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This Saturday, its the Run forthe Roses, the Annual Auctionnight sponsored by the Friends of
Immaculate Conception School.It will be held in the school gymbehind the church located at thecorner of 4th and Madison Streetsin Port Clinton. Doors will openat 5:30. They will have live, silentand shbowl auctions. Some ofthe items up for auction includea photo booth for your next par-ty, dream trips, a jar full of cash,a brand new laptop computer, abasket full of lottery tickets andmuch, much more! Tickets are$25 each and can be purchased atthe school ofce. Tickets includea fabulous dinner catered by theNorEaster Club and 6 drinktickets. For more information orto reserve your tickets, call theschool ofce at 419-734-3315.
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Our Find Wylie winner for thisweek is Mary Triska of Catawba.She was one of 158 entries whofound our friendly sh hiding inthe Destination Designs ad in lastweeks Beacon. Mary wins ourweekly $20 gift card from Friend-ship Food Stores. Well be hid-ing Wylie again this week. If yound him, drop off an entry format our ofce in the Beacon PlaceBusiness Center or click on theFind Wylie Icon at our website,www.thebeacon.net.
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The Port Clinton Area Cham-ber of Commerce and Ida RuppPublic Library will hold a freeworkshop titled From WallStreet to Main Street: Myths,Miscues and Investment Fun-
damentals presented by AllisonFalls. It will be held at the Libraryon Tuesday, April 23. Registrationis at 8:30 a.m. with the workshopscheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Toregister, call the Chamber at 419-734-5503 or e-mail to [email protected].
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The Marblehead PeninsulaChamber of Commerce will hosttheir monthly Business AfterHours tonight, Thursday, April18, at the Thirsty Pirate at thecorner of State Routes 163 and53. It will be from 5-7 p.m. andwill feature many door prizes forattendees.
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They had a fantastic privateopening at the new Ciao Bella last
Friday evening. Barb and Mel Ay-ers were there to greet the attend-
ees. Mel looked nice. Barb lookedINCREDIBLE! For an openingnight, the service and food prepa-ration was superb. They will havetheir ofcial Ribbon Cutting nextTuesday, April 23.
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By JOHN SCHAFFNER
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BY DONNA LUEKE
On Friday, April 12, the National Wildlife Federa-tion hosted a Forum on Lake Erie, held at the LakeErie Shores and Islands Welcome Center in Port Clin-ton. Presenters were Frank Szollosi of National WildlifeFederation (NWF) Regional ofce in Ann Arbor; Dr.Thomas Bridgeman, University of Toledo scientist withthe Lake Erie Center; and Sandy Bihn, Lake Erie WaterKeeper.
The importance of Lake ErieLake Erie is facing a new set of challenges, which can
be addressed if groups at all levels continue to work to-gether. Your actions can help.
This was the take-home message from a Lake Erie Fo-rum hosted by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF)on Friday April 12 at the Lake Erie Shores and IslandsWelcome Center in Port Clinton.
NWF Regional Outreach Coordinator Frank Szollosi
began the forum with a discussion of the NWF report,Wildlife in a Warming World: Confronting the ClimateCrisis and focused on the Great Lakes. The NWF reportdiscusses the importance of the Great Lakes, which con-tain 95 percent of the fresh surface water in the UnitedStates and 20 percent in the world. The report outlineshow the changing climate has resulted in an increasednumber of heavy rainfall events, less ice cover andwarming lake water. Elements that, when combined, areimpacting the ecological health of Lake Erie.
As pointed out by presenter Sandy Bihn, Lake Erie Wa-terkeeper, Lake Erie has approximately 2 percent of thewater in the Great Lakes and 50 percent of the sh. Sinceit is the shallowest Great Lake and smallest by volume,Lake Erie is the Canary of the Lakes, becoming sickmore quickly than the others but also capable of healingmore quickly as was evidenced in the 1970s, she said.
Szollosi emphasized that, there is a scientic consen-sus on climate change, but not a social consensus. Hesaid it is the desire of the NWF to build consensus aboutthe changing climates impact on natural resources andthat people can take action to slow the rate of change.
If we do nothing to reduce carbon pollution, by 2100we could see a 7-11 degree rise in temperature, Szol-losi said. Warmer waters are good for algae blooms andinvasive species such as sea lampreys and Asian carp,but not good for trout and yellow perch. More bass, lesswalleye.
According to NWR statistics, Ohio has a half millionhunters and 1.3 million anglers. Ohio hunters are es-timated to annually bring more than 20,000 jobs andmore than $850 million in retail sales to the Buckeyestate. Ohio anglers are estimated to bring over 26,000
jobs and $1.9 billion in retail sales. This does not in-
clude the expenditures by pleasure boaters.
Every person who lives in Ottawa County, whetheror not they go on or near the water, feels Lake Erieseconomic impact. The NWFs report shows that climatechange could impact Ohioans nancially, especiallyalong Lake Erie where tourism to the region generatedbusiness sales of $11.5 billion in 2009 accord-ing to Ohios Ofce of Tourism. Butthats not all.
The Green MenaceDr. Thomas Bridge-
man grew up inthe Marbleheadarea and haslived close toLake Erie hiswhole life.Bridgeman
is now a sci-entist withthe Uni-versity ofToledo LakeErie Center atMaumee Bay,and was one ofthe rst to observeand study the latestround of harmful algaeblooms.
Bridgemans discussion ofThe Green MenaceHarmful Al-gae in Lake Erie outlined the pastand present health of the Lake andpotential scenarios for its future.
Because lakes all over the world areexperiencing similar issues as LakeErie excessive nutrient loadingsleading to algal blooms what researchers learn on howto control nutrient loadings from the Lake Erie Water-shed could have global signicance as successful tech-niques are shared.
Scientists from the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministrations Climate Prediction Center within theNational Weather Service are predicting that this springwill be wetter and warmer than average for the majorityof the Great Lakes region. This could lead to increasednutrient and sediment runoff and set up the potentialfor another harmful algae bloom late this summer.
