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Head out to Jamestown Tavern for benefitThe Jamestown Tavern on

Main Street in Marblehead will host a very special benefit at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11. Simon Griffin Overmyer was just 4 days old when he died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome on Nov. 21. He was the son of Jessica and Christopher Overmyer. Obvious-ly, there were some significant family expenses that were quite unexpected with this tragic loss.

If you can’t come out Saturday night, donations can also be made by mail. Send it to Jessica Overmyer, 100 Center Street, Marblehead, OH 43440.

Tuesday was, of course, the 69th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, “a date that will live in infamy.” It was just a day or two later when the Japanese attacked the Philippine Islands, trapping the men of Company C of the 192nd Tank Battalion, on the Bataan peninsula. These men can still be seen in a photo taken of them at the Armory in 1940 just prior to their deployment. As you know, the last of the survivors of that Ottawa County unit, Herb Hrupcho, recently passed away. The story of what those men went through, both

during the four months defend-ing Bataan, the surrender, the Bataan Death March, and 3 and a half years of cruel captivity, is one that should stay in our hearts forever.

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Congratulations to our Find Wylie contest

winner this week, Debby Taber, of Port Clinton,

who found Wylie in the ad for Kingseed Painting on page 9A. Debby wins a $20 gift/gas card from Friendship Convenience Stores. We’ll be hiding Wylie again this week, if you find him,

just drop us a note at our office at Beacon Place on Southeast Catawba Road or click on the Find Wylie icon at www.thebea-con.net.

Dec. 7 was not only the 69th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, it was also my brother Chuck’s 68th birthday, as he was born one year after Pearl Harbor. Our family has always asked the question, “which was the greatest American tragedy?”

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We are all very saddened by the passing of Dave “Bib” Kopchak. He was just a truly nice gentle-

man. Our deepest condolences go out to his wife Jo and the rest of their family.

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I got a call Tuesday from a loyal Beacon reader who lives in the Dayton area. She was happy to correct me on something I wrote in last week’s pre-season article talking about the Port Clinton Redskins. She noted that I wrote that Port Clinton had lost to Dayton Belmont, when it was Dayton Dunbar who kept the Redskins from the State title.

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New church springing up in downtown Port ClintonBy ANGIE ADAIR ZAMEditor

Todd Vossen fell in love with the Port Clinton area when he worked as a truck driver as a young man. Ohio 2 brought him through Ottawa County but now, after a few detours, he’s back de-livering something a little differ-ent than before.

Vossen — who was ordained while living in Texas — brought

his wife Kelly and three children to Port Clinton to start Lake Point Baptist Church.

“I prayed about it, talked to my pastor and he said go for it,” Vos-sen said.

Todd worked for General Mo-tors after being a truck driver and was transferred around the Midwest a few times before land-ing in Arlington, Texas. There, the couple found Pleasantview Bap-

tist Church and Vossen found his true calling. He quit his job, fin-ished school and he and his wife began thinking about planting a church. They looked at Colorado, New England and places in be-tween but in the end, the couple felt a push from God to come here.

“Port Clinton really never left

Bidding for construction will begin after the first of the yearThe Port Clinton Board of Educa-

tion approved the Design Development Drawings for the new Port Clinton Mid-dle School at their Dec. 6, meeting.

“The exterior of the new middle school building has been designed to match the rest of the high school campus,” said Pat Adkins, superintendent of schools. “As shown in the renderings, the design re-sembles the Performing Arts Center.”

The district put a design team in place

that met with architects to determine the design and to have the building meet the needs of the students and Port Clinton community. The design team consisted of Port Clinton Middle School teach-ers, administration and a member of the community that worked with Fanning & Howey, school architects.

Construction documents are now be-ing prepared for the bidding process that will begin after the first of the year.

For local contractor participation, call Amy Runge, RJ Runge, Inc., who is the construction manager for the project, at 419-740-5781.

To see the latest information about the new school facilities, visit www.pccsd.net and view the “New Facilities” link at the top of the page. The groundbreaking for the new middle school has been set for March 1, 2011, with more details to be released closer to that date.

Plans released for PCMS Thirteen graduate program

The Ottawa County Parent Project re-cently held a graduation ceremony for its inaugural class of 13 parents. Participants learned specific prevention and interven-tion strategies for dealing with their ado-lescent child(ren). The class met for 11 weeks and addressed such topics as drug and alcohol use, truancy, gangs, running away, violence, suicide and other criminal behavior. Parents also received emotional support by the other parents in the class by working in a support group.

“By the end of the first class, I bonded with other members of the support group and it was great to find I was not alone,” said grad Kim Jones.

“When people say that kids don’t come with an instruction manual, I say yes they do! This Class! This class is an important

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my heart,” the pastor said.So the family sold their Jeep, packed their belongings

and headed north. Now, the Vossens are settling in to a building downtown with an apartment upstairs and church downstairs. The location, at 123 Madison St., for-merly served as a toy store and tattoo parlor and is getting a facelift for its new purpose.

Walls have gone up for a nursery, Sunday school room and Sanctuary and there’s room in the back for a future teen room and office for the pastor. The front of the build-ing will be set up like a coffee shop and hangout area for guests and membership. Though it’s taken a lot of hard work, the couple said it’s thanks to the support of others

they’ve come this far. “The Lord has kept the lights on,” Kelly said.To get things going at the new church, the Vossens will

have four preview services at 11 a.m. Dec. 12, Jan. 16, Feb. 20 and March 20. The church officially opens April 17 but the outreach has been ongoing.

Kelly started a Thursday night Women’s Bible Study and the couple — along with children Bree, 21; Jake, 15; and Josh, 13; and their great dane Samson — has been reaching out to people every chance they get. Kelly made homemade doughnuts and handed them out with flyers and warm apple cider around Halloween. Todd teaches Bible Class at the Ottawa County Christian Academy in Oak Harbor. The pair started Bible Clubs for elementary and middle-schoolers.

“We’re going to use anything we can,” Todd said. “We want lives to be changed.”

For information, call the church at 419-734-2213 or find it online at www.facebook.com/lakepointbaptist; www.twitter.com/lakepointbc; and, coming soon, www.lake-pointbaptist.com.

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Graveside services were Tuesday, Dec. 7, at Catawba Island Cemetery, Port Clinton.

Sandra HumphressAug. 23, 1947 — Nov. 26, 2010

Sandra (Sandy) Lynn Catlett Humphress, 63, of Canton, Ohio died Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, at her home surrounded by love and her family. She resided in Port Clinton 2004-2006. Sandy was born Aug. 23, 1947, in Louisville, Ky., to Maricita Kenner and James Catlett.

Sandy graduated from Seneca HS in 1965 and in the early ’80s she established Sandy’s Chop Shop while raising her two daughters. Sandy was extremely proud to be a single mother and owning her own hair salon filled her with great pride.

In October of 1986, Sandy married her soul mate, Howard K. Humphress and they moved to Canton, Ohio, in 1991. In the summer of 1999 Sandy’s life was even more enriched and blessed as she became a mother again to three of her grandchil-dren.

Sandy loved the water and loved to sail. She could light up the room with her smile and always had open arms for anyone needing a hug. Sandy’s warmth and enthu-siasm for life was contagious and will be carried on by the thousands of people she touched. Her show of strength and per-severance throughout her life and in her death is a great reminder of the amazing person Sandy was and the beautiful angel she will be.

Sandy is survived by her husband How-ard, daughter and son-in-law Karin Lynn and Joe Casey, daughter Lisa Higgins, brother James Catlett Jr. and her grand-children: Abigail, Olivia and Isaiah Hum-phress and Nora Casey.

For information regarding service ar-rangements, please call 330-478-9119

David KopchakApril 1, 1963 — Dec. 4, 2010

David M. “Bib” Kopchak, 47, of Port Clinton died Saturday, Dec. 4, at Firelands

Regional Medical Center, Sandusky. A Mass of Christian Burial will be cel-

ebrated by the Rev. John Misler at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, at Immaculate Con-ception Catholic Church, Port Clinton. Visitation will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Neidecker, LeVeck & Cross-er Funeral Home, Port Clinton Chapel. Interment will be in Riverview Cemetery, Port Clinton.

