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Volume 28 Number 32
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Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010
Annual Gem Beach Fund-raiser a Success
PCHS shows off new facilities BY JOHN SCHAFFNER
Above: Attendees estimated at 1,500. Right: Emcees Jim and Carl, Chris Galvin and Bill Kitson. The third annual Gem Beach Rocks! event was an amazing success, and organizers from the United Way in Ottawa County are thanking the community for making it happen. “We couldn’t have asked for a better event,” said Christine Galvin, director of United Way in Ottawa County. “Attendees, estimated at 1,500 throughout the day, had a great time.” “This was a fantastic way to unofficially kick off our fall fundraising campaign,” added Ann Duez, Ottawa County campaign chair and co-owner of the Victorian Inn Bed & Breakfast. “The hard work and dedication our volunteers put into this event was nothing short of amazing and the support of people throughout our community was even better.” Attendees enjoyed a day full of entertainment from The Travelin’ Lounge Lizards, Wally and the Beavs, Paradise Island, and the Jimmy Buffet tribute band Parrots of the Caribbean. Draws for the day also included a giant game of musical chairs, great raffles, delicious food and cold beverages.
“We would also be remiss if we didn’t thank our title sponsors without whom the day would not have been possible,” Galvin said. “Special thanks to FriendShip Food Stores, BAS Broadcasting, The Beacon/ Minuteman Press, WPCR Port Clinton Radio, Croghan Colonial Bank, and Gem Beach Marina.” “Thanks again to everyone who attended, sponsored, or volunteered at Gem Beach Rocks to support United Way in Ottawa County.
Port Clinton School Superintendant Pat Adkins played “tour guide” on Monday morning. The official unveiling of the high school’s new Earl Warnke Music Center along with their new Industrial Technology Lab was held, giving local news media an official “walk-through.” PCHS Band Director Rod Miller looked like a proud new father as he showed all of the nuances of the new and expanded band room. There is now plenty of room for instrument and uniform storage. But perhaps even more important, the room was designed for music. “The acoustics in this room are incredible,” Miller said. “By design, you can hear all of the instruments playing from any corner of the room.” Band students have had to hold class on the stage of the Performing Arts Center over the last several years since band class was held simultaneously with the orchestra class.
There is now plenty of room for rehearsal in the new Earl Warnke Music Center at Port Clinton High School.
Donations still accepted Didn’t make it to the Gem Beach Rocks event, but still want to help United Way advance the common good in the community? To donate $5, text “NW OHIO” to 864833. Five dollars will be added to your mobile phone bill or deducted from your prepaid account. Message and data rates may apply. For full terms, visit: mGive.org/T. To make a larger donation, visit www.unitedwayottawacounty.org or call 419734-6645.
Left: Attendees enjoy a game of Musical chairs. Right: Lauren Lowrey Emcee. Below: The crowd enjoys music by Wally and the Beavs.
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The new band room was formally dedicated as the Earl Warnke Music Center on Saturday morning with the late PCHS band director’s daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Hal Hawk in attendance. They provided $50,000 for the construction of the new facility. Diane’s father served as PCHS director of bands from 1957 until his retirement in 1985. Like Rod Miller, Earl was also a member of the Ohio State University Marching Band as well as the U.S. Army Band. After his retirement, he continued as director of the Port Clinton Community Band. A commemorative plaque along with Earl Warnke’s band uniform and cap now adorn the wall in his honor.
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Pat Adkins came to Port Clinton Schools in the 1990s to be director of technology. He may now have a successor in Bobby Good, Port Clinton’s new Industrial Technology teacher who is just starting his first year of teaching. He is putting the finishing touches on the STEM lab (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). Good looked like the proverbial “kid in a candy store” as he demonstrated what some of the computer guided equipment in the new STEM lab could do. “We had this room completed due to the number of students we have who are interested in electronic and engineering careers,” Adkins said. Good stated that a lot of the high tech equipment now in use was the same stuff he learned on at Bowling Green State University. Funding for the new industrial technology facility came from a combination of permanent improvement levy funds as well as from Fenner Dunlop per a 2007 enterprise zone agreement, which provided $150,000 over the course of three years.
BY JOHN SCHAFFNER
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Festival Season
Welcome to “Festival Season” in Ottawa County. Our first is this weekend, Port Clinton’s Annual Harvest Festival. There will be lots to see and do on Madison Street downtown: Music, great food, entertainment, helicopter rides on Saturday and Sunday and lots more. The Humane Society of Ottawa County will be selling baked goods along with arts and crafts at their booth. They may have some four-legged visitors on Sunday! See the full page ad on page 3A in this week’s Beacon for the complete schedule. Then stay tuned for the big Lighthouse Festival in Lakeside and the annual Oak Harbor Apple Festival. The weather forecast for the weekend looks very favorable so en-
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Our Find Wylie contest winner is Linda Gegorski of Fremont who found Wylie Walleye in the Beer Barrel Saloon ad on page 8A last week. She wins a $20 gift card from Friendship Food Stores. We’ll hide Wylie again this week. If you find him, drop us a note at our office … or click on the Find Wylie icon online at www.thebeacon.net. ■■■
TONIGHT (Thursday, Sept. 23) is the monthly Business After Hours co-hosted by RVI and the Oak Harbor Chamber. It will be from 5-7 this evening and there is no cost to at-
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Tonight is also another American Legion Post 113 Spaghetti Dinner, back by popular demand. Once again Angela Francis will be doing the spaghetti from 4-7 p.m. at their new Sand Road location. ■■■
There will be a special Flagpole dedication this Saturday, Sept. 25 at 11 a.m. in the Ida Rupp Library Garden in honor of the late Bob Armbruster, who contributed so much to our
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New Industrial Technology Teacher, Bobby Good, demonstrates the used of the electrical engineering teaching tool recently installed in the new Science, Technology, Engineering and Math lab at Port Clinton High School. PHOTO BY JOHN SCHAFFNER
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