According to Bridgeman, algae are growing in LakeErie all year long- even below the ice surface when LakeErie freezes. The good algae, diatoms, are blooming now
and serve as food for sh, he said. The bad algae are
actually single-celled photosynthesizing cyanobacteriathat occur naturally in most surface waters. However,when excess phosphorus is present in lakes and streams,the cyanobacteria produce large blooms (excessivegrowth) and the blooms may produce toxins.
Types of cyanobacteria in Lake Erie includeLyngbya wollei which grows on the
bottom of the lake and at timespeels off and oats to the
surface in mats whichcan wash up and
foul the shore,and Microcys-
tis aeruginosawhich growsin the watercolumn and
can oat tothe surfacein a paint-like scum.Microcystis
blooms canproduce the
toxin microcys-tin. It and other
c y a n o b a c t e r i a -produced toxins are
harmful to people, petsand livestock as the toxins can
attack the liver, the nervous sys-tem, irritate the skin, cause rashes, violent
sickness and even death. In sh, toxins can accumulatein the gut and liver. According to the Ohio EPA, algaltoxins cannot be seen, smelled or tasted and can persistwell after the disappearance of an algae bloom. Algaltoxins are not always present in algal blooms, but whenthey are, they are usually most concentrated in scums.
Blooms also cause problems for water treatment fa-cilities, as the cyanobacteria get sucked into water intakepipes and can clog equipment. More treatment is alsorequired to remove the HAB from the water which costscommunities, and ultimately the residents who con-sume the water, more money.
Dr. Bridgeman said an additional problem is that theseason for blooms of harmful algae is getting longer.
The P ProblemPhosphorus is an essential element for plant life and
is used by both green and blue-green algae. However,
The healing of Lake Erie
Port Clintonshoreline,
September, 2011.Photo by Brenda
Culler, ODNR.
BY LUKE THE LABRADOR, MARBLEHEAD
There are many interesting things about being the ani-mal companion of a Greenie, a self-styled environmental-ist.
The best part is the time I get to spend walking in nature,snifng the smells, watering the trees, swimming in thelake, even occasionally escaping to chase squirrels and toforage. One memorable spring day I found the leg bone
of a deer and led the humans on quite a chase before theycould get it away from me.I also like the quiet ride in the back seat of the Prius on
trips to get eggs and produce from local farms and mar-kets and to go to the recycling center. Once in a while i getto go to yoga class to demonstrate upward and downward
facing dog postures. My other favorite trips are rompsat the Bark until Dark dog park and visits with my dogfriends and with Grandpa and his friends at RiverviewHealthcare Campus. They fuss over me a lot there.
My least favorite part of being a Greenies dog is thatthere is very little meat at my house. I am a carnivore! Thenatural dog food and treats are yummy though. My hu-mans attempts at baking dog biscuits have not turned outtoo well, but I get to eat all the mistakes. She just foundout that dog food can be purchased from the dog foodclub at Furry Paws in Marblehead, saving gas and moneyand doing that really good shop locally thing.
My humans quest for an environmentally good way todispose of my dog waste has been most amusing. I realizethat dog waste, like other animal and human waste, is notgood for the land or the water and I dont want anything
The Green Dog
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SATURDAY,
ObituariesAngella Jean WrightJan. 29, 1990-April 8, 2013
Angella Jean Wright, 23, of Port Clin-ton, went home to be with her Lord onMonday, April 8, in Pittsburgh, PA. Shewas born January 29,1990, in Cleveland,the daughter of Crys-tal (Boyd) and JamesE. Wright, Sr.
Angie graduatedfrom Port ClintonHigh School in 2008and was a 2012 grad-uate of AlleghenyCollege, with a majorin theatre and minor in psychology, andhad served as a Resident Adviser and aPeer Leader. Her many activities included
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Associationfor the Advancement of Black Culture,Student Environmental Theatre, CivicOrchestra, College Chorus, Student ArtSociety, Orchesis (dance), InternationalClub, Sojourners Christian Fellowship andother organizations. She was employed atSephora in Pittsburgh, PA, and also a long-time employee of Tofts in Port Clinton.
Angie is survived by her mother Crystal;brothers, Malcolm Robert Wright & James
Wright Jr; sister Denise Wright; paternalgrandmother Jean Wright; aunts Robin(Greg) Vogel, Delora (David) Siennop,Donna (Wright) Donald, Rochelle Wright,Johnny Gaye and Hosie Tramble; Godfa-ther Walt McKenna; special friend VincentMcClellan; hundreds of friends and her catRupert. She was preceded in death by herfather, James Wright.
Funeral Services will beconducted at 12 noon,Thursday, April 18, in theGerner-Wolf-Walker Fu-neral Home & Crematory,216 Washington St, PortClinton, where friends maycall from 10 a.m. until time
of service. Burial will followin Christy Chapel Cemetery,Port Clinton. Memorialscelebrating Angella may bemade to www.youcaring.com. Condolences may beshared with the family atwww.walkerfuneralhomes.com.
Jennifer LarraLoeckelMarch 18, 1971- April 5th,
2013
Jennifer Larra Loeckel, 42,of Marblehead, passed away
early Friday morning, April5, in Stein Hospice CareCenter, Sandusky, after abrief illness.
She was born on March 18, 1971 in Man-seld, Ohio. She graduated from DanburyHigh School in 1989 and Bowling GreenState University.
Jennifer was a social worker assistant anda certied EMT. She used these skills inher daily life to help people. She also lovedphotography.
Jennifer is survived by her parents, Larryand Jalane (Metz) Loeckel; loving com-panion, Brad Biers; brother, Eric Loeckel;
nephews, Bryce and Brody Loeckel; cous-in, Lisa Barker; and aunts, Ann Milem andNancy Barker.