James ThierryOct. 23, 1922 — Dec. 5, 2010

Judge James E. Thierry, of Oak Harbor, Ohio, passed away Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010, under hospice care. He was born Oct. 23, 1922, to James A. and Pearl Thierry in Ak-ron, Ohio. He graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School in 1940 and served as a forward observer in the field artillery in the European Theater in World War II. He married Dorothy Hoover in 1947 and they shared their lives for 63 years.

Their children are Carol Metral of Mid-dleboro, Massachusetts; James R. Thierry of Grove City, Ohio; Michelle Suhrbier of Columbia, South Carolina; Suzanne Thi-erry of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; and John E. Thierry of Columbus, Georgia. They have five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

He received a Bachelor of Science de-gree from Kent State University and Juris Doctor from the College of Law, The Ohio State University. He practiced law for 24 years and also served as Law Librarian, Legal Officer at E.A.D., and assistant pros-ecuting attorney. He was appointed Judge of Port Clinton Municipal Court in Febru-ary 1973 and served in this position until 1979. In 1979, he was elected to and served as Judge of Ottawa County Common Pleas Court until his retirement in 1991. He then accepted assignments as a visiting judge until 1997. He was a member of the Ottawa County Bar Association, American Legion and St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Port Clinton.

He was an outstanding wood carver and three of his works of art are in the Ottawa County Common Pleas Courtroom. He also enjoyed writing and is a published au-thor of humorous fiction.

Private funeral services were held at Crosser Funeral Home, Oak Harbor. In-terment was in Salem Township Union Cemetery. Donations may be made to the American Lung Association. Online con-dolences may be shared with the family at www.crosserfuneralhome.com.HUMPHRESS

and necessary tool in raising kids,” said Wendy Pen-nell.

The next Parent Project session is scheduled to be-gin Tuesday, Jan. 11, and conclude March 22. The class runs from 6 to 9 p.m.

The Parent Project is open to any Ottawa Coun-ty resident with a child ages 11-18. For questions, call Stephanie Weeks at the Ottawa County Juve-nile Court at 419-734-6839 or Kelly Pape at Ottawa County Department of Job and Family Services/Fam-ily and Children First Council at 419-898-3688 ext. 285. Material fee is $50 for individuals or $75 for a couple (with shared book). Registration and material fee is due Jan. 3.

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It will be Christmas on Catawba from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, at the Catawba Community Hall on Northwest Catawba Road. This special Arts and

Crafts Show will feature more than 30 local artists. Admission is free, but they hope to receive a donation to the Humane Society of Ottawa County. With that theme in mind, they are encouraging those who attend to have your pet photographed with Santa! There will also be raffles, entertainment, food and beverages.

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This Saturday, Dec. 11, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church is hold-ing its inaugural “Cookie Walk” in the school gym from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The public is invited to do their

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The Oak Harbor Knights of Columbus Council 1944 will sponsor an all-you-can-eat family breakfast and chil-dren’s Christmas party this Sunday, Dec. 12, at St. Boni-face Catholic Church. The Breakfast with Santa starts at 9:30 a.m. (after the 8:30 Mass). The menu includes eggs and ham, homemade rolls, homemade applesauce, coffee, hot chocolate and juice. Donation is $5 for adults, $4.50 for “seasoned citizens” and children under 12 can eat for just $3. Proceeds benefit the Ottawa County Holiday Bureau.

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The 71st annual Christmas Choir Concert will be presented at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 122 Ottawa St., in Oak Harbor, at 7:30 p.m. this Sunday, Dec. 12. An organ and brass recital will precede the concert at 7 p.m. A free-will offering will be taken to benefit the Doris Mylander Scholarship Fund. Refreshments will be served after the concert in the upstairs social room.

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BEST FRIENDS—The College Years . . . and BeyondIt was a strange feeling — being home

from college for the first time since she’d entered as a freshman. But Anne was de-lighted to be with her mother and brother in their comfortable little upstairs apart-ment. Her brother, who lived at home, worked full-time and went to college part-time. He was happy to have the break from school. All three of them — Anne, her mother and brother — were working hard. The holidays are difficult for work-ing folks, Anne thought.

On Christmas, Anne’s family exchanged small gifts. They’d decided previously that every penny they had must be spent or saved for education. So the gifts were minor. And certainly nothing that Anne received could compare to the sporty lit-tle convertible that her best friend, Emily Prescott, had received from her father. Em-ily was ecstatic.

“Isn’t it great, Anne? When we go back to school I’ll have my own wheels! We won’t have to rely on anybody for a ride now.”

Emily drove the car all over town and, although there was plenty of room in the Prescott family garage, Emily left her new car in the driveway. She wanted everybody in town to get a good look at it before she returned to college!

On New Year’s Eve the Prescott’s drive-way was filled with many cars and they spilled over at the curbs of the streets for a couple blocks around. The vehicles be-longed to folks who’d been invited to the festive party hosted by Emily’s parents. For the first time Emily had been allowed to invite friends of her own generation. Now the young people, along with their elders, were happily scattered around the house, eating from plates filled at the long buffet table in the dining room. There was music, laughter, and introductions as people took the advice of their hosts and introduced themselves to those they didn’t know.

True to his word, Steve McDonald had brought along the two college friends who were spending the holidays with him. When he finally caught up with Anne, he thanked her for the invitation but she insisted that it was Emily’s party. Steve laughingly rejoined that all the young people were present only because Anne had invited them. He grabbed her hand. “Come on, Annie, I want you to meet my friends.”

When he introduced them, Anne could

hardly take her eyes off Alan Lascalle. She had had dates in high school, had flirted, had danced, had kissed. Yet nothing had ever prepared her for how she felt when she met Alan.

It was as if something churned within her. But it was a good churning, a fever-ish churning, that warmed her body and mind. Somehow she knew, that very mo-ment, that here was the man she loved.

It didn’t take long for couples at the party to pair off. Old flames from high school, new acquaintances, even one pretty college sophomore who had seemingly taken a lik-ing to an older guy, a friend of Emily’s par-ents, were in various rooms dancing. But Anne and Alan were sitting on the beau-tiful staircase — about halfway up. From there they had a good view of what was going on at the party. But they didn’t really notice what was happening below. They were totally intrigued with each other.

Their conversation ebbed and flowed. There were quiet times and laughing times and jokes and serious conversation. At midnight, Alan kissed her. Anne thought, this feels so right. They made plans to get together the next day. Alan was leaving town the following evening to see his par-ents before returning to school.

On New Year’s Day, Alan first told Anne that he loved her. They had gone for a drive in a borrowed car and had then found themselves walking along a deserted part of the lakeshore that bordered the town. He turned her to face him, put his arms around her and kissed her long and hard, then softly and gently.

And when the kissing was through he said, “This will sound strange, but you must believe me. I’ve fallen in love with you. I know you are going back to school and I’m headed back to Yale. There are years ahead when we must be separated but I’ll keep in touch with you. We will see each other at spring break. Maybe you could come east to meet my folks. I know you’ll like them. And they’re going to love you.”

Anne did not say a word. Her world spun crazily around her. But she nodded her head to let him know she agreed before he clasped her tightly and kissed her again. Arms and hearts entwined, they walked for miles along the lake. That night he was gone.

And so it went through all her college

days. Anne and Alan were in love. They saw each other rarely but kept in constant contact. When she was a senior at Ohio Northern he had already finished at Yale and had begun working for his father in New York City. And Alan was coming to her graduation ceremony. Of course by then he also knew Emily well. Sometimes it had seemed to Anne that Emily was never far away when Alan was around. In fact, Emily had prevailed upon Anne — and more than once — to find her a date so that they could “double” as all “best friends” do.

Anne knew Emily always flirted with Alan, knew Emily liked him a little too much. But Anne had never worried about that. She was secure in Alan’s love and knew their marriage would take place shortly af-ter her graduation. They’d already talked about setting a date. And Anne had found a good job in New York City. Now there was nothing standing in their way. As Alan had predicted, his parents loved her. Anne planned to tell Alan about her job as soon as the ceremony was over. She knew he would be surprised and ecstatic that they would be together in the same city at last. Then disaster struck.

Nothing could have prepared Anne for what happened on the eve of her gradua-tion from college. When Alan came to pick her up, Emily was with him. Together they told Anne what had happened. They were very, very sorry. Over the last few months they’d grown to love each other. Alan and Emily, not Alan and Anne, would be mar-ried in the autumn. “Can you ever forgive us? Please, please,” Emily begged. “We can’t be happy unless you’re happy, too. And of course I want you to be my maid of honor, Anne. You’re my best friend. You’ve always been my best friend. I can’t get married without you.”

