November 2019 Number 11
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The 25¢ VOLUME 39 NOVEMBER 2019 NUMBER 11 www.putinbay.news Islanders to Decide... Village Residents to On‘ the Island Calendar Pick Mayor! Heineman Winery Close Down Party The “Vote For” signs are up and voters in the Village of Put-in-Bay will have until The Heineman Winery close down party with those great deep-fried turkeys will Tuesday, November 5th, Election Day, to decide who they will be voting for for their next be held on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 2nd in the afternoon. Come join the fun! mayor, incumbent mayor Jessica Dress or former mayor Judy Berry. This is the only island race that is contested. Harvest Dinner Interestingly, both mayoral candidates have their signs peppered throughout the town- The Harvest Dinner will take place on Friday evening, November 8th at Tipper’s ship, but only Village of Put-in-Bay residents will be able to vote for the mayoral candidates. from 5 to 7 p.m. This traditional turkey dinner supports the Gustav Heineman Scholar- The other island candidates, Kelly Faris who is running for his seat on the PIB Village ship. Dinner prices are adults, $10; seniors, $8; children twelve and under, $6. Council, and PIB Township Trustee Chris Miller, have no challengers and will retain their positions. Laureen Miller is also running unopposed for the township Fiscal Officer position, Feather Party Nov. 15th at Town Hall as are two current members of the Put-in-Bay School Board, Billy Market and JR Domer Make sure you attend the American Legion’s annual Feather Party at the Town who are running, but will retain their seats no matter Hall on Friday evening, November 15th. BINGO starts at 7 p.m. and there will be what the vote. No one is running for the school boards plenty of prizes. Everyone is welcome! on Middle Bass or North Bass Islands. In Put-in-Bay Township there are four renewal Ladies Night at Island Hardware levies: road maintenance, maintaining a refuse site on Island Hardware will be holding it’s 12th Annual Ladies Night on Saturday eve- Middle Bass Island, current expenses and maintaining ning, November 16th, from 6 to 9 p.m. in all their shops. Come out, take advantage of a physician’s house. their “Super Sales” as you do some holiday gift shopping. Local issues on the ballot will more specifically be: Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service 1. Put-in-Bay Township - renewal 3 mills On November 18th at 7 p.m. the congregations of Mother of Sorrows, St. Paul’s, providing/maintaining a refuse site on Mid- and St John’s will continue their tradition of holding an Ecumenical Thanksgiving dle Bass (5 years, 2020) Service. Gather to give thanks as the earliest settlers of our nation did, remembering 2. Put-in-Bay Township - renewal with in- the bountiful harvest and knowing they had what they needed for the coming winter. crease 4.8 mills for maintenance of roads The service is an annual gathering for the island’s Christians. The service will (unincorporated) (5 years, 2020) take place at Mother of Sorrows with refreshments following. The people and pastoral 3. Put-in-Bay Township - renewal .25 mill leaders of all three congregations will work together to offer this ecumenical service. for physician’s house (5 years, 2020) Christmas Bazaar Nov. 21st 4. Put-in-Bay Township - renewal 1.5 mill Mark your calendar for local holiday shopping – the Annual Holiday Bazaar on for current expenses (5 years, 2020) Thursday, November 21st from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, sponsored by the Lake The last time island voters turned down a local Erie Islands Conservancy and the Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center. Plan levy was an airport levy more than a decade ago. on dining on soup and baked goods! Find gifts for everyone on your list at our booths Voting on the islands takes place at the Put-in- featuring Susan Byrnes, Jessie’s Jewelry, Sail Cloth creations by Jill Cooks, Paint- Bay Senior Center. Don’t forget to bring your drivers er Sarah Cochran, Brown’s Wood and Peanut Brittle, Knit and Crotchet pieces by license or other approved document for identification Heather