She was preceded in death by her mater-nal grandparents, Clarence Metz (1975)and Rachel (McKee) Metz (2003); andpaternal grandparents, Forrest Loeckel(2008) and Frances (Broadrick) Loeckel(1993).
At Jennifers request, there will be novisitation and cremation will take place.Private services were held. Memorialcontributions may be made in Jennifersmemory to Stein Hospice Service, 1200Sycamore Line, Sandusky, OH 44870.
Toft Funeral Home & Crematory, 2001Columbus Ave., Sandusky, handled ar-
rangements. Condolences and gifts ofsympathy may be made to the family atwww.toftfh.com.
Alexander VelikoffJuly 30, 1957-April 11, 2013
Alexander E. Velikoff, 55, of Findlay diedat 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, at theBridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay.He was born on July30, 1957, in Crestline,OH, to Alexander E.and Marilyn E. (Sher-er)Velikoff. On July12, 1980, he marriedAnne Hartman and
she survives in Find-lay.Alex is also survived
by his mother, Mari-lyn Velikoff of Port Clinton; two daugh-ters, Caroline (Jesse) Capone of Seattle,WA, and Miranda Velikoff of Ann Arbor,MI; sister Sharon Velikoff of Port Clinton;and two brothers, Mike (Jeannie) Velikoffof Taylor Mill, KY, and John Velikoff of
Boise, ID.Alex worked at Marathon Petroleum
since 1999. He enjoyed bike riding andwine making and loved to solve problemsand tinker with about anything. Familywas extremely important to Alex and hewas a loving and devoted husband, father,brother, son and friend.
Memorial services will be held at 5:30p.m. on Thursday, April 18, at Trinity Epis-copal Church, 128 W. Hardin Street, Find-
lay, and at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, atGerner-Wolf-Walker Funeral Home, 216Washington Street, Port Clinton. In lieuof owers, memorial contributions maybe made in honor of Alex to the BridgeHospice Care Center, 1900 S. Main Street,Findlay, OH, 45840. Condolences may besent via www.coldrencrates.com.
Marjorie Eleanor FishSept. 19, 1932-April 8, 2013
Marjorie Eleanor Fish, 80, of Oak Ridge,TN, and formerly of Lakeside & Oak Har-bor, OH, passed away Monday, April 8, atRiverview Healthcare Campus, Oak Har-bor. Marjorie was born on September 19,
1932, in Cleveland, the daughter of Orenand Mary (Underwood) Fish Jr.Funeral services were April 11in the
Gerner-Wolf-Walker Funeral Home &Crematory, Port Clinton. Burial was inSackett Cemetery, Marblehead. Onlinecondolences may be shared with the fam-ily at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.
Andrew David DemshokSept. 29, 1922-April 10, 2013
Andrew David Demshok, 90, of OakHarbor, died early Wednesday morning,April 10, at his sons residence with his lov-ing family by his side. Andrew was bornSeptember 29, 1922, in Belle Valley, Ohio,
to George P. and Mary M. (Kauffman)Demshok.Funeral Mass was celebrated on April
11 at St. Boniface Catholic Church, 215Church St., Oak Harbor. Interment fol-lowed in Roose Cemetery, Oak Harbor,with military graveside services conduct-ed. Online condolences may be sharedwith the family at www.walkerfuneral-homes.com.
Thank youI would like to thank the people in the
community that donated to our SpringFood Drive Event. The event took placethe week of Apr. 1 thru Saturday April 6that our Port Clinton ofce.
I would like to thank the following busi-nesses for gift certicates : Big Boppers andTofts Ice Cream for our Spring Food Drivedrawing. The winners of the gift certicatewill be contacted after the April 15 busi-ness day. Thank you Minuteman for yourdonation to the Spring Food Drive.
Thank you to Bert Fall for having us onTalk at Ten online radio at www.portclin-tonradio.com for the special interview
Liberty Tax and Truth Ministries FoodBank representative. Thank you Tom forproviding lunch for our visitors and staffSaturday.
It has been a pleasure working with all ofyou in the church, the ofce and the busi-nesses who allowed us to post the informa-tion for a good cause.
In these hard economic times we can alldo our part to support our church foodpantry and the other nonprot organi-zation. We can all make a difference andhelp in our community.
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Marriage LicensesEric Salsbury, 40, machinist, of Riga, MI,
and Sarah Mizla, 32, intervention special-
ist, of Port Clinton.Carl Walton, 25, IT technician, and
Brooke Osborne, 21, proof operator, bothof Port Clinton.
Gregory Sigg, 27, teacher, and AlanaStanbery, 27, educator, both of Oak Har-
bor.Jordan Perkins, 24, construction, and
Megan Sloan, 25, barista, both of Marble-head.
Joseph Olalde, 48, welder, and VirginiaPerlaky, 50, residential assistant, both ofPort Clinton.
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The Compassionate Friends of OttawaCounty recently signed up to help keepour highways clean through the OhioDepartment of Transportations AdoptA Highway program. Volunteer groupsadopt a two mile section or an inter-change along a State Route, United StatesRoute or Interstate. The CompassionateFriends of Ottawa County adopted StateRoute 163 West from Route 2 for a twomile stretch to Lacarne.
Groups who sign up with the programadopt for two years and pick up a mini-mum of four times each year. Participantsin Adopt-A-Highway are volunteers andnot paid to pick up litter. Groups canpartner with others in adopting, but maynot pay another group to pick up litter.The Department of Transportation pro-vides safety training, trash bags, dispos-able safety vests and two signs to be usedat the beginning of the two mile section.The only cost to each group is their time.The Compassionate Friends of OttawaCountys Chapter Leader, Roseann Hickman, said Theparents of our organization are proud to be giving backto our communities that have given so much to us. Ev-erything we do is for the memory of our children gone
too soon.The Compassionate Friends is a self help bereavement
support groups for parents, grandparents and siblings
who have suffered the loss of a child, no matter how old
or the cause. Locally they meet the rstMonday of each month at Peace Luther-an Church. For more information visittheir facebook page, The CompassionateFriends of Ottawa County.