“I need to be alone,” was all Anne said. As she turned away she saw the glint of tri-umph in Emily’s eyes. And then Emily and Alan were gone.

Anne went to her room and went to bed. She cried all night long. She would have skipped graduation entirely but her mother and brother had come for the cer-emony. Her mother had worked so hard, sacrificed so much, for Anne’s education. Anne couldn’t disappoint her now.

After graduation Anne went home. She had a brief vacation, the first without

school or work for many years. She didn’t tell her mother or brother what had hap-pened. Two weeks later she was on a bus to New York City and the new job. When Em-ily’s engagement to Alan was announced in the hometown newspaper, Anne’s mother called Anne to ask about it, but Anne re-fused to speak of it. The hurt was too deep, too intense to be discussed, even with her mother.

Anne came home to serve as maid of honor at the wedding. She smiled for pho-tographs. She danced. She laughed and chatted to the guests. No one would have guessed that she was in agony. She danced with Emily’s father and Alan’s father and all the ushers. But she kept a safe distance away from Alan. Afterward she went back to New York City and threw herself even more intensely into her job.

She worked for a major publisher and had started low on the ladder in the edit-ing division. Over the course of the next three years she carved a niche for herself in the company. She worked hard and had very little social life, pouring herself into her work. Occasionally she was forced to see Emily and Alan.

The day after she learned they were ex-pecting their first child she called off work. She was sick. She cried until she vomited. Then she cried some more. The next day she returned to work, more determined than ever to become a success. She had started to write, too. At night she haunted a huge public library, doing research and writing articles for various magazines. She wrote under a pseudonym, not want-ing anyone to know about her writing or that her great ambition was to become a respected writer.

Annie still made friends easily, still had fun. And she rose into higher positions at the publishing house. Her writing work brought in extra money. She regularly sent some to her mother to help with expenses back home. She was a success. Yet she had no one with whom she could share the joys of her life. She was alone. Try as she might to get over him, she still loved Alan Las-calle.

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Michele Mueller of Home Instead Senior Care places an or-nament on the Be A Santa To A Senior tree located at the Port Clinton Walmart. The program delivers gifts to local seniors during the holidays. To pur-chase a gift, you can choose an ornament with a senior’s name and gift suggestion from trees at the Rite Aid stores in Oak Har-bor, Genoa and Port

Clinton, as well as Walmart. Purchased gifts can be re-turned to the tree location by Dec. 13th and will be picked up, wrapped and delivered. For information, contact Home Instead Se-nior Care at 419-734-5050.

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PORT CLINTON — “Our son died just a few weeks ago.” “My mother passed away a few days before Christmas two years ago.” “My husband lost his job last year, and our marriage is suffering.” “There’s really nothing wrong with my life, but I’m just so overwhelmed with all the bad news in the world.”

“These are the kinds of comments I heard from people at Firelands’ first Ser-vice of the Longest Night last year,” said Rev. Jeanne Gay, Pastor of Firelands Pres-byterian Church. “The Christmas season is difficult — bittersweet — for a lot of folks.”

Sometimes Christmas isn’t joyful. That’s the big print on posters seen around the area that announce this year’s Service of the Longest Night at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21.

“We live in a culture that tells people they should be happy at Christmas, that families should all love each other, and we

should have no sorrow in our lives,” said Gay. “But the reality for many people is that the Christmas season is bittersweet. They’d like to be rejoicing, but their per-sonal sorrows or ‘general blahs’ get in the way. The darkness may seem overwhelm-ing, the night long.”

In an effort to offer light and hope in the darkness, Firelands Presbyterian, along with clergy from other area churches — Rev. Carolyn Joseph from the Port Clin-ton Church of the Nazarene and Rev. Bruce Batchelor-Glader from Trinity United Methodist — will hold this Ser-vice of the Longest Night which includes prayers, songs, scriptures and candle lighting. The service is open to anyone in the community who finds the season dif-ficult.

Firelands Presbyterian Church is lo-cated at 2626 E. Harbor Road, a half-mile west of Walmart. Call 419-734-6211 for information.

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We would like to thank: 2010-2011 Apple Festival Roy-alty Court and Families, Amy Lutman, Carroll Township, Community Markets, Danielle Mitchell, Gordon Lumber Company-Port Clinton, Julie Solis, Kevin and Marie Darr, Magruder Hospital, McDonalds-Oak Harbor, National Bank of Oak Harbor, Oak Harbor DECA and Nadine Scott-Advisor, Oak Harbor Pet Haven, Paulette Weirich, Portage Fire Department Volunteers, Robert Apling & As-sociates, Roger and Sue Radsick, Toft’s Dairy, Valerie Win-terfield and the Village of Oak Harbor.

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Too big to fail?The party has been over for some time yet Americans

refuse to clean up and turn out the lights. The party has run up a $14 trillion debt with $107 trillion of unfunded liabilities and yet the insanity continues.

We’ve embraced a bloated welfare state without realizing that the paradox of a welfare state is the level of produc-tion needed to sustain a welfare state cannot be sustained by a welfare state.

We have the Department of Defense which has become a department of offense consuming 19 percent of our budget which is as much as the rest of the world spends together. We have never had an unprovoked attack on this country yet we now have almost 800 bases in 150 coun-tries and, as WikiLeaks confirmed, we bomb civilians in places like Yemen and then wonder why they send bloom-er bombers on our airplanes

We’ve seen trillions of TARP dollars going to union vot-ers and connected profitable companies like Goldman Sachs that continues to give million dollar bonuses and GE which then lays off more than 2,000 employees.

We are now witnessing the “too big to fail” bailouts of countries like Greece where our ante was 17 percent of the bailout. The bailout of Spain, Portugal and Italy are next. That will be followed by states like California and New York.

The insanity of believing a person, corporation, state or government is too big to fail is beyond stupid. Failure is a natural way of purging inefficiency. When we are asked, just say no!

The bottom line is there is something waiting for us when this country fails and it won’t be pretty.

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Enough alreadyElection: Cost and corruption revisited — The first

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Richard G. SagelCatawba Island

National debtDebt Panels Recommendations or Fairy Tales: 1. Revise tax brackets from 5 to 3, 8 percent, 14 percent

and 23 percent.2. Revise corporate tax rate to 26 percent from 35 per-

cent.3. End mortgage interest deductions.4. Taxing capital gains & dividends as ordinary income,

not 15 percent.5. Raising payroll taxes on wealthy so that 90 percent of

taxable wages would be subject to tax.6. Increase federal gas tax by 15 cents per gallon.7. Raising Social Security age to 68 by 2050 and 69 by

2075.8. Capping all government spending.9. Allow early retirement benefits for career manual la-

borers.10. Require the president to annual limits on war spend-

ing.11. A three year freeze on congressional pay.12. Freeze pay for civilian federal workers.13. Reduce government work force by 10 percent.How about reviewing our trade policies that steal jobs

that use to create wealth and increase tax income?For a bloated government financially out of control?Let’s all watch in the coming months how much of our

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Kathy Tischler provided remarks about the Auxiliary and thanked committee members for their work throughout the year. Jan Russell, Gift Shop Coordinator, presented Kathy with a check from pro-ceeds from the gift shop in the amount $10,000. Magruder Hospital President & CEO, Michael Long, updated the Auxil-iary on the current state of the hospital as well as new services being provided at Magruder Hospital. He also recognized the work that the Auxiliary has provided

during the past year and thanked them for their service.

The meeting concluded with musical entertainment from Kendra German. Kendra blessed the women and men of the Auxiliary with patriotic songs, sing-ing “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and “God Bless the USA.” Kendra is currently the Administrator of Ottawa County River-view Healthcare Campus, is a member of Elliston Zion United Methodist Church and participates on the church’s Worship Committee and Praise Team. Kendra has held positions as the Director of Admit-ting and Registration at Magruder Hos-pital and is currently a Lifetime Member of the Magruder Hospital Auxiliary.

The Magruder Hospital Auxiliary is open for membership and interested parties should contact Dianne Allan at 732-1740. Anyone wishing to be a vol-unteer should contact Kathy Gallogly, at 734-3131, extension 3140 at Magruder.

