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When it comes to Lake Erie…

n I heard somebody say that this month has been the coldest on record…with up to 30 inches of ice cover-ing the western basin of Lake Erie. I’m just a little bit skeptical of the notion of global warming. However, no matter what your politics, As I have said many times (just ask Jasmine), when it comes to Lake Erie, we here are ALL Environmentalists! To that end, the folks with the Lake Erie Improvement Association are planning a fundraising land cruise for this Saturday, February 28, at The Orchard Restaurant and Catawba Island Club. Tickets are $85 per person and include two drink tickets, heavy appetizers and live music. It starts at The Orchard at 5:30 and ends at CIC, from 8-Midnight. For more information, call CIC at 419-797-4424 or register online at eventbrite.com.

n It’s great to see the Oak Harbor Rocket wrestling team back on top in the Sandusky Bay Conference. Coach George Bergman’s team had something like 10 of their wrestlers either in the finals or consola-tion finals. Ahhh…takes me back to the heady days of Jeff Winke, Mike Carmon and Chuck Biggert. Also, congrats to the PC Girls basketball team for winning their First ever SBC Title and the unbeaten PCHS girls bowling team who wrapped up a Sectional Title last Saturday at Star Lanes at the Harbor in Port Clinton. And good luck to our local swimmers who came out of last weekend’s District Meet in Bowling Green and are headed to Canton for the State Championships this weekend.

n Speaking of Sports…here is the upcoming tourna-ment lineup. The Redskin boys play Galion at Willard this Wednesday, March 4. Tickets are on sale at PCHS. Oak Harbor plays Ontario Wednesday at 6:15 at Man-sfield Madison. Danbury plays Buckeye Central in Division IV on Wednesday at Norwalk High School. Ticket prices are $6 for adults and $4 for students.

n Our “Find Wylie” winner this week is Deanna Bo-gacki of Marblehead who found our friendly fish hid-ing in the ad for Ciao Bella on page 8A in last week’s Beacon. She was chosen from among 71 contestants who entered our weekly contest. So, Deanna wins our weekly $20 gift card from Friendship Food Stores. We promise to hide Wylie again this week, so if you find him, drop off an entry form at our office in the Beacon Place Business Center or click on the Find Wylie Icon at our website thebeacon.net.

n I received word last week from my old friend and class-mate Chuck Dracka that Port Clinton Manufacturing has been sold to Dan Stott, a Milan Resident and for-mer associate of Warren Buffet. When I asked Chuck if PCM would remain in Port Clinton, he told me that it would, that it was definitely part of the agreement. Dan Stott has worked there for the last year gaining valuable knowledge and experience. Thus ends the 70 year ownership of the facility located on West Perry Street by the Dracka family. Clarence Dracka, the founder, bought out the last partner of the original ownership group in 1964. In 1988, brothers Rudy and Chuck Dracka took over. Rudy retired in 2005. And now Chuck. Best of Luck to Dan Stott and thank you for keeping the tradition alive in Port Clinton.

n One of the most popular series of articles published in The Beacon over the years was Karin Messner’s ar-ticles on the Matthews Boat Company that called Port Clinton home from 1906 to 1974. They built a 70-foot-er and Founder Scott Matthews took his family on a 9,000 mile trip called The Great Loop circumnavigat-ing the eastern half of the United States. A documen-tary was produced about this trip, the first of its kind for a privately-owned yacht. The narrative is based on the log book kept by Scott Matthews. This video production will be presented by our good friend Bob Reynolds, grandson of Scott Matthews, this Sunday at the Sutton Center’s giant conference room starting at 2 p.m. It is, of course, open to the public.

n There will be a special benefit for Kyan Menchaca, a 10-year old Oak Harbor boy who was just diagnosed with Stage IV Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, this Saturday starting at 2 p.m. at the Oak Harbor Bowling facil-ity. His treatment plan will take place over the next 12 months at Rainbow Babies at Cleveland Clinic. The benefit will be a spaghetti dinner; dinner is $7 and you can bowl for just $2 a game. Hank Fox will provide the musical entertainment from 8 to 11 p.m. and there will be a silent auction as well.

n It’s officially Lent. That means the Oak Harbor, Port Clinton and Marblehead Knights of Columbus will

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BY JASMINE CUPPLooking out onto the lake on a clear day, little dots

are spread across the horizon line. Ice fisherman have made their shanty villages. This is the second year in a row that ice fisherman have had ideal conditions to take to the lake. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory reports that the ice concentration of Lake Erie is at 96%, with ice coverage being close to 98%.

It is not typical to have such a high percentage of ice cover. Accord-ing to NOAA, in 1979 the ice coverage in Lake Erie was 94.7%, in 2014 the ice cover-age was 92.5% and in 1994 it was 90.7%. This comes from data that has been collected since 1973.

A reminder that no ice is safe ice, but veteran out-doorsmen are enjoying this year’s conditions.

Catawba Island State Park, Camp Perry and Crane Creek are hot spots for fishermen and have had full parking lots over the past month where anglers trek miles out onto the frozen tundra of Lake Erie.

ECONOMIC IMPACTLarry Fletcher, director of Lake Erie Shores and Is-

lands West, gave the low estimate that our area sees over one million dollars from ice fishing.

“The bureau has talked with lodging facilities, va-cation rental companies and charter captains,” said Fletcher. “In 2014, there were 3000 to 5000 trips taken onto the ice guided by charter captains. This does not count people who venture out with their own equip-ment. The conditions this year are even better than last.”

Fletcher said that an economic impact study specifi-cally for ice fishing has not been conducted so it is hard to say for sure exact numbers. The million dollar esti-mate was found by taking charter captain trips times average spending plus overnight stays and meals. This does not count the local residents who do not use lodg-ing services or those who do not use charter captain guides.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTStudying, monitoring and predicting ice coverage on

the Great Lakes plays an important role in determin-ing climate patterns, lake water levels, water movement patterns, water temperature structure and spring plank-ton blooms.

According to Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), in shallow waters where white-

fish spawn, ice cover protects their eggs from destructive wind and wave action. Ice

cover with little or no snow cover al-lows light penetration at the sur-

face to promote algae growth. At the base of the food web, algae support living organ-isms in the lakes, including valuable commercial and sport fish species.

Ice cover can be a signifi-cant factor in the commercial

and sport fishing industry, which brings about $4 billion to

the lakes every year.With the growing algal bloom is-

sues in the lake, a freeze may slow the growth of these blooms. The blooms, which

thrive in warm water, lay dormant in the winter when the lake is frozen. There are many legislative actions happening to lessen the algal blooms and a big freeze will help the cause.

INVASIVE SPECIESIce fisherman and outdoor enthusiast A.J. Wozniak

was fishing last month and caught a walleye; not just any walleye, though. This walleye had a friend attached: a sea lamprey. When pulling the walleye out of the ice, he saw the lamprey and grabbed it. It detached from the walleye and the walleye got away, but Wozniak had the lamprey. (Pictured Above)

Sea lampreys are parasitic pests and an invasive spe-cies in the Great Lakes. They attach to fish with their suction mouth and rows of teeth and use their tongue to go through the fish’s scales so it can feed on the host’s blood and body fluids. A single sea lamprey can destroy up to 40 pounds of fish during its adult lifetime.