The Texas Department of Transporta-tion started the rst Adopt-A-HighwayProgram in 1985. Ohioans travelingthrough Texas saw the blue and whitesigns and the litter free roads. They cameback and wrote some letters to the Gov-ernor about starting an Adopt-A-High-way Program here. In the fall of 1989,three districts tried out a pilot program.As more people found out about theprogram, interest spread. The followingspring Adopt-A-Highway became ofcialand was implemented statewide.
Ohio has over 1,400 groups, with at leastone group in each county. In addition toAdopt-A-Highway volunteers, prison in-mates and Department of Transportationemployees also pick up litter along Ohioshighways.
For more information on how your group can Adopt AHigway, call the Ohio Department of Transportation Dis-trict 2 ofce at 419-373-4482.
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Rebirth CommunityChurch will be giving awayfood to the community intheir ReachOut programduring the months of April,June, August, October andDecember. The rst give-away will be April 20, thenwill be the rst Saturday of
each month.The Rebirth CommunityChurch is at 570 McKin-ley Street in Port Clinton.Contact Paula Curly at419-341-4606 for furtherinformation.
The Marblehead Lighthouse HistoricalSociety members are planning their an-nual Nature and Nautical sale for July 13.The sale has always been very popular anda good source of income for the MLHS.
The MLHS is asking for help this year in
collecting nature and/or nautical items forthe sale. Any handcrafted items would begreatly appreciated, as are any items of anature or nautical theme that are nearlynew. Call Mary at 419-798-4877 to arrangepick-up of items.
On the day of the sale, the MarbleheadLighthouse and Museum will be open fortours from 11 a.m-4 p.m.
Volunteers to work as docents in theMuseum and as ticket sellers at the baseof the Lighthouse are always welcome and
needed. The Museum displays are self-ex-planatory, and new docents will be placedwith an experienced docent. Call Jan at419-798-4934 if you are interested in be-coming a docent.
The Ottawa CountyBoard of Elections willmeet Friday, April 19, at
1:30 p.m. This is the boardsnormal business meeting.It will be held in the con-ference room at the Boardof Elections in the VeteransMemorial Building at 8444West State Route 163, OakHarbor.
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This week the Marblehead Marketopened, bringing a place topurchase milk andeggs and beerand wine backto Marblehead.Since MutachsMarket movedto DanburyT o w n s h i p ,Marblehead has
been without amarket. Willyand Deb Stein-brick saw the need andthe opportunity. Their daugh-ter Trudi Lucas, who will also be workingat the market, said, What an inconve-
nience it has
been to not have a place(in town) to getbread and milk.
Last year the Stein-bricks purchasedrom Ben Rich-mond the build-ing that housesan antique shopand had otherretail space. Attheir bar, Wee
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would come in askingor a place to purchase beer,
said Deb. We had positive response romcustomers to the idea o opening a conve-nience-style store.
Marblehead once again has a market
Willy and Deb Steinbrick, Trudi and Landon Lucas
The Port Clinton AreaChamber o Commercewill be hosting the OhioChamber Symposium onThursday, April 25. ToddSarver with Steptoe &Johnson PLLC Attorneys atLaw will be presenting So-cial Media: The Brave NewWorkplace.
The legal impact o social
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The Ohio ChamberSymposium is ree to PCChamber members. Lunchwill be provided. Registra-tion is at 11:30 a.m., andthe workship will be rom12 -1 p.m. at The CivilianMarksmanship Program at
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PC Chamber hosts OhioChamber Symposium
In addition to the market being a convenience orlocals, the Steinbricks anticipate a good deal o oottrafc rom erry passengers and tourists. MarbleheadMarket eatures a beer cave, a selection o local wines,coee and smoothie stations and Chubbies Chop Shopor subs and sandwiches and such. There will be a placeor people to sit outside to have coee and donuts or asandwich.
The Market is warmed by eatures such as copper ceil-ing, by a carved pelican that guards the door and by thehospitality o the Steinbricks.
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If you live in an apartment or have nospace for a garden, the Danbury Commu-nity Garden offers the opportunity to have
your own plot. Plots are available for indi-viduals, or as a summer projects for a Scoutgroups, church group, or youth group togrow produce for the Danbury Food Pantry.
The Danbury Community Garden is lo-cated behind (and sponsored by) St. PaulLutheran Church, 541 Church Road, Lake-side-Marblehead. You can pick the size of
your plot, large or small. Planting of seedssuch as beans, squash, pumpkins and mel-ons should be done by the end of April ifpossible. The ground is plowed and ready toplant. A water source is nearby. Bring yourown seeds. Some garden tools are avail-able. For more information or to reserve aplot, call 419-734-1662.
In Port Clinton, The Mosie Nesbit John-son Community Garden at 3rd and BeechStreets is offering 4 x 8 raised beds to anyPort Clinton resident.
On Thursday, April 25, there will be les-sons on planting an organic garden at theCommunity Garden. Contact Dave Mehl at419-206-0482 for more information.
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Danbury Community Garden behind St.Paul Lutheran church ready for planting
Earth Day was rst celebrated April 22,1970. This day has been set aside each yearto recognize our Earth and promote greaterenvironmental awareness through educa-
tion, action, and celebration. To commem-orate this day the Port Clinton RecreationDepartment and the OSS Solid Waste Dis-trict will once again be sponsoring the PortClinton City Beach and Park Cleanup. Thecleanup will be held on Saturday, April 20,beginning at 9a.m. Volunteers are neededand are asked to report to the Lakeview ParkShelter House with gloves, rakes, and lots ofenergy.