The Magruder Hospital Auxiliary will host a free breakfast program to welcome the newest Auxilians, as well as guests and interested members, at 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, in the Magruder Conference Center.

Currently the Auxiliary has more than 250 members and the volunteers donate more than 10,000 hours of service to the hospital each year. Come learn about the Auxiliary and what it does for the hospital and the community. Auxiliary members help with two major fundraisers for the hospital: the Charity Ball and the Auxiliary Golf Classic. They also provide healthcare scholarships to local students, host A Day For Me, the annual women’s health seminar, help with hospital book fairs and uniform sales and volunteer in a variety of capacities throughout the hospital. No matter the level of interest or experience, the Auxiliary has something to offer everyone.

Anyone interested in attending the breakfast is asked to RSVP by Tuesday, Dec. 14, to Kathy Gallogly at 419-734-3131, ext. 3140.

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SWEET BELLES CELEBRATE CHRISTMASThe Sweet Belle Red Hat chapter, on Catawba Island, celebrated its annual Christmas Luncheon at The Victorian Inn on Dec. 2. This chapter of The National Red Hat Society has been in existence since 2003 and was organized at The Vineyard on Catawba by Linda Holcomb and Brema Colvin. The Sweet Belles collected hats, mittens, gloves, neck scarves and toys for donation to the Holiday Bureau and the Salvation Army for the 2010 Christmas distribution program. Members attending were: Judi Stoss (seated at left), Glenda Phillabaum, Bonnie Kistler, Deanna Bunn, Linda Holcomb (standing at left), Mary Triska, D.J. Pogan, Sandy Ross, Mary Jane Huffman, Mary Ann Gibbons and Brema Colvin.

Christmas is fast approaching and as we get older it gets harder and harder to find that “perfect gift” for moms, dads, aunts, uncles and others. The Ottawa Soil and Water Conservation District has a solu-tion. The group is selling a full-color, 60x70 cotton throw featuring the follow-ing County sites: Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, Marblehead Lighthouse, Ottawa

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The inaugural Click With Nature photo contest was held by WGTE last month. The photography of Kathy Jo Schweitzer from Port Clinton was chosen as Best Selections. For this, she received a certificate, and various other prizes. Her photos will be hung in the McMaster Lifelong Learning Center, the new multimedia auditorium of Toledo’s downtown main library, as well as appearing on Friday nights’ WGTE Family Channel, over the air on 30.2 or Buckeye Ca-ble channel 199.

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The system, which took a year and approximately $2.5 million to install, gives the hospital 100 percent power supply during an outage.

“This generator system puts Magruder in a category with only about 10 percent of hospitals across the nation,” said Jack Smith, Magruder’s director of construction. “Most hospitals do not power non-critical areas during an outage, but with the hospital’s most recent technology upgrades for healthcare delivery, the need for the genera-tors became a big priority.”

Jan Troeger, Magruder’s vice president of nursing, was impressed with the system.

“Within a couple of seconds the system was up and run-ning with minimal effect to the patient care areas,” she said.

Smith said only one of the hospital’s two generators was needed to power the hospital during the outage.

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is only about 50 percent capacity of the generator. That leaves our second generator as an additional safeguard if the first one fails,” he says.

Smith says some surrounding neighbors, who were left stranded in the dark, came in to the Fulton Street Café, and also got to enjoy benefits of the new generator sys-tem.

“A lot of people came in just to get out of the dark, enjoy some coffee and company. It was nice to see,” he said.

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hospital can resume operating at 100 percent capacity and that patient care will not be compromised, it is a good feel-ing. Truly this project was money well spent by the hos-pital’s administration and board of trustees,” said Long.

Magruder Hospital’s new generator system consists of two 1,000-kW, diesel-fueled generators manufactured by Cummins Power Generation.

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The Ottawa County Community Foundation invites nonprofit organizations in or serving Ottawa County, to submit requests for grant funding to the Foundation. The Foundation makes grants to programs in the fields of education, social services, physical and mental health, safe and positive living environments, natural resources and the arts. The Foundation serves to provide for the enrichment of the quality of life in the Ottawa County community. Since its inception in 1999, the Foundation has awarded numerous grants through designated funds, scholarship funds and organizational funds.

Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to attend the Grant Seekers Workshop, sponsored by the Foundation and the United Way. The workshop will be at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 27 at Ida Rupp Library. Reservations for the workshop must be made by calling the United Way at 419-734-6645.

Applications and Guidelines for Grant Seekers will be available after Dec. 15 at the following public libraries: Ida Rupp in Port Clinton, Oak Harbor, Harris-Elmore, Put-in-Bay School and Genoa, and at Ex Libris Bookstore at 110 W. Main St., Marblehead. Applications are also avail-able at the Grant Seekers Workshop and online at www.OttawaCCF.org.

Applicants have until March 15 to submit their proposals.

Foundation invites grant applications

WSOS received $476,000 for two years from the Ohio Housing Trust Fund recently to assist with providing ser-vices to 20 homeless residents of Wood, Sandusky, Ot-tawa and Seneca counties. The Nov. 23 announce-ment came as great news to WSOS’ President/CEO Neil McCabe.

“Many of our shelter member organizations are reporting record-level vol-ume — especially among families,” McCabe said. “These funds come at a time when communities need them most. It shows what a valuable resource the Ohio Housing Trust Fund is to Ohio and our communi-ties.”

OHTF awarded about $20.6 million statewide to 76 organizations in 34 Ohio counties that serve the homeless.

WSOS provides family development, housing assis-tance and other supportive services to those who are homeless and who desire housing stability, greater independence and self-suf-ficiency. These services are provided to families and individuals in Wood, San-dusky, Ottawa and Seneca counties. This grant targets those who are at 35 per-cent or below the median county income. Families are expected to be out of the program after 18 months or earlier.

HUD considers a person homeless if he/she or the family live in one of the fol-lowing places: a place not meant to be lived in such as cars, parks, sidewalks and abandoned buildings; an emergency shelter; a motel or campground; or a transi-tional housing unit.

According to the Ohio De-partment of Development, the funds will assist about 51,000 people and lever-age more than $73 million in private investment. In the WSOS service area, all homeless prevention dollars that the agency receives as-sisted up to 498 families last year.

“For every Trust Fund dollar invested, more than $3 flow into communities from private partnerships, creating jobs and a stronger economy,” McCabe said.

For information on how you can get assistance from WSOS in any of the four WSOS counties, call 419-3348911 or toll free at 1-800-775-9767.

Ohio Housing Trust Fund provides grant for area’s homeless

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HOLIDAY BASKET DRAWINGSThree Drawings for Three Baskets at Three Different Times

Kitchen Basket - participate from 11/29 - 12/05 noonBath Basket - participate from 12/06 - 12/12 noon

Christmas Basket - participate from 12/13 - 12/19 noonCustomers fill out one entry for each $10.00 spent in store.

Each drawing to be held on noon of the last day.Winners need not be present to win.

The Beacon’s traditional Mitten Tree has been set up in the front office of The Beacon, 205 S.E. Catawba Road, Suite G.

We are ask ing res i dents to bring in or send new pairs of mit tens, of any size, to hang on our Mit ten Tree.

The Ot ta wa Coun ty Hol i day Bu reau will dis trib ute these mit tens to needy fam i lies in our area.

(New gloves, scarves and socks are also accepted.)

The Ottawa County Holiday Bureau will be collecting the mittens December 15th.

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Oak Harbor High School’s National Honor Society Chapter recently in-ducted 38 new members selected from the junior and senior classes.

Members were selected by a faculty council for meeting high standards of scholarship, leadership and character. The ceremony was conducted by this year’s officers: Julia Konieczny, presi-

dent; Katie Mehlow, vice-president; Katie Osbourne, secretary; and Chris-tine Cook, recorder.

The following students were induct-ed: Jessica Baker, Hannah Birchall, Allen Boss, Philip Bryant, Tori Camp-bell, Sinae Choe, Ashley Crum, Al-lison Dunn, Austin Flores, Cadan Goldstein, Brooke Hensley, Jacob

Hetrick, Chelsea Jett, Andrew Karsten, Mary Kinsey, Jonathan Lowe, Darian Marinis, Breanna Nero, Sara-Danielle Newman, Leslie Perry, Emilie Peters-en, Zach Priesman, JJ Rathbun, Mi-chael Rayburn, Nik Shay, AJ Skojac, Nick Thorbahn, Morgan Turnow, Kaylee Wilburn and Megan Wisting-hausen.