Wozniak contacted the Ohio Department of Natural Resources about the sea lamprey and they wanted it to study.

Lake Erie, even whenfrozen, calls to fishermen

GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY: GLERL.NOAA.GOVLAKE ERIE SHORES AND ISLANDS: SHORESANDISLANDS.COMOHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES: WILDLIFE.OHIODNR.GOV

For more information about ice fishing, ice cover, economic impacts or invasive species visit the following resources:

Photo submitted by Amy Below.

Brian Berry with a 30 1/4” wall-eye off of Camp Perry.

Dylan Olivia Bergman, age 3, fishing with dad

Chris Bergman.

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Each month Magruder Hospital will publish a list of screenings, programs and special events, which the public is welcome to attend. Please note that certain events require appointments or physician referrals in order to attend. Thank you for your support of Magruder Hospital.

Wellness ProgramsYoga Tuesdays 6:30pm Conference Center $10/week or $8/week if paid monthly 419-635-2337

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Education & OutreachMonthly Luncheon Monday, March 16th at Noon in the Conference Center Kim Leneghan, M.S., R.D., L.D. will present Belly Up for National Nutrition MonthCome learn tips to make your belly happier (and smaller). Cost is $6, payable that day. If you do not want to purchase the lunch, the event is free. Participants should RSVP to 419-732-4061 by Noon on Friday, March 13th.

Communication for Healthy Living weekly program with Dr. Kelly Griffing open to the public Wednesdays at 6:30pm in the Conference Center free of charge. For more information: 419-357-0440 or [email protected]

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Diabetes Education Instructional classes presented by our Dietitian and a Registered Nurse for diabetic indivduals and their families. Physician referral needed. Call for times and dates. 419-734-3131 ext. 3544

Support GroupsMultiple Sclerosis Support Group 1st Tuesday each month 6:30pm-8pm Conference Center For more information 419-607-6021 or 419-607-6028

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Health Screening: Cholesterol (Total/LDL/HDL/Triglycerides) Blood Pressure and Glucose Screening $16 2nd Thursday each month between 1-3pm in the Magruder Lab 419-734-3131 Ext. 3420 for appointments

Special EventsMagruder Hospital Foundation Winter Mixer at the CIC Saturday, March 14th at 6:30pm Casual attire Heavy hors d’oeuvres Cash bar Tickets are $60 per person and can be purchased at Mary’s Blossom Shoppe, Magruder’s Gift Shop or Bassett’s Market. For more information call 419-734-3131 ext. 3145

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known boating experts and Great Lakes sailors. Par-ticipants will receive certification for attending. The cost is $135 per person, which includes lunch. For more information or to register, contact Cliff Ruck-stuhl at [email protected]. The public is invited to participate.

■ Here’s a novel idea. Remember going to the weekend movies at the Clinton Theater? The folks at the Lib-erty Air Museum are going to start showing movies in their big hangar starting Saturday, February 28! Every Saturday night through March, you can enjoy FREE museum admission and take in a movie or two on their new drive-in-style movie screen. Check back here next week for starting times.

■ The Port Clinton Fullbackers Club will host their 3rd Annual Wild Game Feed on Saturday, March 21, at Zink Calls on Railroad Street in Port Clinton. Doors open at 4 p.m. and goes until 9 p.m. with a live auc-tion. They will also be holding gun raffles for Brown-ing and Beretta firearms. This is a big deal for the PCHS football program. The group was instrumental in getting the True Lay Stadium renovation project underway, and has pledged quite a bit of money to-ward that project. For tickets, call Zink Calls at 419-732-6171 or Rich’s Carryout at 419-732-7716.

■ Join us for our next Coffee with the Editor session at Common Grounds held every Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. Each Wednesday we have a small group that discusses local issues and we get good ideas about community news stories to cover.

■ The Port Clinton American Legion is selling person-alized brick pavers to be placed on the walkway at Veterans Park. What a great way to say “Thank You” to the many veterans in our midst. Each brick is $50. Order forms are available at Veterans Park and Lake-land Auto. For more information, call Ernie Hopkins at 419-341-2832 or email to [email protected].

■ The Oak Harbor Athletic Boosters Reverse Raffle will be held on April 18 at the Community Markets/VFW Hall. Tickets are $75 per person, which includes the raffle, drinks and food. The grand prize is $5000! For tickets, call 419-707-1342. Proceeds benefit Oak Har-bor student athletes in grades 7-12. If you want to do-nate to the Silent Auction, call the same number.

TELL TALES from COVERhave their traditional Friday meals between now and Easter. At St. Boniface in Oak Harbor, they serve from 4-7p.m., all you can eat for just $9 for adults, and $6 for children 6-12. Kids 5 and under eat free. At the Denny Bergeman K of C Hall in Port Clinton they serve from 5-7 p.m. The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children under 12. This price is also an all you can eat dinner of lightly breaded fish, French fries, coleslaw, mac and cheese, applesauce and lemonade or coffee along with a variety of desserts. They will be serving every Friday until Lent. Out at St. Joseph Marblehead, the K of C will have Perch and Pierogis on the follow-ing Fridays: February 27, March 13 and March 27 in the St. Joseph Church Hall, 822 Barclay Street. Din-ners are $12.50 and sandwiches are $6.75. Sides will also be available.

■ Port Clinton Yacht Club is hosting a very special Safe-ty at Sea Seminar this Saturday, February 28, starting at 8 a.m. it is an officially sanctioned program done by the folks at U.S. Sailing and will feature many well

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Earl DunfeeEarl Dunfee, 80, of Port Clinton, passed

away Monday, February 23, at Edgewood Manor Nursing Center, Port Clinton. Ar-rangements are pending at Gerner-Wolf-Walker Funeral Home & Crematory, Port Clinton.

Jeanette M. FehnrichJeanette M. Fehnrich, 92, of Port Clinton,

passed away Saturday, February 21, at the Lutheran Memorial Home, Sandusky.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 7, at St. John Lutheran Church, 207 Adams St., Port Clinton, OH 43452. Further arrangements are pending at Gerner-Wolf-Walker Funeral Home & Crematory, Port Clinton.

Robert L. “Bob” Wood, Jr.Robert L. “Bob” Wood, Jr., 55, of Port

Clinton, passed away on Wednesday, Feb-ruary 18, in Toledo.

Arrangements are pending at the Nei-decker, LeVeck & Crosser Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Port Clinton.

Taressa “Tess” L. SiefkeFeb. 12, 2003-Feb. 20, 2015

Taressa “Tess” L. Siefke, who had just celebrated her 12th birthday, passed away Friday, February 20, at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. She fought her battle with Fanconi Anemia/Myelodisplastic Syndrome, which she overcame; but her

immune system was weakened to a fungal disease which she couldn’t overcome.

Tess was born February 12, 2003, in Or-egon, Ohio, to Trudy (Siefke) Almendinger and Bruce Campbell.

Visitation will be 2-8 p.m., Thursday, February 26, at the Robinson-Walker Funeral Home & Crematory, Oak Har-bor, with the family present 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. An additional visitation service will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of the funeral. The funeral service will be con-ducted at 11 a.m., Friday, February 27, at St. Paul United Church of Christ, 165 Tous-saint St., Oak Harbor, with burial to follow in Salem Township Union Cemetery. Me-morial contributions to help with Tess’s final expenses may be made in care of the Robinson-Walker Funeral Home. Online condolences may be shared with the fam-ily at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.