The Cleanup began in the early 1990swhen it was a part of the Lake Erie Shore-line Sweep, which was an annual spring ef-fort to clean all of the beaches along the LakeErie Shoreline. Those beaches included theOttawa National Wildlife Refuge / CraneCreek Beach, East Harbor State Park Beach,
and the Port Clinton City Beach.On average, close to 100 volunteers havecollected approximately 3 tons of debris atthe Lake Erie Shoreline Sweep event. Areasto be cleaned this year include the Port Clin-ton beach, Lakeview Park and Water WorksPark. These areas include a one mile stripof our valued shoreline. Past volunteers haveincluded scout groups, high school scienceand government classes, service organiza-tions, members of the Friends of LakeviewPark committee and concerned citizens whowanted to make a difference.
A pizza lunch is being planned for volun-teers after the event. Gloves and bags willbe provided. For more information on theevent, call Diane Ball at the OSS Solid Waste
District 419-734-6783 or Tracy Colston ofthe PC Recreation Department 419-734-5522, ext. 6.
Port ClintonCity Beach andLakeview Parkcleanup April 22
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Danbury Township brush drop-off is avail-able at 310 Bridge Road (State Route 269South). Branches and limbs are accepted, butnot stumps or grass clippings. The service isavailable during daylight hours and is forDanbury Township residents. Contractorsare not permitted to use this service.
Leaf drop-off is open during April and Mayat the brush drop-off site. Leaves must be in
biodegradable bags or loose.Mulch is available at the brush drop-off site
on Mondays from 8-9 a.m. beginning April
1 while supplies last and on Saturdays April6, 20, May 4 and 18 from 8 a.m. until noon.
The big dumpsters will be at the DanburyTownship Hall from April 15-19 from 7a.m.-7p.m. Monday-Thursday and on Fridayfrom 7 a.m.-11 a.m for residents to disposeof household items, appliances, steel andmetal, and also for Freon removal from ap-pliances. Do not bring tires, brush, oil, paint,
batteries, boats, vehicles or propane tanks.Call 419-734-4901 with any questions.
Danbury Township brush and leafdrop-off open, mulch available
On Saturday, April 27th, the Ottawa, San-dusky, Seneca Joint Solid Waste District issponsoring a Household Hazardous WasteCollection. The collection will take placefrom 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. In order to bring ma-terials to the collection you must be a resi-dent of Ottawa, Sandusky or Seneca County.
Collection times are as follows:Last name A thru M 910:30 a.m., Last
name N thru Z 10:30 a.m.12 p.m.The following locations are accepting
materials: In Ottawa County at the OttawaCounty Fairgrounds on W. St. Rt. 163, OakHarbor. In Sandusky County at the San-dusky County Fairgrounds, N. parking lot at712 North St., Fremont and in Seneca Coun-ty at a new location at the Seneca CountyFairgrounds, 100 Hopewell Avenue, Tifn.
Residents are asked not to smoke and tostay in their vehicles while they are being un-loaded at the collection. The following paintand related products will be accepted duringthe collection in containers no larger thanve gallons:
Latex & oil based paint, sealers, primers,
coatings & spray paint aerosol cans Household pesticides (bug and rodentkillers), Herbicides (weed killers),
Insecticides (bug killers), fungicides(mold killers)
Varnish, polyurethane and shellacs, woodstains, primers and strippers, paint thin-ner, turpentine, kerosene and lighter uid
Household cleaners (oven and draincleaner and muriatic acid)
Hand-held propane cylinders Household batteries, uorescent bulbs
and compact uorescent bulbs, cookingoil
Automotive uids including antifreezeand motor oil
Mercury solids, liquids and thermostats Any paint or household hazardous waste
container that is completely dry andempty can be disposed of in your regulartrash if lid is removed.
NO Construction Materials (Shingles) or
Asbestos Materials
This is a household collection only. Mate-rials from businesses or institutions will notbe accepted. Also note that any paint canthat is completely dry can be disposed of in
your regular trash if the lid is removed.As a part of this collection you may bring
your old mercury fever thermometer to thecollection site and exchange it for a new digi-tal thermometer while the Districts supplylasts. Remember to place your mercury ther-mometer in a double Ziploc plastic bag when
you bring the thermometer to the site. Mer-cury is a danger in the household if a ther-mometer breaks, because mercury vaporizesat room temperature (70 F). Breathing thisvapor can damage the brain, liver and kid-
neys. If there is ever a mercury spill in thehome contact your local re department forinformation on how to handle the spill.
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Close your eyes, and in your mindseye picture what you think a typical birdwatcher looks like. Paul Riss used to see thesame vision.
People always think bird watchers are
little old ladies, said Riss, a 42-year-oldCanadian. I thought I would try to changethat (stereotype) by making a documenta-ry, called Punk Rock Big Year. People say Idont look like a bird watcher.
Riss is one of the keynote speakers at thisyears Biggest Week in American Birding,which will be held May 3-12 in various lo-cations around Port Clinton, Marblehead,the Lake Erie Islands, and Northwest Ohio.Riss has been birding, he said, since hewas 10 or 11 years old.
My dad was kind of looking for a wayto spend time with his son, Riss said.One of his buddies said, Take him to theconservation area. That very rst time, aChickadee landed on my hand and that
was it. I was hooked. Ever since then Ivebeen crazy about birding.
The term crazy may be putting it mild-ly. Riss has covered his body in 88 bird tat-toos, and he plans to increase that numberto more than 200.
Born and raised in a small town aboutan hour east of Toronto, Riss and his wife,Rachel, are the parents of 5-year-old boyand girl twins. The family produces 8 per-cent of its own food, Riss said, and built agreenhouse in the backyard.
The tattoos, he said, are a tribute to hislove of birding.
I want people to say, He did what? Thatscrazy! Riss said. When people meet me orread my blog, they say this guys really not
nuts, hes just passionate about this. I havea very good job, and a wife and 5-year-oldtwins. When people watch my lm, I wantpeople to understand bird watchers arentnecessarily what you think they are.