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Santa came early to the Port Clinton Pre-school on Adams Street. He surprised the students with candy canes, and talked to each child. The preschoolers are enjoyed a week of events from the “Polar Express” award-winning book.

They wore their Christmas pajamas to school, and each child received a ticket to the North Pole for the train ride. Once arriving there, they warmed up with hot chocolate, and chocolate chip cookies out of the oven from Mrs. Claus.

Terra Community College has been awarded a grant, jointly funded by the Ohio Board of Regents and the Rehabilitation Services Commission.

The grant, titled “Developmental and Assistive Tech-nologies for Everyone,” will provide funding for an as-sistive technologies learning lab and classroom. Total grant funding is $155,285.

The learning lab and the classroom will be used to en-hance access to education for students with disabilities by providing a variety of assistive technology software and equipment, to provide instructional space for a de-velopmental learning community comprising students with disabilities and students who place into develop-mental education classes, and to be open to our col-laborating partners and the public when they are not being used by Terra students.

The grant was prepared by Dr. Michael Kapper, Lyn Sullivan, Kim Williams and Erin House, with consulta-tion from Dr. Jerome Webster, Dr. Nancy Sattler and Dr. Sue Babione, as well as staff from the Adult Basic and Literacy Education program and the Pathways 2 Em-ployment Program.

Terra previously received another assistive technolo-gies grant from the Ohio Board of Regents and the Rehabilitation Service Commission, in the amount of $23,672. This grant will be used to purchase assistive technology software and equipment, as well as to pro-vide additional counseling and diagnostic testing for students.

Terra gets grantto help students with disabilities

Kim Williams, coordinator of Disability Services and Academic Improvement, explains to a student how a Kurzweil 3000 program can read text to a student.

The Coca-Cola Scholars F o u n d a t i o n has recognized 2,100 excep-tional students as semifinalists for the Founda-tion’s Class of 2011. Kassandra Oxendale, a senior at Danbury High School, has been selected as one of the semifinalists.

“The Coca-Cola Scholars Founda-tion received nearly 71,000 applica-tions this year, and the semifinalists are truly some of the most accom-plished students in the country,” said Mark Davis, president of the founda-tion.

Semifinalists were chosen from an initial applicant pool representing approximately 26,000 high schools nationwide. As a semifinalist, Oxen-dale, must submit additional infor-mation that will be reviewed in Janu-

ary 2011 by a committee comprised of 30 educators from high schools and universities throughout the United States. If Oxendale advances, she will be among a total of 252 fi-nalists who will travel to Atlanta April 14-17, 2011, to attend the Coca-Cola Scholars weekend.

During the visit finalists will attend a final interview process that will de-termine whether they are designated as either a national or regional schol-ar.

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Buddy system

Immaculate Conception School first-, second-, and third-grade stu-dents enjoyed a buddy reading ex-perience with several seventh grade students from Port Clinton Middle School. This event was the student’s choice for their first quarter reward. The younger students listened intent-ly as exciting new stories were read to them. Robby Perez stated that he en-joyed reading with his buddy Alison Cline and PCMS student Drew Foder declared he thought it was fun to read to the younger kids. Mitchell Mueller with Ben Cadigan enjoyed time reading together.

Port Clinton High SchoolStudents of the month for December are:

• Zach Auxter, the son of Kim and Angela Auxter, is a member of Ski Club, Spanish Club, Key Club, and National Honor Soci-ety. He is a four-year member of the PCHS Marching and Concert Band as well as Football and Tennis. At the football banquet, he received the award for the highest grade point av-erage on the team. He has been a Ki-wanis Scholar Athlete and is an Eagle Scout. Next year he will attend either Miami or Ohio University to major in Financial Management.

• Mary Kirkpatrick has been in-volved in many aspects of PCHS including a four year member of the Girls Basketball team, earning 2 varsity letters. She has also been a member of National Honor Society, Spanish Club, Future Professionals in Medicine, Key Club and the PCHS Track Team. Mary is the daughter of Kevin and Theresa Kirkpatrick. Next year she will further her education at the college level to study Nursing.

Nominations for induction into the Port Clinton High School Academic Hall of Fame are currently being accepted. Candidates for the Academic Hall of Fame must meet the following criteria:

1. Must have been a student in the Port Clinton City School System for six years — two of which must have been at the high school level, or have attended PCHS all four years, unless early graduation occasioned by academic excellence.

2. Candidate must be at least (30) years of age. 3. Candidate must have achieved local, state or na-

tionally recognition in his/her field of endeavor, made significant contribution to his/her fellow man or per-formed meritorious service to our country.

4. Candidate must be of excellent character.Nomination forms are available at the high school

office, or www.pccsd.net in the news section. Previous inductees are listed under Port Clinton High School, Academics, Academic Hall of Fame. Applications should be mailed to Port Clinton Academic Boosters, P. O. Box 242, Port Clinton, OH 43452, and must be received by Jan. 31.

Students of the Month PC Academic Boosters taking hall of fame nominations

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Chronic Pain SupportWHEN: 6 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Magruder Hospital Conference CenterINFO: 419-734-3131, ext. 3363

Dec. 10Chicken dinnerWHEN: 5 to 7:30 p.m.WHERE: American Legion, 221 Park St., Oak HarborCOST: $7 per personINFO: 419-898-5888

Dec. 11Arts and Crafts ShowWHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.WHERE: Marblehead VFW, 421 W. Main St.INFO: 419-734-2170

Christmason CatawbaWHAT: Arts and crafts show with proceeds benefiting the Humane Society of Ottawa County. An item from each artist will be raf-fled off for the HSOC. There will also be holiday enter-tainment as well as food and beverages by Avery’s Café of Marblehead. All are welcome and admission is free.WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.WHERE: Catawba Commu-nity Hall, NW Catawba Road

Dec. 12Breakfast with SantaWHAT: All-you-can-eat breakfast with a visit from Santa and treats for the kids. Sponsored by Oak Har-bor Knights of Columbus. Proceeds benefit the Ottawa County Holiday BureauWHEN: 9:30 p.m.WHERE: St. Boniface Cath-olic Church, Oak HarborCOST: $5 for adults, $4.50 for seniors and $3 for kidsINFO: Call Thomas Durbin at 419-707-1179

Birthday Partyfor JesusWHAT: Open to community children preschool through grade 3. Parent/caregivers welcome stories, singing and cake celebration. Good-will offering for Holiday Bureau welcome, but not

necessary.WHEN: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.WHERE: Firelands Presbyte-rian Church, 2626 E. Harbor Road, Port ClintonINFO: 419-734-6211

Dec. 13Alzheimer’s SupportWHEN: 9 to 10 a.m. WHERE: Magruder Hospital Conference CenterINFO: 419-734-3131, ext. 3363

Blood pressure checksWHEN: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.WHERE: Danbury Senior Center, 8470 E. Harbor Road, MarbleheadCOST: Free

Dec. 14Board MeetingWHAT: Ottawa Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisorsWHEN: 7:30 a.m.WHERE: Agricultural Com-plex, 240 W. Lake St., Unit B in Oak Harbor

Common Cents ClubWHAT: The group will meet monthly on the second Tuesday of the month for the purpose of discussing current financial informa-tion. WHEN: 8 a.m.WHERE: Meeting Room A&B, Ida Rupp LibraryINFO: Register by calling 419-732-3212

Garden SeriesWHAT: Exotic and Unusual House Plants with Master Gardener Mary Strayer. New ideas for adding living green to your home.WHEN: 2 p.m.WHERE: Ida Rupp Public Library, 310 Madison St., Port Clinton

“Choices”WHAT: Real discussion and real resources for teens by teens. How and why we make choices. Brings friends for food, fun and live music by Casie Scott and Spencer EllisWHEN: 6 to 7:30 p.m.WHERE: Danbury High School auditorium

Holiday PotluckWHAT: Mental Health and Recovery Board of Erie and Ottawa Counties board meeting and annual holiday dinner. Bring a dish to share.WHEN: 6 p.m. for dinner, 7 p.m. for meetingWHERE: Sandusky Artisans, 138 E. Market St., Down-town Sandusky

Dec. 15Ottawa County Safe-ty Council MeetingWHAT: Speaker Karen Jen-sen, BWC Library, will talk about “How to Navigate and Explore BWC Website and Library Resources.”WHEN: 11 to 11:30 a.m. networking and lunch; 11:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m. meeting and presentationWHERE: Ottawa County Resource Centre, Oak Har-borINFO: RSVP by Monday, Dec. 13, by calling Denise Ventrone at 419-898-6242

Free kittensThroughout the month of December, all cats and kittens at the Ottawa County Humane Society are free to good home. All are spayed or neutered, up-to-date on vaccina-tions, flee and worm treated and up to date on all tests.