Stanley H. HolmesStanley H. Holmes, Jr., 50, of Lakeside-

Marblehead, passed away on Thursday, February 19, at his residence.

The family received friends 11 a.m. Mon-day, February 23, until the time of funeral services at 1 p.m. at Neidecker, LeVeck & Crosser Funeral Home & Cremation Ser-vice, Peninsula Chapel, Lakeside-Mar-blehead. Pastor Brad Hall officiated and interment followed in Sackett Cemetery, Danbury Township.

Memorial contributions may be made to the family. Online condolences may be shared at neideckerleveckcrosser.com.

Obituaries

Burning Snowman 2015 will kiss win-ter goodbye this Saturday with six musical acts, hot tubs, a Basshole tournament and Lake Erie Adventure Play at Lagoon Saloon on Nugent’s Canal. The music festival is the centerpiece of a citywide event designed to make Port Clinton a hot destination.

And if a 20-foot-tall paper snowman has to meet his end to beckon spring, so be it. “We love the beauty of winter along Lake Erie and all the activities that go along with it, but do you want to endure another Level 3 Snow Emergency? We didn’t think so,” said Tricia O’Connor, one of the Burning Snowman organizers. “Once our snowman goes up in smoke, hopefully spring will be just around the corner. If not, we’re still going to have a great time and raise money for United Way.”

Proceeds, including money from a raffle to determine who puts the match to the snow-man and $2 per Catawba Island Brewing Co. (CIB) beer sold at the festival, will go to United Way in Ottawa County. CIB will offer a special brew only available at the Fest: the Burning Snowman dopplebock.

The main festival events take place from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday at Lagoon Saloon on Nugent’s Canal, just off 53 S near Route 2; follow the snowman signs. Admis-sion is free. There will be a hog roast, grilled burgers and hot dogs and the Lagoon Saloon fare.

THE MUSICAL LINEUP IS AS FOLLOWS:• 12 p.m. Jerry Davenport• 1 p.m. Acoustic Cacophony• 2 p.m. Corduroy Road• 3 p.m. Emily Keener• 4 p.m. Naked Bacon Band• 6:30 p.m. FIRE UP THE SNOWMAN!! • 7-10 p.m. Dragon Wagon

OTHER EVENTS AT THE FESTIVAL INCLUDE:• 12-2 p.m. WXKR 94.5 Live Remote• 1-3 p.m. Kids PLAY with Lake Erie Ad-

venture Play (LEAP)• 2-10 p.m. Carl’s Party Bus Shuttle• Every hour, 2-9 p.m.: Madison Street,

near Slater’s & Rosie’s• Every hour, 2:30-9:30 p.m.: Lagoon Sa-

loon, BS Fest•

• Every hour, 2:45-8:45 p.m.: Bell Mell Tavern, Fulton Street

• 3-5 p.m. Basshole Tournament (like Cornhole, but with fish beanbags!)

• 6 p.m. Drawing: Who gets to light the Snowman on Fire?

(Raffle tickets are available at Lagoon Saloon, Rosie’s, Slater’s Madison Street, Catawba Island Brewing and WPCR)

THE BURNING SNOWMAN FESTIVAL,A CITYWIDE EVENT, ALSO INCLUDES:• Last Born Sons, Friday, Bell Mell Tavern,

Port Clinton• Luther Trammell, Friday, and Classic

Trendz, Saturday, Rosie’s Bar & Grill• Chris Vance Trio (jazz), Saturday, Slater’s

Madison Street Pub• Slater’s Uptown Whiskey & Martini Bar

opens at 7 p.m. Saturday• Catawba Island Brewing Co. will be

open 5-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday• Sloopy’s Sports Cafe, open 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

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Burning Snowman was dreamed up by a dedicated group of volunteers who have worked hard to bring this festival to reality. They are: Tricia O’Connor, Lenny Kromer, Matt Ritter, Dave Hermes, Nick and Lynne James, Mike Roder, Sara Rine and Steve Hall.

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They wanna build a snowman. Matt Ritter and Lenny Kromer build the frame for the 20’ tall snowman that will go up in flame this Saturday at Lagoon Saloon.

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On February 22 at 2:22 p.m. the Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Council held a snowscape escape event inviting fami-lies with cabin fever to escape their homes and come outside and build snow creations.

Squirt bottles with food coloring and water abled creators to color their cre-ations. Families built snow animals, snow structures and snow people.

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were the Waltz’s who created a giant snowman. Second place were Paige and Grace Smothers who built a colorful ar-ray of creations. Third place went to the Riznikove family who were dreaming of warmer weather when they made their snow person laying on a towel with sun-glasses while he basked in the sun.

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The next Mayor’s Night Out is Thursday, March 5, at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Port Clinton City Hall. The Mayor’s Night Out is a town hall forum where citi-zens are encouraged to come and ask the Mayor ques-tions or to hear about what is going on in the City.

The public is welcome to attend at this meeting.

The Port Clinton Area Chamber of Com-merce is announcing the 2014 chamber award nominees. The nominees were selected by members of the Port Clinton Area Chamber and then narrowed down to the top three candidates by the Award Selection Committee.

LIGHTHOUSE AWARD: Recognizes a business that has made an outstanding contribution in their field.

The nominees are: Liberty Aviation Museum, Psychological Transitions, and United Way-Lake Erie Adventure Play.

OUTSTANDING CITIZEN AWARD: Recognizes an individual who through their hard work and achievements have contributed to the citizens and/or the well-being of the business community of Ottawa County.

The award recipient is Don Clemons.

NEW BUSINESS AWARD: This award recognized a business that opened in 2014.

The nominees are: Buckeye Tech Solu-tions, Cielo Grande, and Woody’s Boat-house.

BEAUTIFICATION AWARD: This award recognizes a business that has signifi-cantly contributed to the aesthetic en-hancement of the Greater Port Clinton community either at their place of busi-ness or at another area in the city/coun-ty (i.e. a park or public area).

The nominees are: CWK, LLC, North-coast Cigar, and Port Clinton Fish Com-pany.

BUSINESS MEMBER OF THE YEAR: The most prestigious award given that recognizes the overall contribution of the business/individual to the Cham-ber, the community, and the business environment of the Port Clinton Area including Ottawa County.

The nominees are: Black Swamp Bird Observatory, First National Bank, and Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Council

The recipients of the awards will be an-nounced at the Port Clinton Area Cham-ber of Commerce Annual Dinner and Awards Program on Thursday, April 16.

Main Street Port Clinton is proud to an-nounce the 2014 Volunteer of the Year is Dana Bacak-Lynd and the 2014 Business of the Year is the Clinton House.

Each year, Main Street Port Clinton rec-ognizes a business and a volunteer that have made a positive impact in our his-toric downtown.

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Join Main Street Port Clinton in honor-ing our award winners at our Annual Din-ner and Award Celebration on Thursday, April 16.

In 1890, Scott J. Matthews founded the Matthews Boat Company in Bascom, Ohio. Fifteen years later, in 1900, Matthews designed and built a 70-foot yacht. This vessel was capable of taking himself and family of four, plus two others, on a 9,000 mile trip.

