will ensure all proceeds go toward Bri’s medical bills.
“The Springfield Township community is so close. Everyone has gotten together to help,” Binkley said.
Jed’s is located at 855 S. Holland-Sylvania Rd. near Angola. For information, visit www.jedstoledo.com for a link to the Jed’s Facebook page or call (419) 868-6666.