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The Port Clinton Redskins and Bellevue Redmen slugged it out in a tight defensive battle for three quarters Friday night in both teams’ season lid-lifters. It was also the first game for the Redskins since they lost in the Division II state finals last March. The Redskins picked it up in the fourth quarter, espe-cially from the free throw line, and held on for a 44-40 win.

“We got off to a very slow start in the first half,” said Coach Troy Diels on Monday. “In the sec-ond half we were more aggres-sive with the ball and it made a big difference. I thought we had a solid night on defense over-all. We did a decent job from the free throw line especially in the fourth quarter. We still were only 19-31 for the game, so it is an area that we need to improve on.”

The Redskins top performer for the night was the only re-turning starter from last year’s state runner-up team, Derek

Colston, who nailed a double-double with 11 points and 15 re-bounds despite a lingering turf toe injury from the last football game.

“Derek, like all of our kids, gives it everything he has every night out. He doesn’t quite have all of his explosiveness yet, but I thought he played pretty well. He was definitely sore on Sat-urday morning. We just have to monitor him and see how he feels each day,” Diels said.

Friday night, the Redskins host Edison for the team’s first San-dusky Bay Conference game of the season. Prior to the game, the 2010 state runner-up banner will be hoisted to the rafters.

“I think it will be a nice mo-ment for the community, the school and our program. The 2009-2010 team was a special group of kids and they demon-strated many of the necessary characteristics that it takes to be a true team,” said Diels.

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Redskins take Bellevue in season opener The Oak Harbor high school

and junior high wrestling teams were in action this past weekend and both came away with team titles.

At Oak Harbor High, the Rock-et wrestlers came away with a dominating performance in a field of nine teams at the Oak Harbor Invitational Tournament. They were led by seven individual champions — Tyler Hackworth, Luke Cramer, Alex Bergman, Ian Miller, Konner Witt, Jake Cramer and Sean McGee.

Oak Harbor “A” scored 315 points, Shelby scored 193½, Clay had 180½, Fremont Ross 169, Kettering Fairmont 165, New Lexington 142½, Alliance 113, Oak Harbor “B” 70½, Genoa 70, and Rossford 63.

Hackworth won the 125 title by winning a 3-2 decision over a Kettering Fairmont wrestler. Luke Cramer won 135 with a fall at the 5:55 mark over Trey Grine of Fremont Ross. Bergman won 145 by going 5-0 against his pool.

Miller won 160 by winning a 21-9 major decision over Tommy Kimbrell of Kettering Fairmont. Witt won 171 with a fall at the 42 second mark over Derek Ratliff of Shelby. Jake Cramer won 189 with a fall at the 1:44 mark over Tylor Trautwein of Fremont Ross. Sean McGee won 215 with a 1-0 decision over Terry Saunders of Alliance.

Jake Cramer won the outstand-ing wrestler award at the 189 pound weight class by defeating his opponents, which included a Division I state qualifier from Fremont. The total team effort included place winnings from other team members like Kam-ron McDaniel (third), Alec Bow-lick (third), Brock Evans (third),

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An Edison player gets sandwiched between Alex Stephenson (3) and Tiffany Colston (50) in Port Clinton’s 44-37 win over Edison last Saturday.

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Pity the schedule maker of the fam-ily with kids in more than one sport. I know one frazzled mom who made a giant chalkboard on one entire wall of her kitchen for use as a calendar to keep everything straight. Both parents work and their two children are involved in dif-ferent activities in addition to sports. I’m pretty sure it will only get more hectic when the children, ages 6 and 9, get older.

Teams may practice at 6 a.m. Others might end at 9 p.m. Often games will interfere with a family’s mealtime. A lot of family time is affected by one athlete. Dedication and possibly, sacrifice, is required from everyone to accommodate the schedule.

Let’s check in with the coaches involved. Their complaint is how hard it is to turn out good teams when they don’t have all the players at practice all the time. Prob-lems arise with carpools, work, meal-times, homework, appointments, church activities, other interests and vacations. Gee — that’s the same list of conflicts the parents have!

The consequences of team vs. family schedules can have far-reaching effects. The kids are often torn between what a coach requires and what a parent de-mands. Parents and coaches may resent each other. Does missing practice affect playing time? Will a family have to cancel a vacation if it conflicts with a sport?

I hope we can all agree that family time is really important. Can we also agree that a coach needs to have his/her players at practices and games? It may be helpful to understand that a sports team is also a family that enjoys special times together. What we have is two important families wanting to share the same child.

As with most problems within youth sports, adults need to work together to make athletics a positive experience for

the players. Use the Three C’s: consid-eration, cooperation and communication.

The consideration factor deals with re-specting and understanding the needs of the other family. The cooperation aspect is showing a willingness to work together for the benefit of the children. The com-munication part is essential.

The three C’s kick in when schedules are being made. Coaches should think about how practice schedules will affect the players and their immediate families. Check out school vacations, especially the long ones. Respect religious holidays. Build in some down time for your players and yourself. Coach’s families are impor-tant too.

Adapt the time, length and frequency of practices according to the age and skill levels of the athletes. More is not neces-sarily better. College and pro athletes have days off and time to rest and recuperate between seasons. Kids should too. Sports should not be a job for them. They are not short adults!

Coaches, it is really important that you communicate the schedule to returning players as soon as possible. Be clear about when attendance is required so parents can plan vacations and family gatherings. Be prepared to help players juggle prac-tice and playing time for kids in more than one activity. Many marching bands include members who trade their football helmet for a band hat at halftime.

Students’ summers can hardly be called vacations any more. It’s a time when there is a wealth of enrichment opportunity available for kids. There are camps and clubs for every interest imaginable for them. Parents need to know the sport schedule so they can plan for all the others. Let’s avoid making a kid choose between activities if we can.

The best of all worlds for players is to have their teams and their immediate relatives meld into one big family.

May this holiday season hold joyful times for all your families.

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Karen Coffin, retired coach, is a member of the Port Clinton High School Athletic Hall of Fame. She’s a writer and a facilita-tor for Ohio Coaching Education classes. Contact her at coachcoffin @cros.net.

Coffin’s CornerBy KAREN COFFIN

Family time

The Redskin Bowlers dropped their season opening non-conference matches to the Sandusky Blue Streaks, the Varsity Boys falling 2938-2655, while the Varsity girls were defeated 2,225-2,129.

“While we had some good things hap-pen, obviously we were not prepared to play,” said Coach Bob Black. “We need to

improve a lot before facing Eastwood next week.”

Ally Williams led the girls with 156-202, Ashley Zoeller rolled a 165 and Abby Bat-terton a 150.

Sean Black led the boys with 245-190, and freshman David Wilburn rolled 222-176 in his first match.

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Redskins to lose on a night like this Friday, but Edison ap-pears to be a pretty good team.

“(Edison) has a talented group of seniors led by Ryan Reber, Mike Yost and Coltyn Grant,” said Diels. “They won easily last weekend over New London. I see Edison as one of the true contenders in the league. They have a good mix of talent and senior leadership and experience. Coach Ceccoli does a great job with his program and he will have his kids ready to play hard.”

The Redskins hit the road for the first time this season on Saturday as they head to Woodmore. The Wildcats lost their season opener to Ottawa Hills last Friday.

Josh Chambers (sixth), Hunter Gresh (third), and Kyle Mincheff (third).

In third place matches, McDaniel won a 12-1 major de-cision over Justin Reeder of Shelby at 103. In 112, Bowlick won by forfeit over Oak Harbor “B” fourth place wrestler Tate Haar. In 119, Evans won a 4-0 decision over Adam Klavinger of Genoa. In 140, Gresh won by forfeit over Oak Harbor “B” fourth place wrestler Jim Chambers. In 152, Mincheff won an 8-0 major decision over Evan Head of Shelby.