The adventure of almost one year traversed the eastern half of the United States, which is now referred to as the Great Loop. This trip was a first for a private yacht, and its success resulted in moving the Matthews Company to Port Clinton in 1906.

This past year, in collaboration with the Maritime Mu-seum of Sandusky, a documentary was made. It includes many of the original photos taken along the way. The narrative is based on the written account of Scott Mat-thews.

The video production will be presented by Bob Reyn-olds, grandson of Scott Matthews, in conjunction with the Ottawa County Museum, on Sunday, March 1, at 2 p.m. in the Sutton Center, East Perry Street, Port Clinton. Common Grounds coffee shop in the Sutton Center, will remain open until 2 p.m. so that those attending the pre-sentation may purchase lunch or coffee.

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On Saturday, February 21, the Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Council, All Things Art and Lake Erie Adventure Play (LEAP) put on a children’s create and play art event at St. John’s Lutheran Church from 1-3 p.m. The event hosted printmaking, stamping, painting and adventure play.

The children’s create and play art event takes place every month. For more information about these events contact Lynnette Saucedo.

Ottawa County women in need of funds to attend college or technical school for the fall 2015 semester are encouraged to apply for a grant from the Port Clinton Area Business and Professional Women. Applicants must be attending an Ohio col-lege and have not received a grant from BPW in the past five years.

Women interested in applying may pick up applications at Ida Rupp Public Library

in Port Clinton, The Port Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce, Oak Harbor Li-brary or the Job Store in Oak Harbor.

For additional information or to receive the application by email contact BPW Scholarship Chair, Roseann Hickman, by email at [email protected].

Deadline for application submission is Monday, March 30, at 5 p.m.

Danbury Local Schools will be offering the American Red Cross Lifeguard Train-ing Course beginning Friday, March 10. Class will be held March 10, 11 and 12; and March 17, 18 and 19. Participants must attend all six classes. Additional require-ments include being at least 15 years of age and must be able to pass a swim test prior to taking the class.

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manual and pocket mask for CPR seg-ment are included in the fee.

Participants may also renew their CPR training during the course. Call for times when this will be available.

Deadline for class registration is Wednesday, March 8. For additional in-formation and to register, contact Mr. Da-vie at [email protected] or call Cynthia Fisk at 419-357-1182.

Firelands Presbyterian Church in Port Clinton, Ohio is pleased to announce that Rev. Mark Cooper has been called to serve as Interim Pastor. Rev. Mark Cooper has served as pastor for more than 30 years at churches of all sizes in diverse communi-ties, including Sandusky, OH, Setauket, LI. New York, McK-eesport, PA, and Webster, TX.

A native of Sandusky, Mark and his wife, Jill, moved back to Sandusky in 2013 to be near family, ready to settle into retirement. “I really find it hard to quit,” says Pastor Cooper. “I retired in 2012, and then after months I said, ‘I might not be quite done yet.’ I love it.” He comes to Firelands Presbyterian Church from First Presbyterian Church in Odessa, Texas, where he served as Interim Pas-tor from 2013-2014.

Alison Falls has led the committee to search for an interim pastor for Firelands Church. “We are very excited to wel-come Mark Cooper to lead us and help us continue to grow – both spiritually and in our outreach to our community – through our transition process,” Alison said. “Mark’s broad pastoral experience, collegial and engaging leadership style, and his biblical storytelling talents are a great fit for Firelands Church at this point in time.”

Members and friends of Firelands Church were introduced to Pastor Coo-per on Sunday morning, February 22, as he conducted the weekly worship service at 10:30 a.m. Following wor-ship, a pot luck luncheon was served in

the church fellowship hall to welcome Pastor Cooper and his wife, Jill. As al-ways, visitors are welcome to attend the church services.

Pastor Cooper is a 1973 graduate of Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbon-nais, IL. He holds a Masters in Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, NJ, and earned his Doctor of Ministry at Graduate Theological Foun-dation in South Bend, IN in 2004.

Firelands Presbyterian Church is locat-ed at 2626 East Harbor Road, (1/2 mile west of Wal-Mart). Founded in 1982, Firelands Presbyterian Church contin-ues to grow in mission and in program. Firelands Church operates a food pantry inside the church, offers its kitchen fa-cilities for the summer lunch program, houses a two-star rated preschool and day care, contributes quilts to Project Linus, and much more. Call the church office at 419-734-6211 for more informa-tion.

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The Flagship Awards are part of Port Clinton City School District’s recognition program to honor parents, community members, staff and students that help the district fulfill its motto of “Proudly Charting a Course for Success.” At the February 24 meeting, the Port Clinton Board of Education recognized the following individuals with Flagship Awards.

JAMES MAPUS, CAPTAIN AWARD (STAFF)

James has served as the Director of Transportation for several years. During this time he has capitalized on op-portunities to improve the transportation department which often time includes him jumping in and getting his hands dirty. He has maintained a strong fleet of school busses and has provided leadership to the department which operates very efficiently.

His dedication to the transportation department is ev-ident as he reports to work well before 5 a.m. to check the roads and does not get to leave until the last bus is back safely in the bus garage. There are no weekends for James as many trips are scheduled to take place on Satur-day and Sunday often requiring communication between him and the drivers.

James Mapus is a valuable member of the Port Clinton City Schools community and district administration. To honor his dedication and leadership, the Board of Educa-tion presented James with a Flagship Captain Award.

Mrs. Lori Scalf also received a Flagship Captain Award which will be presented at a later date.

JEAN DUPEY, CREW AWARD (COMMUNITY)Mrs. Jean Dupey is a familiar face in the Port Clinton

City School District and all the schools in Ottawa Coun-ty. She is dedicated to serving at-risks students across the county. Her main role is to help with school work, however, she does so much more! She is their role model, friend and mentor. Jean visits the schools and meets with students to give them the support needed to complete their work. She also visits students at home. Jean not only helps the students, but is will-ing to offer support to the families when the need is evident.

Jean is reliable, consistent, and sometimes stubborn when it comes to her work with students. Administra-tors and educators know the important role she has with students; she is a dif-ference maker for the stu-dents who need some extra assistance.

Port Clinton City Schools and their students are for-tunate to have a partner like Jean Dupey taking the time, energy and effort to make a difference in the lives of students. For this reason, the Board of Education pre-sented her with a Flagship Crew Award.

RENEE STINE AND HELENA BARR, FIRST MATE AWARD (PARENTS)

Both Renee Stine and Helena Barr are dedicated parents of Port Clinton City School District students. They volunteer not only to benefit their own children, but all those involved in PC Swimming.

In addition to their commitment to Port Clinton Swim Boosters, their passion for the swim program is evident by their constant presence at the PCHS Natatorium. They coach the youth swim program during the school year for Coach Diaz and have been very committed to its success. If there is a swim team event for Middle School or High School, Renee and Helena are certainly working hard whether it is a swim meet, team feed, or banquet.

Dedicated individuals like Renee Stine and Helena Barr help Port Clinton City School District children excel both in the classroom and in extracurricular activities. For their dedication to students and the swim program, the Board of Education recognized their service with a Flag-ship First Mate Award.

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She told Cline to go with his gut, and he did. Now, he feels like he’s made a good decision.

