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Volume 29 Number 38
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
Cast your ballots
TRICK OR TREAT?
The polls open at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8 for the general election. In addition to state and local issues, the following candidates will appear on ballots throughout the county.
PORT CLINTON CITY For Mayor (Vote For 1) • Debra L. Hymore-Tester — Republican • Vincent P. Leone — Democratic For President Of Council (Vote For 1) • Linda J. Hartlaub — Democratic For Auditor (Vote For 1) • Larry Hartlaub — Democratic For City Director Of Law (Vote For 1) • George C. Wilber — Republican For Member Of Council-At-Large (Vote for not more than 3) • Debra A. Benko — Democratic • Monica Blatt — Republican • Cole D. Hatfield — Democratic • Karen A. O’Keeffe — Democratic • Michael J. Snider — Republican
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CLAY CENTER VILLAGE For Mayor (Vote For 1) • Robert V. Purney For Clerk-Treasurer (Vote For 1) • John Weber For Member Of Council (Vote For 2) • Merle Kenneth Fondessy
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Pick up next week’s paper for Veterans Day promotion On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the guns went silent at the end of World War I, the “war to end all wars.” Sadly, America has had to sacrifice its best young men and women many times since in the defense of freedom. A week from Friday will be Veterans Day, 2011. Yes it will be 11/11/11. In an effort to help Reggie Langford, who went around all of Ottawa County securing a special discount for Veterans on Veterans Day, The Beacon will be running a number of ads for many of our local businesses in next week’s edition. Those businesses that include a special discount for veterans in their ad will also be helping us help the vets. $1 per column inch of every ad will go to the Wounded Warriors Project. For those business folks who are reading this, we hope you will participate and help us honor our veterans. Thanks. nnn
In case you missed it, the Port Clinton Middle School boys’ cross country team finished second in the state a couple of weeks back. Alex Cruz was the
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state champ finishing first in the meet in a time of 11:16 for the 2-mile course. Other members of the team included Logan Hepp who finished fifth, along with Michael Leone (11th). Congratulations to these outstanding young men. nnn
Sharon Whittle, of Marblehead, was selected as our “Find Wylie” winner this week. She was chosen from among 118 contestants who found our friendly fish hiding in the ad for Nemecek Nationwide Insurance on page 5A last week. Sharon wins a $20 gift card from Friendship Food Stores. We’ll be hiding Wylie again next week. If you find him, just drop off an entry form at our office in the Beacon Place Business Center, or hit the Find Wylie icon at www.thebeacon. net. nnn
The St. Joseph Church Choir in Marblehead is holding an orange and grapefruit Sale from now through Nov. 14. They feature navel oranges, red grapefruit, tangelos, navel and grapefruit mix and a citrus variety n
pack. For information, contact the St. Joseph office at 419798-4177, ext. 13, between the hours of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. You can also call Larry Krystowski at 440-773-1662 or Ron Ossovicki at 419-734-2246 evenings. They will see to it you get an order form that was inserted in last week’s Beacon. nnn
The Oak Harbor Rotary Club will host its annual Reverse Raffle at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Community Market VFW Hall at 221 W. Main St., Oak Harbor. The cost is $75 per person which includes a chance to win $2,500 in cash, an allyou-can-eat/drink bar and hors d/oeuvres, entertainment from the group The Pop Tarts, and a whole lot of fun. To be honest with you, I don’t know if all 200 tickets are sold out. So, for information, contact Norm Frisch at 419-898-8010 or 419-898-2871. Proceeds help the Oak Harbor Rotary Club sponsor three $1,000 college scholarships for Oak Harbor High School se-
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Locals learn about law enforcement By ANGIE ADAIR ZAM Editor A group of locals is getting a behind-the-scenes look at local law enforcement with the firstever Ottawa County Sheriff ’s Office Citizens Academy. The group of nine — of all ages and from all walks of life — gather weekly to learn the ins and outs of the department, its responsibilities and methods. “They actually get to identify a
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The Citizens Academy class recently heard from Judges Kathleen Giesler and Bruce Winters about the court system in Ottawa County. n
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