In this tournament Oak Harbor fielded two teams, and there were place winners for them as well. Tate Haar took fourth, Tristan Epling sixth, Jim Chambers fourth, and Jared Chambers second. Chambers finished second at 145 by going 4-1 in his pool.

The Oak Harbor varsity wrestlers head to the Iron Man Tournament at Walsh Jesuit — considered to be one of the top tournaments in the country — this Friday and Saturday.

At the Genoa Middle School Invitational the boys earned a team title as well.. The Rockets crowned six Champions Mike Osbourne (98), Jeremy Balboa (104), Nick Bergman (110), Ben Petersen (128), Brody Hennig (134), and TJ Lawrence (HWT). Rhett Petersen (92) fin-ished second, while Ben Bergman (116), John Pluto (122), Thomas Loope (142), and Brandon Garber (205) finished third and Dakota Kroeger (80) fourth The team next hosts, at the Oak Harbor High School Auxiliary Gym, Bel-levue Middle School, Wednesday at 4:15 p.m.

ROCKETS from 1B

REDSKINS from 1B

By J. PATRICK EAKEN

On Nov. 30, behind first-year coach Mike DeStazio, the Genoa girls’ basketball team defeated Oak Harbor 52-30.

Genoa grabbed a 16-9 first quarter lead and then Oak Harbor closed the gap to 20-18 at halftime. But the Comets outscored the Rockets 32-12 over the second half.

“Genoa played very good pressure defense and we didn’t protect the ball and (we) let them disrupt our offense,” Oak Harbor coach Brad Hemminger said.

For Oak Harbor, no players reached double figures, but seven players got into the scoring column. Allison Dunn led the way with nine points, Caitlyn Harvey had seven points, Kayla Diefenthaler had six points and 10 rebounds, Morgan Turnow had three points, Maria Boers and Caitlyn Harvey each scored two points, and Amanda Hetrick had one point.

The Rockets shot only 21 percent from the field and 75 percent (12-of-

16) from the free throw line. Genoa shot 52 percent from the field and 70 percent (7-of-10) from the char-ity stripe. Dunn was 5-of-6 from the free throw line, Turnow was 3-for-4.

Oak Harbor out rebounded Genoa 31 to 27, but had 28 turnovers to the Comet’s 13. It was Genoa’s season opener.

On Dec. 4, Oak Harbor opened Sandusky Bay Conference play, los-ing to Margaretta 52-27.

Again, the Rockets stayed within reach in the first half, trailing 23-15 at halftime. But the Polar Bears outscored the Rockets 29-12 in the second half.

“Margaretta played their usual solid game and forced us into some turnovers and poor shooting,” Hem-minger said. “I believe we are mak-ing some steps in the right direction and we just have to keep working hard every day.”

The Oak Harbor boys’ basketball team opens the season this Friday evening with an SBC home game against Margaretta.

The Danbury boys’ basketball team split a pair of games opening weekend losing Fri-day night to Gibsonburg by a score of 65-57, and defeating Old Fort on Saturday by a score of 52-47.

In the loss to Gibsonburg on Friday night, Branden Burke led the Lakers with 15 points and four rebounds. Caleb Helline added 14 points, five rebounds, and five assists. Hunter Stephens had 11 points and eight rebounds and Dalton Chapman chipped in with nine points. The Lakers rallied from a 10 point deficit in the second half cutting it to three points only to fall short in the final minutes of the game.

“I was extremely proud of our effort in our first game of the season,” said Danbury coach Drew Davie. “We executed the game plan exactly how we wanted to in the first half, some early foul trouble hurt us, but we battled back and it showed a lot of charac-ter about this team.”

On Saturday, the Lakers defeated the Old Fort Stockaders in thrilling fashion, by a score of 52-47. The Lakers were down by eight points going into the fourth quarter only to outscore the Stockaders 17-4 in that quarter to finish with a five-point defeat.

Leading the Lakers was Lucas Kennedy with 19 points and five rebounds. Hunter Stephens chipped in with nine points and eight rebounds. Caleb Helline (8 points), Dalton Chapman (7 points), and Branden Burke (6 points), and Dominic Manville (3 points) all contributed respectively. Kenne-dy and Chapman each had a 3-point shot, and the Lakers were 8-of-15 from the free throw line.

“We came out sluggish in the first half,” said Coach Davie. “I think playing the night before on opening weekend really contrib-uted to that.” “I give Old Fort a lot of credit, they played hard the entire game, they had all week to prepare for us, and they had a

good game plan going in,” added Davie. “Our players did a tremendous job of

shutting down Roman Ream in the fourth quarter, holding him to only two points, and playing tremendous defense allowing four points total in that quarter.”

Ream ended the game with 23 points for the Stockaders, while Dalton Perry and Cole Davidson each scored nine points and Hunter Perry had six points — they were the only four players to score for Old Fort. Old Fort made only 2-of-6 free throws (33 percent) and Davidson had the team’s only trey.

The Lakers are now 1-1 on the season as the victory against Old Fort is the first ca-reer win for first-year head coach Drew Da-vie. The Lakers are in action again on Satur-day against Sandusky St. Mary’s. JV action will begin at 6 p.m. with the varsity game to follow. This will be the first game for the JV boys’ basketball team.

By J. PATRICK EAKEN

Tiffin Calvert handed the Danbury girls basketball team its first loss of the season 57-37.

The game was tied at 15-all after one quarter, but Calvert went on a 17-1 run in the second quarter to take a commanding 32-16 lead at halftime.

The Lakers had five 3-point goals in the game, including two each by Lilly Kennedy and freshman guard Alyssa Almendinger and one by Mollie Knighton.

For Danbury, Kennedy scored 11 points, senior guard Tori England had eight points, sophomore guard Kelsey Clemons had seven points, senior post Felicia Beverick had six points, and Knighton had five points. The Lakers were 4-of-8 from the free throw line.

Calvert, which was playing its sea-son opener, was led by Marissa Horn with 18 points and Kelsey Sikora, who scored 17 points, including one 3-point goal. Brittany Perry made 4-of-6 free throws en route to scor-ing eight points, Erin Gruss had six points, Cleo Bowers had four points, and Abby Mass and Nicole Brickley each scored two points. Calvert was 8-of-10 (80 percent) from the free throw line.

The Lakers made 9-of-31 field goals (29 percent) while Calvert connected on 23-of-44 (52 percent). Danbury had 18 rebounds, nine offensively and nine defensively, and were led by junior guard Kayla Oxendale and Clemons, who each had four car-oms. Calvert had 34 rebounds, 10 on offense and 24 on defense.

Clemons and Oxendale also led the team with three assists apiece and Oxendale had three of the team’s five steals. Clemons and England also each had one steal. The Lakers com-mitted 12 turnovers to Calvert’s 17.

Threes can’t keep Lakers afloat

Danbury boys start season 1-1

Lady Rockets fall in season, league openers

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30 ft. boat dock at your door with a great view of the Bay and John-sons Island. This better than new cottage features real butcher block counters, open floor plan, hardwood floors, all appliances, Pool, covered deck and totally maintenance free exterior. There is also a unfinished loft that many of the owners turned into 3rd bed-room and 1/2 bath. (Marblehead) $249,900

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Custom built exclusive beachfront 2 BR home with every attention paid to the details. Hardwood floors, maple cabinets, granite counter tops, large trim, custom windows, 2-1/2 baths, turn around drive, large deck, sandy beach with great sunsets. Owner will consider trade. $619,000

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Marblehead **New Listing• 7 acres w/mature trees• 40x63 ft bldg. w/heat & restroom• 2 manufactured homes included• $199,000• Sharon Polanco 419-341-0080

Marblehead **New Listing• 3 bed 1 bath, 1177 sq. ft.• Newer A/C, furnace and roof• Spacious backyard• $129,900• Sue Piacentino 419-341-4945

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Catawba - Orchard Isle ** New Listing• Sweet turn key deal! Nicely furnished• 1056 sq. ft like new! 2004 home• 3 bed/2 bath w/30 ft. slip, pool• $138,000 • Sharon Polanco 419-341-0080

Marblehead• Stick built 2BR/2BA, 1458 Sq. Ft.• Open floor plan w/cathedral ceilings• Att. garage (1.5 car) on .27 acres• $145,000• Karmen Lucas 419-656-9188