Recently, Cline, a Port Clinton senior, chose to take the advice of Mackenzie Stine and went with his gut feeling, com-mitting to play football at Capital Univer-sity.

Cline defines what it means to be a student-athlete, maintaining a 3.69 GPA while starring as an offensive lineman, having earned second-team league hon-ors this past season for his efforts as a guard. He was instrumental in turning things around as the Redskins had one of the best seasons in school history, go-ing from 0-10 to 7-4 while making it to the playoffs, the program’s first postseason appearance.

Cline, who has been in the school’s band for four years, earned second-team San-dusky Bay Conference honors for his per-formance this season while also receiving the Most Improved Offensive Lineman Award as well as the Redskin Sportsman-ship Award. He is also president of the school’s National Honor Society chapter and serves as a member of the Leadership Council.

Cline talked about why he chose Capi-tal, a Division III school located in Bexley, less than five miles east of Columbus.

“On my first visit, I wasn’t originally supposed to go for football (reasons), and when I got there, someone directed us to a Junior Day for the football team,” he said. “They heard I was interested in play-ing football. I spoke with their recruiting coach for our area. He talked to me and so did my position coach and the head coach, which I thought was pretty cool be-cause it was my first official football visit. That put Capital at the top because of the attention they gave me. They were always at the top (of the list).”

He also like the college’s atmosphere and found the students to be friendly.

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and a baseball player and they would talk to a tennis player. It looked like a friendly place.”

This past season, Cline and his team-mates took the community for a ride that saw them defeat two playoff teams before finishing with seven wins and a spot in the playoffs. The 27-19 victory over Genoa in Week 2 saw the Redskins rally from a 19-7 deficit, taking the lead for good on a 65-yard touchdown pass from Brandon Moore to Nathan Stubblefield with 7:12 to play. From there, Port Clinton would close it out with a blocked punt that led to the game’s final touchdown, a one-yard run by Moore. It avenged an 84-13 defeat at the hands of the Comets just one year be-fore.

“That was probably the most exciting game I’d ever played,” Cline said. “I re-member thinking that we could do this. I was thinking back to the year before how going onto the field and how in the second quarter, they were stopping us. Last year, I didn’t want to go onto the field because we knew what was going to happen. This year, I remember thinking that I didn’t know what was going to happen. That was the fun part. I was telling the offensive line, let’s buckle down and let’s get this in the end zone and that was exciting.”

“When Brandon threw the touchdown, we were both sprinting down the field, Brandon and I. Genoa was in awe of what just happened and from that point on, I think we had to run the clock out. When the game is almost over, and you’re ahead, and the other team has given up -- it wasn’t like that early in the game. At the end, they were tired and worn down, the other team was completely done. They just want to go home. That’s probably the greatest feeling I’ve had playing football.”

Cline, who wants to coach football when he’s older, credited Port Clinton coach Beau Carmon with changing the culture within the program.

“For me, (things changed) when we had a meeting with the football program after the awards seasons last year,” Cline said. “Coach Carmon introduced us to Mike Lento, the wide receivers coach. I had met him once, I knew he was energetic and knew he did the Herbalife thing and the beach workouts. He came in and he talked to us and being legendary. I was looking to

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BY YANEEK SMITHAfter watching an eight-point lead evaporate in the

closing minutes, Port Clinton rebounded to defeat Fos-toria, 51-48, and bring its seven-game winning streak to a halt.

After seeing their 43-35 lead become a 48-47 deficit on Kaleb Bemis’ layup with 2:04 left to play, the Redskins rebounded, taking the lead for good at 49-48 when Joe Brenner scored inside off a pass from Ben Mueller with 30 seconds remaining before Carter Rumball’s two free throws pushed the advantage to 51-48. Bemis’ three-point attempt at the buzzer hit the back iron, clinching the victory for Port Clinton.

The ‘Skins are now 8-13 with a home game against Oak Harbor remaining before they face Galion on Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. at Willard High School in the Division II Sec-tional Tournament.

Holding a 37-35 lead after three quarters, Port Clinton pushed the advantage to 43-35 before the Redmen went on an 8-0 run to tie the score.

Carter Rumball led the ‘Skins, scoring a game-high 19 points to go with five rebounds and three assists. Ste-fan Daniels contributed with 15 points and Bemis had a team-high 15 points for Fostoria.

The Redmen jumped out to a 14-11 lead after the first quarter before Port Clinton responded to win the second, 12-8, and take a 23-22 lead into halftime.

Perhaps the win could create some momentum for the ‘Skins, who, in two of their previous three losses, were within striking distance before falling late. After defeat-ing Margaretta, 60-58, on Jan. 17, Port Clinton stood at 6-6 and 5-2 in the Sandusky Bay Conference, good for second in the league. A win over the Rockets in the final regular-season game could get the team on a roll as they head into the tournament.

Edison 67, Port Clinton 62For every run Edison made, Port Clinton had one of

their own. Unfortunately, the Redskins didn’t have quite enough

in them to get over the hump and take the lead late as the Chargers held them off.

Holding a 47-45 lead with just under six minutes re-

maining, Edison (15-6) pushed the lead to 54-45 after Owen Moyer scored five straight points and Mark John-son converted on two free throws, only to see Port Clin-ton’s Joe Brenner score inside and Carter Rumball hit a three-pointer to make it four-point game at 54-50. After the Chargers pushed the advantage to 58-50, Rumball and his brother, Tytan hit two 3-pointers sandwiched around an Edison basket to cut the deficit to 60-56. A miss by Carter from long range would’ve cut the deficit to one before the Chargers’ Mark Johnson connected on a three-pointer with 1:12 left to push the lead to 63-56 and put the game out of reach.

Port Clinton trailed 33-23 at halftime before opening the third quarter on a 9-2 run, cutting the deficit to 35-31, a sign of things to come.

Carter Rumball led the ‘Skins with 15 points, Stefan Daniels scored 13 and Tytan Rumball chipped in with 10. Edison’s Keegan Hall led all scorers with 20 points and Moyer chipped in with 16.

Girls BasketballClyde 43, Port Clinton 42Despite getting a game-high 18 points from Emily Ash-

ley, the Port Clinton Redskins were unable to defeat Clyde in the final regular-season game, falling, 43-42, to the Fliers.

With the game tied at 31 after three quarters, Clyde out-scored Port Clinton, 12-11, to get the win.

The ‘Skins finish the regular season as the league cham-pions with a 19-3 and 10-2 record in the Sandusky Bay Conference. Clyde, which won the league’s previous four titles, finishes up at 16-6 and 9-3 in the conference. The loss breaks Port Clinton’s five-game winning streak.

Kelsey Michaels scored a team-high 16 points, Bree Dowling scored 11 and Heidi Marshall added six for the Fliers. In addition to Ashley, Hannah Weaver scored 11 for the ‘Skins.

Port Clinton will play on Saturday at 6:15 p.m. at Genoa High School against either Tiffin Columbian or Bowling Green in the Division II Sectional Final. Should they win, the ‘Skins, the No. 3 seed in the Perrysburg District, will likely face No. 2 Central Catholic in the district semifi-nals on Thursday at 8 p.m. at Perrysburg High School.

