Last Friday’s Oak Harbor-Port Clinton football game also made me think of Gary Quisno and the tremendous years he had while with the Rockets. He instilled a winning attitude there that resulted in Gary’s teams winning nearly 80% of their games. Part of that winning attitude was a belief system that had his players believing they would win the minute they stepped on the field. That belief system continues today, and certainly did last Friday.
Our “Find Wylie” winner this week is Sylvia Kell of Port Clinton who was one of 202 people to find our friendly fish hiding the ad for Magruder Hospital on page 2A in last week’s Beacon. Sylvia wins our weekly $20 gift card from Friendship Food Stores. We’ll be hiding Wylie again this week, so if you find him, drop off an entry form at our office in the Beacon Place Business Center or click on the Find Wylie Icon at our website thebeacon.net.
The Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Council’s 4th Thursday ARTWalk is tonight, September 25, from 5-8 p.m. in downtown Port Clinton. It is a prelude to the big weekend downtown, with the Annual Harvest Festival Friday through Sunday. And afterward, there will be a special Fundraiser Party for Friends For Port Clinton at the Bait House in front of America’s Best Hotel. There will be a minimum $20 campaign donation to support a NO vote on Issue 6, the Voting Initiative proposed by the C.O.R.D. group.
The 7th Annual Cars for Critters Benefit Car Show will be held this Sunday, September 28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge on SR 2 west of Port Clinton and north of Oak Harbor. There will also be a special appearance from Mona Rutger and friends from Back to the Wild, as well as food, drinks, door prizes, tram rides through the marsh areas and a DJ. It should be great fun for the whole family.
The Port Clinton Rotary Club is hosting their 5th Annual Rotary Pizza Challenge on Tuesday, October 21, from4-7 p.m. at the Port Clinton Moose Lodge on W. Lakeshore Drive. Celebrity judges determine the best specialty pizza, high school students judge the best pepperoni pizzas, and YOU vote for the People’s Choice. Tickets are $10 for all the pizza you can eat.
The first Annual Ohio Day at the Range and Outdoors Adventure Fair will be held this Saturday, September 27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Camp Perry. This event offers people with disabilities a chance to explore area recreation opportunities. It is modeled after a very successful outdoor program in Missouri and will provide accessible fishing, shooting, archery and craft opportunities for all participants. They will have hot dogs, chips and bottled water. Visit the website abilitycenter.org/oh-day-range to register for the event. For more information, contact Tory Thompson, event coordinator at 419-734-0330.
Port Clinton Mayor Vince Leone will be at our next “Coffee with the Editor” session at Common Grounds which is held every Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. He will be there on Wednesday, October 1 to answer any of your questions about things going on in the City, especially as we approach the political season and the vote on the C.O.R.D. initiative on November 4.
And speaking of the political season, “Candidates and Issues Night”, co sponsored by the Port Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce and the Port Clinton Business and Professional Women, will be held again at the Elks Lodge, on Thursday, October 2.
The Ohio Small Business Development Center at Terra State Community College is offering a free 2-hour seminar on “Small Business Basics” to answer questions about starting, buying or expanding a small business. It will be held Wednesday, October 1, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Ottawa County Improvement Corporation’s conference room at their building on SR 163 between Oak Harbor and Port Clinton.
The local PEO Chapter will be holding their annual Rummage Sale on Friday and Saturday, September 26 & 27 at St. Thomas Guild Hall, 214 E. Second Street in Port Clinton. Friday hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 12 Noon.
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be returning to Ottawa County…at St. John Lutheran Church, 122 Ottawa Street in Oak Harbor this Monday, September 29 from Noon to 6 p.m.