Maybe theyll pay a little bit more atten-tion to someone who is covered in tattoosand interested in punk music. Birds arekind of the gateway drug to the rest of na-ture. Kids love them. We have a bird feederin our backyard and my son says, Dad,I wish I was a bird. I say, why? He says,Cause I wish I could y. If we can gets kidsinto it, thats awesome.
Oak Harbor resident and famous birdingauthor Kenn Kaufman, who is also a natu-ralist and conservationist, was the inspira-
tion for Risss lm Punk Rock Big Year.Riss said being a keynote speaker at thisyears Biggest Week in American Birding isquite an honor.
Kenn Kaufman is kind of a birding herofor me, Riss said. There are two sentencesin his book, Kingbird Highway, where thatreally gave me the inspiration for doing thePunk Rock Big Year thing. Kenn droppedout of high school as a kid and hitchhiked70,000 miles to see as many birds as hecould in America. He was going someplaceto see these crows. He got picked up andsaid he was a bird watcher, and they said hedidnt look like a bird watcher. They saidbird watchers are blue-haired and 70 yearsold.
On Jan. 1, 2011, Riss decided he was go-ing to take an entire year to try to see asmany different species of birds as he couldin the Ontario area. Punk Rock Big Yeartells that story.
Im trying to do something different tocatch peoples attention, Riss said. I grewup listening to punk music. I vowed to tat-too the Latin name of every bird that I sawon my body. I ended up seeing 234 birds,and I have 88 (tattoos) done so far. I hada full-time job in advertising and I had towork with my wife and our kids. Had I hadmore time, I could have gotten to 300 birdseasily.
The documentary creates a little bit ofdrama. Friday after work I would drive
home, kiss my wife and kids, drive 1,500kilometers (932 miles), see one bird and
drive 1,500 kilometers back. I did that sev-eral times.
Paul and Rachel have been together for15 years and married for nine. Ironically,she isnt quite the bird enthusiast as herhusband.
Rachel has no interest in birding at all,Paul said. Its kind of interesting. I try toplan vacations and be real sneaky about itand make them birding vacations. Some-times my plans work out, and sometimesthey dont. Her dad is very much intobirds. He was a conservation ofcer andthey always had bird feeders at their house.Because her dad was so interested in it,naturally, she wasnt.
Punk Rock Big Year is in the editing
stages right now, but a few scenes will beshown at the Biggest Week in AmericanBirding festival. Riss said he is pretty muchfunding the documentary by himself.
Theres some interesting stuff there, hesaid. My editor, Kyle McNair, is a supertalented guy and is also covered in tattoos.At the very latest it should be completedat the end of the summer. I lined up halfa dozen cameramen. They were like pho-tographers and directors, friends of mine.I just basically drive to their house, pickthem up and we drive to see the birds.
Riss, who is schedule to speak at the festi-val at 7:30 p.m. on May 4, said his favoritebird is the brown thrasher.
I have no idea why, he said. I love the
look of it - stern face and curved bill. Justa beautiful thing. Theyre in Eastern NorthAmerica. Ive seen one about a block frommy house.
Riss did not attend the previous BiggestWeek in American Birding events, so hesaid he doesnt know what to expect. He isgood friends with Kenn Kaufman and hiswife, Kim, who is the executive director ofthe Black Swamp Bird Observatory in OakHarbor.
Im expecting big crowds, Riss said. Iknow a lot of people go there. Its the war-bler capital of the world for bird watchers.Warblers are the most beautifully coloredbirds in North America. Theyre on mi-gration and they just come down and feed
from the trees. You dont need binocularsmost of the time.Kim Kaufman said she is thrilled that
Riss will be a keynote speaker this year.Paul absolutely smashes the stereotype
of birders, she said. Hes a super cool guy.Just when you think you know what a birdwatcher looks like, here comes Paul Riss.His goal is to really smash that stereotypeand spread the word that everyone shouldbe out bird watching. His goal is to getmore people interested in birding, becauseif they like birds and care about birds andunderstand what their needs are, theyllsupport habitat conservation.
Information on The Biggest Week inAmerican Birding is available at www.big-
gestweekinamericanbirding.com.
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My dog hair goes to the birds fortheir nests or in the composter oraround the garden to keep crittersout. I do my part by shedding a lot. Afriend who is a weaver even spun herlong-haired dogs hair into yarn. Howgreat is that!
Sometimes my human really goestoo far, like the year she had me be thePink Panther for Halloween. This wasaccomplished by the application ofbeet juice all over my white fur. It wasfrom organic, home-grown, home-canned beets, of course. At least it wasbetter than wearing a costume, I guess.
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The 9th Annual Redskin Golf 5-ManScramble will be held on Sunday, April 28,at the Catawba Island Club golf links. Reg-istration will be at 7:30 a.m. with shotgunstart at 8 a.m. The cost is $100 per golferwhich includes a hot dog at the turn, ahamburger following play, 2 beverage tick-ets and various hole prizes.
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While we are on the topic, mark downFriday, May 3, for the 2013 United WayGolf Invitational at Catawba Island Club.They will have shotgun starts at 8 a.m. and12 Noon. The cost is $100 per golfer whichincludes brunch and a BBQ Luncheon.Space is limited so register your foursomeby this Friday, April 19. To RSVP, call 419-734-6645 or email [email protected].
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St. Paul United Church of Christ (165Toussaint Street, Oak Harbor) will be cel-ebrating Rural Life Sunday this Sunday,April 21st during their 10:15 worship ser-vice. During the celebration, a local familywill receive a tree to plant in keeping withSt. Paul tradition. Additionally, childrenwho come forward for the childrens ser-mon will receive a small seedling that theymay plant at home. Pastoral Assistant KyleTimmons will present the sermon, Seedsof Hope and the handbell choir and youthquartet will use their gifts to enhance wor-ship. For more information contact thechurch at 419-898-0852 or email [email protected].
