The Beacon - January 28, 2010

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VOLUME 27

NUMBER 48 THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2010

TELLTALES BY JOHN SCHAFFNER

I hope you like spaghetti!!! There will be TWO spaghetti dinners the next two weeks for good causes. First, on Friday, Feb. 5, a spaghetti dinner will be served for Simon Mercurio, the 17-yearold who was paralyzed from the waist down in a tumbling accident. The din- Mercurio ner is from 4 to 6:30 p.m. in the Port Clinton High School Cafeteria and the price is $7 for adults and $5 for students. Afterward, (or after the PC basketball game) the Travelin’ Lounge Lizards will be playing the First Friday benefit party at Mango Mama’s from 8 to midnight. Tickets for that are $10, and will include a $100 raffle ticket for a Walmart gift certificate. Tickets are on sale at the door or from Minuteman Press, Our Guest Inn & Suites (downtown) or Great Lakes Popcorn. The John Waite Family benefit will be held Saturday serving from 5 to 8 p.m. at Port Clinton Yacht Club. Nearly 80 items have been donated for a silent auction to take place during dinner. You could win ferry tickets, hotel and B&B or spa packages, dining certificates, jewelry, fishing trips, autographed Browns and Buckeyes memorabilia and much more. You might even get to bid on playing the cowbell with the Travelin’ Lounge Lizards, who start playing at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 and all proceeds will help the Waite family with their staggering medical bills ——— We had 98 correct entries in our Find Wylie contest last week. Our winner is Tim Glovinsky, of Port Clinton, who correctly found Wylie in the Commodore Perry Credit Union ad on page 2B last week. Tim wins a $20 gift card from Friendship Convenient 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. ——— The Oak Harbor Knights of Columbus will be sponsoring an all-you-can-eat pancake and sausage family breakfast this Sunday, Jan. 31, at St. Boniface Catholic Church. They start serving at 9 a.m. and it will be pancakes with all the fixings. Donations are $5 for adults, $4.50 for seniors and $3 for children under 12. Proceeds benefit heartbeat of Ottawa County. ——— Tom Ganley, a Cleveland auto dealer and candidate for the U.S. Senate, headlines a large group of candidates at a special Town Hall Meeting at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at Lyman Harbor in Sandusky. Also in attendance will be Jack Smith and Rich Iott, two candidates for the 9th District Congressional seat now held by Marcy Kaptur; Dave Yost, candidate for Ohio Attorney General; and a number of other independent candidates statewide office. ——— The second annual Oak House Bowl-A-Thon will be held 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, at Harbor Lanes in Port Clinton. In addition to bowling, there will be a Fish Bowl Auction, a 50/50 raffle, plenty of food and tons of fun. The difference you will make is STRIKING! ——— Members of the St. Thomas Episcopal congregation will be welcomed at Peace Lutheran Church this Sunday for the traditional 5th Sunday Services. The two Port Clinton parishes share their pastor, Mike Weichers. Currently, Weichers leads worship at Peace at 9 a.m. and St. Thomas at 11 a.m. ELMS (Episcopal-Lutheran Ministry Sharing) members join forces for a single service at 11 a.m. in any month having five Sundays. This month, the service is at Peace with a potluck luncheon immediately following. There will be no 9 a.m. service at Peace Lutheran and no service at St. Thomas at 11 a.m. ——— The Ottawa County Senior Activities Committee will hold a Work Session at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, at Ottawa County Senior Resources, 8200 W. Ohio 163, Oak Harbor. The committee will work on upcoming events such as Game Day (March 14) and the third annual Spring Dance (April 11) as well as developing By-Laws for the Activities Committee. Anyone wishing to participate is welcome to attend. Coffee and rolls will be on hand. For questions or information, contact Juanita Persely at 419-341-1080.

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Ladies night

BY ANGIE ADAIR Ladies night out got a little loud Monday at the Oak Harbor Conservation Club. Nine at a time, the daughters, sisters and moms took aim during the Women on Target event offered by the club and the Women of the NRA. The class was free and taught by local shooters — male and female. “It’s out of a love of firearms and to the share the knowledge,” said Harry DiCarlo, who did much of the classroom instruction. The local classes have been going on for the past four years and the woman who spearheaded the event, Michelle Woods, directs the program that has graduated more than 100 ladies ranging in age from 17 to 85. Woods said they started the program to promote the junior pistol program. “We figured if the moms understand, they would bring the kids out,” said Woods. And though many of those in attendance don’t have competitionage kids, it seemed they all had a good time and learned a lot. The three hours were split in the classroom and out in the range firing air pistols first, then rim-fire and center-fire pistols. The group listened to DiCarlo explain the guns — their parts, ammunition and function — then picked up the firearms, each with their own personal instructor. A 9 millimeter, an assortment of .22s, a .45 caliber as well as single- and double-action .38s were on hand for the practice. According to participant Cathy Ha-

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Program director Michelle Woods helps a shooter during the Women on Target event Monday. PHOTO BY ANGIE ADAIR

Women on Target The next Women on Target class will be offered March 22 at the Oak Harbor Conservation Club, 975 S. Gordon Road, in Oak Harbor. Classes are limited to the first 20 ladies and registration is

Team joins in to help Haiti The Lady Lakers basketball team joined the United Way, WPCR and Bassett's Helping Haiti efforts last week. The girls raised $175 in cash donations along with boxes full of items that the fans brought to the game Saturday against Woodmore. The ladies then took Sunday to help organize the non-parishable food items, bottled water, baby supplies, first aid items, cleaning supplies and personal care items . The items were sorted into big

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required. To sign up or get information, call Ralph Burnstine from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at 419-734-3751 or e-mail raburn@cros.net.

Funding available for rental help in Ottawa Co.

The Lady Lakers collect items for Helping Haiti during the Woodmore game Saturday. Heather Bahnsen (below) wants to go to Haiti to help.

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boxes so the truck could be loaded Monday morning to begin it’s journey to the relief efforts. According to WPCR's Greg Peiffer, the goods filled an entire semi truck “top to bottom.” Team members Heather Bahnsen, Christine Longer, Devin Pollock, Brittany Isom, KC Oxendale, Kayla Oxendale, Tori England, Mollie Knighton, Lilly Kennedy, Kelsey

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The Tenant Base Rental Assistance application process is now open. This program is funded through the Ottawa County Community Housing Improvement Program which is supported by the Ohio Department of Development. The CHIP is a statefunded program that provides assistance for home repairs, home rehabilitation, foreclosure prevention with mortgage assistance as well as TBRA. County commissioners were recently awarded an $80,000 grant to provide assistance to residents with rental payments. For information about the TBRA program or receiving an application, call Chelle Blausey at 419-734-7622 between 1 and 4 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays. Applications will also be available for pick up at the Ottawa County Housing Authority C/O ORSI, 400 W. Third St., Port Clinton, on Mondays and Thursdays between 1 and 4 p.m. or by mail.

Mayor reports on the state of the city "Port Clinton is a work in progress," said city Mayor Debbie Hymore-Tester. "What we have accomplished in the last 12 months is a testament of hard work and the ability to persevere at a steady pace. " And though times have been tough, the mayor pointed out some of the city's successes in her State of the City address. High points include the more than $3,000,000 in

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