Port Clinton beats Fostoria to end skid

go 5-5 and I’m not expecting much more. He said, ‘You guys can be legendary.’ And then someone gets up and walks out, cursing. That reminded me of all the doubters and all the people that came out to watch the games last year and were disappointed in us. I said to myself, ‘I want to prove those guys wrong. I want to prove that we can be a successful program and pos-sibly go to the playoffs.’ “Since we were little, (the se-niors) wanted to go to the playoffs. I talked to some of the guys and we said that we’ve got to help the coach-es out and instill that leadership in the younger kids. It started during the summer workouts. It was really a discipline thing in the summer. The coaches instilled discipline in us. We weren’t allowed to get down on our knees and we had to stand up straight with pride. He expected us older guys to lead and say something to the younger players. We can’t be taking plays off. I give credit to Coach Carmon for choosing his coach-ing staff. This year’s coaching staff really changed the program a lot because of all the different personalities and the programs that they’ve been a part of. Every coach had been part of a playoff-caliber team at one point. They instilled that in all of us with the drills, the coaching staff and their experience at that level.”

Cline will likely take the lessons he learned from Carmon with him to the next level.

“I’d like to be a coach one day and I’d like to mod-el myself after him,” Cline said of Carmon. “He and Coach (Phil) Focht -- he’s raised me through football, he coached me all four years. He’s been my mentor for four years. They’ve been really good influences on me coaching-wise. I’d like to model myself after Coach Carmon, his dad and Coach Focht. They’re good peo-ple and I respect them for what they’ve done for me.”

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BY YANEEK SMITHJust one month after eclipsing the

1,000-point mark for her career, Oak Har-bor junior Andrea Cecil did herself one better by scoring a career-high 40 points and breaking the career scoring record of 1,152 points in the Rockets’ 80-41 victory over Elmwood.

On Jan. 13, Cecil scored what was then a career high of 36 points in Oak Harbor’s 79-58 win over Edison, a game that saw her score the 1,000th point of her career. During that game, Cecil also broke the school’s single-game record of 35 points, which was held by Kelly Kretz for 33 years. And the career scoring mark, which she now holds with 1,164 points, was held for 29 years by Amy Klavinger.

Cecil, who has steadily improved in each of her three years playing for the Rockets, had 19 points in the second quarter alone. She scored in a variety of ways, getting 12 points from the three-point line and four from the charity stripe. Her play was in-strumental in Oak Harbor building a 19-6 lead after one quarter before taking a 44-16 advantage into the half.

The win gets the Rockets, who have won 10 of their last 12, to 13-8. Elmwood, the two-time defending Northern Buckeye Conference champions, is now 9-12.

With this game not meaning much in the standings and Oak Harbor already knowing who it’s going to face in the tournament, it would’ve been easy for the Rockets to look ahead.

“We treated this like a tournament

game,” Cecil said. “We didn’t know very much about them and we won’t know very much about the other teams in the tour-nament. We have a reputation for starting off slow and having to come back in the later quarters. We didn’t want that to hap-pen; we wanted to get off to a good start.”

Emma Barney scored 14 points to help pace Oak Harbor, Maddy Rathbun scored nine and Athena Eli chipped in with sev-en, including two 3-pointers. As a team, the Rockets hit eight 3-pointers.

Sam Ervin was the lone Royal to score in double figures, finishing with 14 points. Rebecca Harvey scored eight points and Allison Arnold chipped in with five.

“We like these kinds of games because it keeps you sharp,” Oak Harbor coach Tom Kontak said. “This is very similar to what happens in the tournament (where) it will be a new team.”

Despite putting up 80 points, their sec-ond-highest output of the season, the Rockets’ defense was the primary reason for the win.

“Our style of play is up and down,” Kon-tak said. “Each team will get 10-15 addi-tional possessions in a game, and that’s a positive and a negative. When we’re play-ing defense, we’re trying to disrupt them. We try to pick up the pace.”

A veteran coach who has seen his share of great players, Kontak appreciated Ce-cil’s performance.

“That was a beautiful 40 points,” he said. “She had her ups and downs, scored on

three-pointers and off passes from her teammates. I like the rhythm we’re in as a team.”

Oak Harbor 67, Margaretta 48Andrea Cecil and Maddy Rathbun put

up a combined 40 points as Oak Harbor held off a stubborn Margaretta club, 67-48, to finish off the regular season.

In a back-and-forth game, the Rockets took a 21-9 lead after the first quarter be-fore the Polar Bears won the second, 18-12, to cut the deficit to 33-27 at halftime.

Margaretta outscored Oak Harbor, 7-3, to begin the third quarter, cutting the defi-cit to 36-34. The game remained close into the fourth as the Rockets held a 50-44 lead before slowly pulling away.

Emma Barney connected on a three-pointer from the right wing off a pass from Cecil, who scored on the next possession to push the lead to 55-44. Rathburn hit two free throws and Abby Dornsbusch made a three-pointer with 4:54 remaining to make it 60-44, effectively putting the game away.

Cecil led the team with 21 points, Rath-bun had 19 and Dornbusch chipped in with nine. The Bears got 17 points from Alex Michel, who connected on four 3-pointers, and 10 from Kristen Yost.

The Rockets, who finished the sea-son with a 14-8 record and a 7-5 mark in the Sandusky Bay Conference, face (7) Bucyrus or (9) Mohawk in the Division III Sectional Finals at 8 p.m. on Saturday at

Port Clinton High School. Oak Harbor is the No. 3 seed in the Attica District. If they win their first game, they’ll prob-ably face (2) Genoa on March 5 at 6:15 p.m. on March 5 at Seneca East High School in Attica.

Boys BasketballOak Harbor 66, Margaretta 56Paul Shay scored 11 consecutive points

in the first quarter as Oak Harbor jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in its 66-56 victory over Margaretta.

The Rockets led 17-8 after one quarter and pushed the advantage to 30-14 before the Polar Bears went on a 10-2 run to cut the deficit to 32-24 at halftime.

In the second half, Margaretta would get no closer than five points in the sec-ond half. Oak Harbor’s lead went from as low as five to a high as 13 during the first 9:30 of the second half as the Bears struggled to get back into the game, com-ing as close as 47-42 when Dylan Bailey scored on a drive. Two missed free throws cost Margaretta an opportunity to get closer, and from that point, the Rockets went on a 13-2 run to push the lead to 60-44.

Shay led Oak Harbor with 16 points, in-cluding four 3-pointers, Deshawn Johs-non had 15 points and 12 rebounds and Kalob Vargas chipped in with 11. Bailey had a game-high 26 points for the Bears and Angelo Frias finished with eight.

Cecil sets career scoring mark in victory

Port Clinton High School senior and Vanguard student Emily Zibert qualified for the division 2 state diving meet to be held in Canton on Wednesday, February 25. She qualified at the district meet held at Bowling Green State University on Feb-ruary 18 scoring a person best 364.15 and

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Zibert qualifies for state

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Ty Gallogly had goals for himself heading into the dis-trict swim meet and he far exceeded those goals. Gallo-gly, a senior, set three school records on Saturday at the Northwest Ohio District swim meet at Bowling Green.