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The Terra State Community CollegesChoral Society will present Music thatChanged the World on Friday, April 26,at the Port Clinton High School Perform-ing Arts Center starting at 7:30 p.m. Thisconcert celebrates the 10th Anniversary ofthe group. Tickets are $10 and can be pur-chased by calling the Ticket Line at 419-559-2379.
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long resident of Catawba and graduate ofPort Clinton High School and AlleghenyCollege, passed away last week with pneu-monia. She was extremely talented bothvocally and as a violinist. Her close circleof friends have set up a memorial to helpher family with funeral and medical ex-penses. It was just 13 years ago her fatherJames died in a car accident after droppingAngie off at Portage School. Donations canbe made to the Angela Wright MemorialFund at www.youcaring.com. Her funeralis today, April 18.
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The Oak Harbor Chamber will also againbe holding Farmers Markets in downtownOak Harbor on the 4th Saturday of eachmonth from June through October. Theywill be held between the hours of 9 a.m.and 1 p.m. at the Log Cabin Park on NorthChurch Street. Call the Chamber at 419-898-0479 for more information or visittheir website at www.oakharborohio.net.
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Want to win a $500 gas card? The PortClinton 4th of July Committee is partner-ing with Friendship Food Stores for themonth of April at both their stations inthe PC area, 1810 E. Perry Street and 3800State Road. They will be selling rafe tick-ets with the winner getting a grand prizeof $500 gas card. Proceeds from the rafebenet the 2013 4th of July celebration inPort Clinton. You can purchase your ticketsfor $1 each of 6 for $5 at any of the storesor you can contact Mike and Mary AnnSnider along with Debbie Hymore Tester.The drawing will be May 1. Good luck!
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Interested in gardening but you donthave the space? Come to the Beech StreetPark Community Garden at 3rd andBeech Streets on Port Clintons east sideon Thursday, April 25, at 10 a.m. to learnabout organic gardening. If you cant makeit, call Dave Mehl at 419-206-0482 for moreinformation about a 4 x 8 raised bed for2013. Beds are available to any Port ClintonCity resident.
blue-green algae are not limited by other nutrients where-as green algae are limited. This means that blue-green al-gae can continue to grow when there is no more nitrogenin the water, crowding out the remaining green algae.
According to the U.S. EPA, during the late-1960s when
water quality issues in the Great Lakes became a concern,Canadian and American regulatory agencies agreed thatlimiting phosphorus loads was the key to controlling ex-cessive algal growth and that a coordinated lake-wide ap-proach was necessary to deal with the phosphorus issue.
In 1972, the governments of Canada and the UnitedStates signed the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement(GLWQA) to protect and restore the waters of the GreatLakes. A specic objective for the GLWQA was to reducephosphorus loadings to Lake Erie to control the nuisancealgae growth.
Open lake phosphorus concentrations declined due tothe both countries efforts and the HABs in Lake Erie weregreatly reduced.
However, since the late 1990s, the amount of phospho-rus in Lake Erie has gradually increased. According toBridgeman, science shows that the type of phosphorus
that has increased is the dissolved phosphorus. He usedthe example of when a person applies granular fertilizer toa lawn, it gradually feeds the lawn. Sprayed-on liquid fer-tilizer yields more immediate results. Likewise, when theliquid fertilizer gets in the water it feeds algae much morequickly leading to blooms.
No-till farming, while environmentally benecial at re-ducing the amount of sediment that ows off the landinto the water, has the negative effect of leaving fertilizersitting on top of the ground, making it much more proneto run-off. Application of fertilizer to frozen ground isparticularly problematic.
Taking ActionOn April 11, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
(ODNR) announced that signicant progress is beingmade toward the goal of reducing the amount of phos-phorus that is running off the ground and into Lake Erie.
In June 2012, $3 million was appropriate by the state forthe Healthy Lake Erie Fund. The fund has enabled con-servation practices to be applied to more than 35,000 newacres of farmland in the Western Lake Erie Basin Water-shed in less than a year, helping reduce the nutrient load-
ings in Lake Erie.I am proud to see farmers taking advantage of resourcesthat will protect one of Ohios greatest natural resources,Lake Erie, said ODNR Director James Zehringer. Themoney from the Healthy Lake Erie Fund is being used toreduce nutrients in Ohios waterways from agriculturalsources, and many producers are realizing these practicesstill result in viable and even more protable farming op-erations.
ODNR is working closely with the Ohio EnvironmentalProtection Agency and the Ohio Department of Agricul-ture on addressing the excessive nutrients loadings. Theirefforts include encouraging adoption of the 4R Programwhen for nutrient stewardship. The 4R Program standsfor using the right fertilizer source, at the right rate, at theright time and in the right place to achieve crop goals andlimit nutrient runoff into waterways.
Benecial guidelines set forth in the 4R Program aresupported by evolving scientic ndings. Dr. Bridgemansaid that the timing of the phosphorus ow into Lake Erieis a critical factor in whether or not blooms will occur, asis the number and timing of heavy storm events. In otherwords, what happens during the spring (April throughJune) is what impacts the size of the bloom in the fall (Au-gust through October).
Bihn reinforced Bridgemans ndings and listed otherconcerns she has that may be contributing to the ailinglake including:
Detroits malfunctioning wastewater treatment plant,contributing 5 percent of the phosphorus loading forLake Erie
Factory farming, causing heavy load of overows ofnutrient-dense manure
Toledo shipping channels heavy dredging and open
lake dumping Superstorm Sandy, necessitating more dredging Longer growing season, meaning the potential use of
more fertilizer
The cessation of monitoring of contaminants in LakeErie in the 1980s
Improved agricultural drainage resulting in fastermovement of nutrients to the lake
Low lake levelsless water, more concentration ofnutrients
Bihn noted that in Ohio though the land has many ad-vocates, the lake has few.
SolutionsDr. Bridgemans conclusion is that, If we nd a phos-
phorus loading solution, Lake Erie can recover quickly.Water moves through it in two years.
