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Thursday, April 21, 2011
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Student starts school work day Danbury High School recently took a day to learn some lessons outside the classroom. On April 14, they boarded buses armed with shovels, rakes and gloves and made their way to community areas to pick-up trash, clean winter brush, introduce new plantings and generally to beautify these public areas. The idea for the day came about as the brain-child of junior Kayla Oxendale. Having been exposed to community service through Buckeye Girls State, she wanted to bring the experience to her fellow students. For the second year, Danbury High School has engaged in a project-based learning experience that takes place over a two-week period when the students return from the winter holiday break. Oxendale headed up the community service group, and she and 12 other students in grades 9-12 did all the planning and made all the contacts that made the day possible. They made countless phone calls, scheduled the day, arranged for transportation, gathered permission slips and lunch counts, organized groups and put together a community service resource book for students interested in continuing their participation in volunteerism. On April 14, their project came to fruition when groups of students arrived at East Harbor, Lake Point Park, James Park, Clemmons Cemetery, Lakeside and the Danbury Police Station to clean debris, trim, and in some cases, install new plantings. Students also visited the Otterbein North Shore retirement home, senior center and aided area shut-ins. When students arrived back at school, with most students being tired from a long day of hard work and fresh air, they completed reflections on their experience. The students definitely enjoyed the day and said they look forward to doing it again. The group plans to organize another community service day next year, this time in May to hopefully head-off inclement weather. Suggestions for service locations are welcome. If you have a project in mind, contact the Danbury High School office at 419-798-4037.
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Barb Wenzinger gets ‘Give a Shout’ library honor Congratulations to Barb Wenzinger for receiving the “Give a Shout Award” from the NW Ohio Library Council Chapter. As you may remember, Libraries in Ohio took a big cut in funding in 2009. Under her guidance, the members of the Ida Rupp Library Board went to work on the first ever operating levy campaign, which passed by a substantial margin. Library hours and staffing were restored thanks in large measure to community support and the hard work by Wenzinger and her cohorts. Joe Daugirdas, also known as “The Coupon Guy,” has been
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Cathy Reed, of Port Clinton, is our “Find Wylie” winner this week. She was selected from 127 entries who found our friendly fish in the ad for Oak Harbor United Methodist Church on page 7A in last week’s Beacon. Cathy, my wife Mary Alice’s favorite massage therapist, wins a $20 gift card from Friendship Food Stores. We’ll be hiding Wylie again next n
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ISLAND GETAWAY
The Port Clinton Eagles Ladies Auxiliary will be holding a Bake Sale on Saturday, April 23, at their lodge at 219 Madison St. starting at 9 a.m. Get there early, when they’re gone…they’re gone!
Put-in-Bay resident Billy Market snapped these shots of a deer swimming out from, and then back into, the Lime Kiln Dock last week. According to Market, the island is home to about a dozen deer, though it hasn’t always been that way. Millie — as she was named by islanders when she came to South Bass seven or eight years ago — was the only deer at first but after being joined by a buck two or three years ago, the population is booming.
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