Gallogly broke the school record in the 200 Individual Medley with a time of 2.02.33, which was previously held by Michael Long. “It’s been a goal for my whole high school swimming career,” Gallogly said of breaking the 200 individual medley record. He also teamed up with Shane Meek, Zach Barr and Jack Kessler to break the 200 freestyle relay record with a time of 1.29.10. The last record was in the 400 freestyle relay, where Gallogly teamed up with Zach Barr, Shane Meek and Nick Reineck to smash the previous record with a 3.19.84. “The relays went bet-ter than we ever could have expected,” Gallogly said.

Zach Barr, a member of both the record setting relay teams said he “expects the relays to do just as well be-cause of the hype at the state meet. It’s just way bigger at state.” In the 200 freestyle relay, Zach teams up with freshman Jack Kessler. “I can understand how Jack feels because I was a freshman last year at state,” said Barr. When asked how he feels about being a freshman and qualifying to the state meet, Jack simply stated “It feels pretty good. All the morning practices paid off.”

Nick Reineck, a senior member of the 400 freestyle re-lay team says “It’s pretty cool after swimming with some of these guys for 7 years and to finally have it lead up to this.” Reineck, Gallogly and Meek were members of a re-cord setting relay team in middle school and have swam together for many years.

Shane Meek, who also broke 3 school records at the dis-trict meet, says “It feels really awesome. It’s special to do it as a group.” When asked what Meek’s expectations are for the state meet next week, he said “I want to re-break all the records in the events I’m swimming.” Meek will compete in the 50 and 100 freestyle at the state meet as well. He broke the school record in the 100 freestyle with a time of 48.21.

The Redskin boys will compete in prelims on Thursday night at the C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton and finals on Friday.

Ty Gallogly, PCHS senior who has broken three school records.

Port Clinton boys headed back to Canton for state meet

Port Clinton’s Alysia Zoeller returned from competing in the district swim meet to lead the Lady Redskins to their second consecutive sectional bowling champion-ship at Star Lanes at the Harbor Friday, February 20.

Zoeller, averaging 190, rolled games 233-153-246 for a school record 632 series and tournament medalist.

The Lady Redskins rolled team games of 844-844-926 and added 1063 in six baker games for the winning total of 3677 and advancing to the districts for the second year at Interstate Lanes in Rossford Satur-

day, February 28. This was the Redskins’ fifth tournament win of the season.

The Willard girls led throughout the tournament before finishing second with a total of 3598 total.

Jozlyn Seamon was eighth individual with 165-9-184-165 for a 518 total. Reilly Wittman added a 190, Sam Stroupe 167-173 and Eryn Binder a 184.

“We weren’t as sharp tonight as we thought we would be,” said Coach Bob Black. “We missed way too many single pin spares which we need to correct if we want to continue in the tournaments.

Alysia bowled great tonight. The girls really gritted it out and did what they had to do to defeat the Willard girls, who bowled very well tonight.”

Zoeller’s record 632 leads Redskin ladies to sectional championship

Front row: Samantha Stroupe, Jozlyn Seamon, Katelyn Chapman. Back row: Coach Bob Black, Reilly Wittman, Alysia Zoeller, Eryn Binder, Kas-sidy Mahler, Coach Mike Wittman.

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Sunday fun swims extended through March 29

Sunday fun open swims at the Oak Har-bor High School Pool for all B-C-S students, families and community members will continue each Sunday through March 29. The times the facility will be open will be from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. Both the pool and racquetball courts (for adults only) will be available and supervised.

Pool admission cost to be paid at the door for B-C-S students is only $1 and B-C-S adults will be $2. Racquetball courts

will be open to B-C-S adults only for an additional charge of $2 (limit 4 per court). A lifeguard and site director will be on site to ensure safety. Please note that these Sunday fun times will be cancelled if Ot-tawa County is on a Level Two or Level Three Emergency as announced by the Ottawa County Sherriff.

Call the B-C-S Board of Education office at 419-898-6210 with any questions.

Catawba Township2-19-15 Robert J. Martin to Michael J. Irlbacher Jr. and Candice L. Stryker-Irlbacher, 4753 East Marshview, $50,000.

Genoa Corp.2-17-15 Steven Anthony Enriquez et al to JPMor-gan Chase Bank, 1321 West Street, $57,800.

Oak Harbor Corp2-20-15 Fannie Mae to Robert A. and Kristen M. Witt, 113 Bank Street, $16,500.

Port Clinton Corp.2-18-15 Linda E. Depetro and Ronald Rubin to Matthew P. and Carrie L. Lewis, 1807 East Perry Street, #83, $175,000.

2-20-15 Thomas H. and Roberta S. Hurley to Robert D. Corbin III and Lisa R. Corbin , 1909 East Harbor Road #206 W , $98,000.

Portage Township2-19-15 Shirley M. Millinger to Daniel M. and Kimberly A. Periat, 405 Luschinger Road, new split $25,000.

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Dr. Heinsen receives grantDr. Victoria King

Heinsen in conjunc-tion with Dr. Patric Scott Taylor has been approved for a grant from Concordia Uni-versity, Portland, OR, for professional devel-opment and research regarding a technique

for the teaching of vocabulary. A profes-sor at Irvine Valley College in Irvine, CA, Taylor developed and implemented an in-novative method for educating students by increasing their vocabulary. Heinsen, a professor at Terra State Community Col-lege and an online M. Ed. professor at Concordia University, will use contextu-alization and collaboration as bridges to further inculcate or teach the technique in her classrooms. With contextualiza-tion students use their own experiences

and interests as bases for their writing. Through collaboration learners interact with each other in an environment which further promotes successful learning. The goal of the Heinsen/Taylor partnership is to promote understanding and retention of vocabulary efficacious or practically applicable to students’ careers.

Whether a student is challenged to un-derstand vocabulary found in texts or whether the challenge is to understand course-related vocabulary given in lec-tures, the need for acquisition, compre-hension, and proper utilization remains the same. In completing this project, Dr. Heinsen and Dr. Taylor hope to provide a classroom application from theory to practice. The researchers expect to con-clude the study in one year and to then present their results at professional con-ferences.

Spring Job Fair March 3 at Terra State Community College

Spring Job Fair March 3 at Terra State Community College

The annual Spring Job Fair at Terra State Community College is Tuesday, March 3, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Activities Center.

The event is free and is open to Terra State students, alumni and community members. Job seekers are asked to dress to impress and bring copies of their re-sume.

There are over 75 employers registered to attend. “The employers coming represent very diverse indus-tries,” said Joan Gamble, Coordinator of

Career Services. Currently, the list includes compa-

nies seeking individu-als with skilled trades training, business, fi-nancial services, police science, hospitality and allied health training.

Some employers will take resumes and of-fer job applications while others will meet job seekers but expect them to apply online. They will be looking to fill full-time, part-time, seasonal and intern-ship positions.

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BY JEFF ROTHThis is a conversation with a son of a

client who passed away last year. I felt it needed to be told.

“My parents sat my sister and me down ten years ago and gave us copies of their living will. This is the document that states that if there is no possibility of re-covery then the declarant states that they do not want to be kept alive or have any heroic actions taken to prolong the physi-cal body if there are no brain waves and quality of life.

When we received this document we joked that we would pull the plug early. Then we asked why they would give us this document since mom and dad would never die. We went on with dinner and I forgot to take my copy home.