With the help of these experts and the combined effortsand resolve of governments, agencies, sportsmen and citi-zens, and with some help from Mother Nature, Lake Eriecan heal.
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2.Plantlessgrassandmoredeep-rootedplantsandshrubs,especiallynativespecies,andespeciallyinareasalongstreams,creatingbufferzones.Deeperrootsabsorbmorewater.WildOnesinToledo,www.wildones.org,andMulberryCreekHerbFarminHuron,www.mulberrycreek.comcanprovideinformationonnativeplants.
3.Takephotosofalgaeblooms,shdieoffs,andofthegoodthings,likereturningwildlifeandcleanerwater,andsendthemtocontactslistedonthewebsiteslistedbelow.www.ohioalgaeinfo.comhasanonlineformforreportingalgaebloomsandpostsHABadvisories.
4.Choosetobuylocal,betterfortheeconomyandfortheenvironment.
5.AttendtheLakeErieImprovementAssociation(LEIA)meetingshostedbyBihnattheWelcomeCenterthesecondWednesdayofeachmonthat8:30a.m.TheLEIAalsofocusesontheeconomichealthoftheLakeErieregion.
6.Encouragelocalgovernmentofcialstodevelopplansforadaptingtoclimatechange.Supporteffortsforincreasingfund-ingforlocalinitiatives/regulationsthatseektoimprovewaterqualityandreducenutrientrunoff.Thisincludessupportingincreasedfundingforlocalhealthdepartmentsinspectionandcorrectproblemswithpublicandhomesewagetreatment
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Clinton is putting the nal touches ontheir biggest fundraiser event of the year.The schools spring auction will take placeon April 20 with the theme KentuckyDerbyRun for the Roses.
There will be a live auction with itemssuch as trips, a jar full of money, a basketof lottery tickets, donations of gifts andservices from various local businesses and
much more. Dinner will be catered by the
Nor Easter Club. A live auction, a silentauction, horse races to bet on, 50/50s, ashbowl auction, and grab bags will beheld throughout the evening.
Tickets are available at the school ofceat 109 W. 4th Street for $25 per person.Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Ladies are invitedto wear their Derby hats.
ICS prepares for KentuckyDerby-Run for the Roses
Surrounded by some of the many donated gift baskets, students from ICS show offtheir Kentucky Derby hats.
This isnt your mothers fundraiser. Un-less you mother is a tech-savvy mediamaven whos more at home doing socialnetworking than decorating cupcakes for
a bake sale. Then maybe this is her fund-raiser.
St. Boniface Catholic School, famousfor sh frys and chicken BBQ is takingit to the web with a crowdfunding cam-paign. The Little School That Couldis launching the St. Boniface S.A.F.E.Playground Project on Indigogo.com.S.A.F.E. stands for Safe, Accessible Funfor Everyone, and is the catchphrase fora project that includes a fence around the
current playground and a new swing forstudents with physical disabilities.
The website Indiegogo.com denescrowdfunding as the pooling of smallcontributions of funds from a group ofpeople for the purpose of making some-thing larger happen. Rather than a one-time event to raise money, word of anongoing project is spread through email,texting, Twitter, Facebook and otherforms of social media. A campaign usu-ally lasts over a month, and in that timepeople interested in supporting the proj-ect can donate various amounts of mon-ey and receive thank you gifts, or perksfor their support. The project has its ownpage on Indiegogo.com where those in-
terested in following the campaign cancheck in to get updates and see how closeit is to reaching its funding goal.
St. Boniface has been slowly but steadilyimproving its playground. Quinton Bab-cock, an alumnus, earned his Eagle Scoutbadge by securing a grant for a new playstructure to replace a well-worn jungle
gym. New shock-absorbing foundationwas laid down last summer, and parentvolunteers freshened up the swings andmonkey bars with a colorful coat of paint.
But a rst graderwith cerebral palsyhas outgrown a swingprovided by her par-ents, and this falla new class of pre-schoolers will be join-ing the school.
With opening apreschool this fall,we really need a fencearound the play-ground. Younger chil-dren just arent alwaysaware of the dangersof trafc, and theyreally are safer in anenclosed area wherethey can be moreclosely supervised,said Jillian Drill, pres-ident of the SchoolAdvisory Council.
We welcome every-one here at St. Boni-face, said principalMilagros Greggila.
We have students of other faiths, stu-dents with IEPS, children with physicalchallenges. We want them all to be safe,feel welcome and have fun. Thats why weneed to upgrade our playground.
The faculty and staff of St. Bonifacerecognize the support they have receivedfrom both the parish and surroundingcommunity. We truly appreciate theprayers and contributions weve beengiven by our parishioners, parents, and
the people in this entire area, contin-ued principal Greggila. And we cer-tainly welcome any further help. But wealso recognize that there are others whohave not heard of us who would like tosupport faith-based education. Crowd-funding is a way to reach out, to extendthe opportunity to make a difference tomany other generous, caring people. Andwe really do have some neat perks madeby our students, she added.
The St. Boniface S.A.F.E. PlaygroundProject will launch on Indiegogo.comon April 22. If interested in donating orfollowing the campaign, go to Indiegogo.com and search by the title St. BonifaceS.A.F.E playground Project.
St. Boniface Catholic School serves stu-dents in grades K-6 of all religions, racial,ethnic and income backgrounds. Forinformation on the curriculum, admis-sions policies and registration contact theschool ofce at (419) 898-1340 or visitthe website at www.ourstb.com.
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Destiny Wallace, Kindergarten studentat Bataan Memorial Primary, completes a
lesson on a tablet in Mrs. Morgan Siefkesclassroom. ScootPad isan application that testsstudents to see how theyare progressing on kinder-garten skills and concepts,important skills such asknowing where the front ofthe book is, knowing whichsounds letters start with andkindergarten math skillslike number sense.
Port Clinton City Schoolshas kindergarten screen-ing for next year on April2225. Call 419-732-2102
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