Port Clinton• 1320 sq. ft. brick• Central air/wood floors/garage• $126,900• 1/3 acre lot• $126,900• Karmen Lucas 419-656-9188

Port Clinton• Dockage at your door• Newer roof, furnace, A/C • 1 yr. limited home warranty• $249,900• Sue Piacentino 419-341-4945

Catawba• Beach house at entrace to West Harbor• Private beach overlooking Lake Erie• 3 bed/3 bath/ 4 boat slips• $995,000• Rob Ault 419-341-6769

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tomijohnson.com482 NORTH HILLCREST DRIVE, MARBLEHEADCharming home located just minutes outside the gates of Lakeside with lake access through the com-mon park area. Family room features a gas fire-place for those cold win-ter nights. Spacious living room adjoins a formal din-ing area and kitchen which has great counter space and many cabinets for storage. Upstairs features natural wood through-out and spacious bedrooms. Bonus room connects to laundry room use for office or extra storage. $249,000

902 LAKE STREET, MARBLEHEADLakefront home with gor-geous views of Put In Bay and Kelleys Island. 3 bed-rooms, 2 full baths, newly updated kitchen includes stainless steel appliances, wine cabinet (refrigerated), custom cabinets and more. Features energy efficient windows, new furnace,

wood burning fireplace and much more. Has a large deck great for relaxing or entertaining family and friends. OWNER FINANCING TO QUALIFIED BUYER. $499,000

806 CHURCH STREET, MARBLEHEADA real charmer this meticu-lously cared for home and gardens are like living in a fairy tale! Add to that a lo-cation that provides a short walk to downtown Marble-head shops and restaurants, and churches or into Lake-side for the many different activities within the gates Walk to the Kelley Island Ferry Boat Dock for a visit to the island. With an The enclosed porch, two bedrooms and a den which could be used as a third a beautiful, sunny and sky-lit kitchen and a sunroom that looks to the carefully landscaped and fenced in back yard. Don't miss this one! $295,000

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“I Sell Views” Sharon Woodson

4160 E. Laurel RidgeStatuesque home in the Wood-lands on a beautifully land-scaped lot w/pond and water-fall. Lower level approx. 85% finished. Large unfinished room over the garage could be 4th BR.

CATAWBA ISLAND

2875-D Canterbury Circle3BR 2BA Fairway Villas at Ca-tawba Island Club Condo - a resort life style surrounded by Arthur Hills Championship 18 hole golf course. Numerous upgrades! $249,900.

625 Mariner Village2BR 2BA Mariner Village Cap-tains Quarters (elevator) ranch unit. This condo has been com-pletely remodeled from top to bottom. All new sinks, com-modes, doors, cabinets, floor-ing, paint, crown molding, etc. The view from this condo is Lake Erie and the Harbor. $274,900

10654 Bayshore Rd., #494BR, 3BA Ranch Condo with lower level walkout and pic-turesque views of Sandusky Bay. Dual kitchens (lower level features SubZero wine cabi-net). Includes 25ft floating dock. $399,900.

Gated LakefrontResort Communitywith Clubhouse, indoor pool, sauna, whirlpool, steam room, fitness room, 2 wind-screened tennis courts, and private,

deep water marina on Lake Erie. $155,000. - $295,000.

LE MARIN CONDOS & MARINA

MARBLEHEADHURON

Week ending Dec. 3

Benton Township• 11-29-10 Jarrell K. and

Debra K.Green to Alex T. and Kasey L. Purtee, 2014 N. Elliston Trowbridge Road, $87,900.

Bay Township• 11-30-10 John Fellhauer

to Dean Damman, 1157 & 1175 W. Fremont Road, $48,667.

• 12-1-10 Phillip M. Hau-bert and Rebecca L. Hall to Mark F. Reineck, 3028 Ma-bel Lane, $60,157.75.

• 12-1-10 Gregory B. and Deborah K. Perl to Fannie Mae, 2730 W. Columbus St., $90,000.

• 12-1-10 John W. Bauer to Jeffrey P. and Ellen J. Saffran, 2880 W. Cleveland Road, $32,000.

• 12-1-10 Timothy D. and Patricia A. Watts to William T. Gedeon Jr. and Suzanne Gedeon, 620 Fostoria St., $128,900.

Catawba• 11-30-10 Patricia F. Ja-

cobson to William A. and Louise Grim, 3740 N. Cliff Road, $139,000.

• 11-30-10 Ohio Presby-terian Retirement Services to Carl R. and Doris D. Willert, 629 N. Vineyard Circle, $220,000.

• 12-1-10 John D. and Nancy L. Isaly to Tom Deb-bink, 2105 N. Carriage Lane, $330,000.

• 12-1-10 Eric J. and The-resa C. Schramm to Karl P. Scheutzon, 4696 E. Karlite Drive, $170,000.

• 12-3-10 Jack H. and Claudette E. Pesti to John and Sisanne Callahan, 5534 and 5533 Channel Drive, $180000.

• 12-3-10 Stoddard L. and Robyn L. Lawrence to F. Joseph Bires, 4428 E. Harbor’s Edge Drive No. 2, $275,000.

Danbury• 11-29-10 Federal Home

Loan Mortgage Corpora-tion to Wendy L. and Frank Wright, 383 Deerwood Court, $37,000.

• 12-1-10 Brian D. Bu-chanan and Jennie L. Hu-

ber to Citibank, 303 S. Springcrest Drive, $46,000.

• 12-2-10 Fred J. and Jo-hanna Toma to Sonja A. Toma, 2489 Knob Hill, $141,000.

Marblehead Corp• 11-29-1-0 Ronald C.

and Janine P. Seitz to Dale R. and Candace H. Muet-zel, 2006 Pleasantview, $127,000.

• 11-29-10 Susan E. and James R. Waingrow to Dennis W. and Linda Notek, 4605 S. Memorial Shoreway Drive, $631,000.

• 11-29-10 Bay Point Ac-quisition, LLC to Walden H.Whyman, Lot #13 Bay Point, $400,000.

• 11-30-10 Darlene Smith to Floyd E. and Jacqueline A. Sypherd, 8595 E. Harbor Road, $30,000.

Erie Township• 12-1-10 Erie Indus-

trial Park Association LLC to Michael and Holly Szuch, vacant land Ohio 2, $210,295.

Harris Township• 12-1-10 HSBC Mortgage

Services Inc. to Charles Wine and Kimberly Beck-man, 18770 W. Ohio 105, $127,000.

Portage • 11-29-10 Marguerite

A. Hersberger to Matthew A. Capodice, 1941 E. State Road, $130,370.

Port Clinton City• 12-1-10 Beverly A. Gow-

er et al to Federal National Mortgage Association, 508 Laurel Avenue, $56,667.

• 12-1-10 Jacob A. Feuhrer to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association, 912 E. Third St., $39,690.

• 12-1-10 Federal Nation-al Mortgage Association to curtis S. Knoch, 117 Wash-ington St., $45,000.

• 12-2-10 Maurice E. and Betty J. Fox to Foster Leas-ing Company, 331 Cedar St., $55,000.

• 12-3-10 Alpha Meek to Rodger and Jean Wagner, 416 Adams St., $41,000.

Real Estate Transfers

SANDUSKY — Goodwill Industries of Erie, Huron, Ot-tawa and Sandusky Counties Inc. has earned accreditation for its major employment programs.

The accreditation from CARF International, an inde-pendent body that accredits agencies providing vocation-al rehabilitation services, is effective through November 2013, and demonstrates Goodwill’s conformance with CARF standards.

“We underwent a rigorous, on-site peer review in which a team of CARF surveyors determined that our programs and services are of the highest quality, and that’s what we strive for,” said Robert M. Talcott Jr., Goodwill president and CEO.

Goodwill’s mission is to provide training and employ-ment services for the disabled and disadvantaged.

Last year the Sandusky-based organization helped near-ly 600 such individuals in its four-county service area.

The employment programs approved were job devel-opment, job supports and job-site training, all within CARF’s “community employment services” category.

Also accredited were Goodwill’s employment develop-ment and organizational employment services.

“We applied for accreditation of our five most impor-tant programs and all five were approved,” Talcott said.

“We’re also very proud of the fact that this is our 11th straight, three-year accreditation.

“This is a testament to the professionalism and dedica-tion of our staff, and even the generosity of area residents, whose donations to our retail stores help fund our pro-grams,” he said.

Goodwill accredited