Four years later my father died sudden-ly and the living will was never an issue. Last year my mother had a stroke and was in a total coma. After many tests, the doc-tors stated that there were no brain waves and no chance of recovery. Mom was 85 but was always full of energy and ran ev-erything. The doctor asked if mom had a living will. I remembered that day when mom and dad gave us a copy. I couldn’t remember where I had placed it even after mom gave it to me again but my sister had an original document and she handed it to me.

When I looked at mom’s signature in blue ink, an amazing thing happened. The signature spoke to me. The signature said, “What are you doing to me? I was the one that walked every day and played golf ev-ery summer. I was the one that played tag with your children and often exercised

more than anyone else in the family. I also won all of the brain challenging games.

It is your selfishness that is keeping me alive. I had a wonderful life, I did what I wanted to do and I am ready. Please don’t keep me alive. Let me go.”

I stared at the all too familiar signature and heard my mother. I cried with my sis-ter and explained my change of heart. My mother was given complete comfort and passed away shortly thereafter.”

I get these documents signed every week. I tell clients that I don’t want them to use any of the documents because that means that something bad happened. Even I tend to think at times it is just a perfunctory feel good document. What a reality check to hear this story.

Take the time to prepare the documents and have the conversation with your chil-dren.

Jeff Roth is a partner with David Bacon and associate Jessica Moon of the firm ROTH and BACON with offices in Port Clinton, Upper Sandusky, Marion, Ohio and Fort Myers, Florida. All members of the firm are licensed in Ohio and Florida. Mr. Roth’s practice is limited to wealth strategy planning and elder law in both states. Nothing in this article is intended for, nor should be relied upon as individu-al legal advice. The purpose of this article is to provide information to the public on concepts of law as they pertain to estate and business planning. Jeff Roth can be reached at [email protected] (tele-phone: 419-732-9994) copyright Jeffrey P. Roth 2015.

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Port Clinton seniors will host their an-nual chicken dinner on Sunday, March 29, from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. or until the dinners sell out. The dinner will be held at the Port Clinton Moose Lodge 1610 located at 1105 W. Lakeshore Drive, Port Clinton.

Tickets are $8 in advance or $9 at the door. Only a limited number of walk-ins will be available. Dinners include a half chicken, two sides and dessert. Dinners are available for dine in or carry out. The

chicken is prepared by the Bar-b-Que Traveler.

Tickets can be purchased at the Port Clinton Senior Center, 320 E. Third St. or at Mary’s Blossom Shoppe, 125 Madi-son St., Port Clinton. The Senior Center is open Tuesdays, Thursday and Fridays 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Proceeds will benefit the Port Clinton senior’s special projects fund. For more information, contact Juanita at 419-341-1080.

PC seniors host annual BBQ chicken dinner

March is National Colorectal Awareness Month and every Monday through Fri-day in March, Magruder Hospital will have free take home colorectal health screening kits available from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the main lobby of the hospital. This is being offered to increase awareness and early detection of disease.

The take home kits are a basic screen for

blood in the stool, which could be a sign of several colorectal health issues. A colo-

noscopy, which is an outpatient screening procedure, is more widely accepted as the screening that is most effective for early detection of colorectal polyps and cancer.

For more information on the colorectal

health screening kits, please call Rachel Fall, Magruder Manager of Community Outreach and Development, at 419-732-4061.

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Public Hearing Notice - Case #668129 The Catawba Island Township Trustees will hold a public hearing concerning

a proposed zoning map amendment to the Catawba Island Zoning Resolution, adopted 1965. The hearing will be held

at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 in the Catawba Island Administra-

tion Building at 4822 E. Cemetery Road, Port Clinton, Ohio. The proposed map amendment was initiated by Robert

and Judith Stewart for parcels of land in Section 24 containing 0.3727 acres and an adjoining parcel of land known as Lot #1 of Konker Heights Subdivision

A in Catawba Island Township. The street addresses for the properties are 1635 and 1665 N. West Catawba

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2007 Honda Accord 4dr I4 MT LX SE: Power Adjust-able Exterior Mirror • Power Door Locks • Power Windows • ABS Brakes • Driver Airbag • Second Row Folding Seat • Air Conditioning • Front Air Dam • Side Head Curtain Airbag • Alloy Wheels • Front Side Air-bag • Steering Wheel Mounted Controls

2006 Ford F-150 SuperCab 4WD: Power Adjustable Exterior Mirror • Power Windows • Power Door Locks • Fog Lights • 4WD/AWD • ABS Brakes • Front Air Dam • Alloy Wheels • Air Conditioning • Front Split Bench Seat • Full Size Spare Tire • Second Row Folding Seat • AM/FM Radio • Interval Wipers • Skid Plate

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2007 Dodge Ram 1500 4WD Quad Cab: Power Ad-justable Exterior Mirror • Power Door Locks • Power Windows • Fog Lights • 4WD/AWD • Front Split Bench Seat • Rear Spoiler • ABS Brakes • Full Size Spare Tire • Second Row Folding Seat • Air Conditioning • Heated Exterior Mirror • Skid Plate • Alloy Wheels

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2012 Chevrolet Equinox AWD 4dr LS: Power Adjust-able Exterior Mirror • Power Windows • Power Door Locks • 4WD/AWD • Front Air Dam • Steering Wheel Mounted Controls • ABS Brakes • Front Power Lum-bar Support • Tachometer • Air Conditioning • Front Side Airbag • Telematics System • Alloy Wheels

2009 Chevrolet Cobalt 2dr Cpe LS: Air Conditioning • Passenger Airbag • Tilt Steering • CD/AM/FM Radio • Rear Window Defogger • Tilt Steering Column • Au-tomatic Headlights • Second Row Folding Seat • Tire Pressure Monitor • Side Head Curtain Airbag • Trip Computer • Daytime Running Lights • Steel Wheels

2010 Nissan Versa 5dr HB I4 1.8: Power Adjustable Exterior Mirror • Power Windows • Power Door Locks • Tilt Steering Column • ABS Brakes • Front Air Dam • Second Row Folding Seat • Air Conditioning • Front Side Airbag • Side Head Curtain Airbag • Alloy Wheels • Interval Wipers • Steering Wheel Mounted Controls

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2007 Dodge Nitro 4WD 4dr SXT: Power Adjustable Exterior Mirror • Power Door Locks • Power Windows • 4WD/AWD • Interval Wipers • Side Head Curtain Air-bag • ABS Brakes • Keyless Entry • Steel Wheels • Air Conditioning • Passenger Airbag • Tachometer • Tilt Steering Column • Tilt Steering • CD/AM/FM Radio

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2010 Chevrolet HHR FWD 4dr LS: Power Adjustable Exterior Mirror • Power Door Locks • Power Win-dows • ABS Brakes • Front Air Dam • Steering Wheel Mounted Controls • Air Conditioning • Interval Wip-ers • Tachometer • AM/FM Radio • Keyless Entry • Telematics System • Automatic Headlights

2009 Buick LaCrosse 4dr Sdn CX: Power Adjustable Exterior Mirror • Power Door Locks • Power Windows • ABS Brakes • Heated Exterior Mirror • Steering Wheel Mounted Controls • Air Conditioning • Interval Wipers • Tachometer • Alloy Wheels • Keyless Entry • Telematics System • CD/AM/FM Radio

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