Durdil, OntkOrganix, and John Baker’s Cutting Boards from Island Woods. purposes. You will be able to cast your votes between Non-profits LEINWC, LEIC, and PIBTPD will offer island-related merchandise. Lo- 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Unofficial vote counts will be cal crafters, artisans and local businesses with Put-in-Bay merchandise are invited to available on the Ottawa County Board of Elections’ reserve a table ($10 ea.) by emailing [email protected] or leaving a mes- website later that evening. sage at 419/285-4448. Let’s make this year’s bazaar the best one yet! Put-in-Bay Gazette November 2019 Page 2 T-shirt & Tour "...gut busting, adult humor..." at rayfogg.netCD Thumbs Up! Thumbs Down! - The Daily Oakland Press Thumbs Up! The for the scholarship fund in memory of Patrick The Village’s elevator in the Town Hall Myers was a HUGE success! was fixed recently! Negative Thing... Thumbs Down! Those who parked their cars on Delaware Ray Fogg Show The bill was more than $6,000 and part Ave. and attended the event got parking tickets. of the problem was that it wasn’t being used Good Thing... enough. We’re beginning to wonder how ex- The weather warning: dangerously fun! pensive each ride on it is. Bad Thing... Happy! The weather The popular Haunted Put-in-Bay Tours Good News will be offered again next season. The water level in Lake Erie is retreating Sad! in its normal seasonal decline. November and December There will be no Village History Tours Bad News next season. There are already predictions that the lake Check rayfogg.net and Ray’s Facebook page for Ray’s Good Thing... Key West shows in November and December. levels in all the Great Lakes will be higher The Village has a new ozone treatment next year than they were this year. system to handle the toxic mycrocystin Cya- Neither Bad nor Good January nobacteria when the algae blooms get thick Miller Boat Line’s new ferry, M/V Mary 17 Fri, Lakewood, OH, 9pm @ Vosh in Lake Erie. Ann Market, will not be delivered this fall, Bad Things... but in the spring. 1414 Riverside Drive The Ozone project cost about $1.5 million. Good Things..... Go to www.eventbrite.com for tickets Less of a Problem The improvements on the runway and The algae bloom wasn’t anywhere near main dock on North Bass. Bev Adair and February what scientists forecast for the lake this season. Cindy Dages paying a visit to the island this More of a Problem Put-in-Bay Music Festival at Sloppy Joe’s, Key West fall and seeing many of their island friends. It appears algae blooms will continue to Bad Things 5 Wed @ 5:30pm w/ Pete be a problem for the foreseeable future. Kristin Stanford tells us that the Lake 6 Thurs @ 5pm Fortunate Thing... Erie water snake population is down a bit 7 Fri @ 5pm TV personality Geraldo Rivera visited due to the spring storms that pounded the 8 Sat @ 4pm Hooligans recently and gave Marie Schro- shoreline and snake habitat this past spring, eder’s French onion soup a thumbs up. plus the snakes are battling a new foe: snake (Watch for other dates around this festival @ Rick’s) Unfortunate Thing... fungal disease, a condition typically charac- Geraldo visited the island Museum and terized by scabs or crusty scales, premature found he isn’t related to island pioneer Jose separation of a snake’s outermost skin layer, de Rivera. white opaque cloudiness of the eyes, thick- Positive Thing... ening of the skin, swelling of the face, skin The fundraising event at the Boathouse ulcers, lesions and other problems. A group of island kids got together for a birthday party on October 6th. Left to right are Piper Koehler, Cal Jackson, Sofia Mathys, Andrea Lopez, Drew Christiansen, Vincent Scarpelli, Parker Berman, Gemma Senator Theresa Gavarone was on the island on October 7th to meet with a few community Spatafore, Melody O’Donnell, Olivia Christensen, Vivian Scarpelli, Nora Blumensaadt, Evelyn Werten- members. Left to right are Bob Smith, Sally Stuckey, Christine Ontko, Julene Market, Sara bach, Rocco Scarpelli, Addison Dress, Caleb Danes, Saylor Buttrey, Teddy Koehler, Evie Cultice, Liam Booker, Paul Jeris, Peter Huston, Matt Miller, Brad Ohlemacher, Senator Gavarone, Kim Mor- Market, Moxie Spatafore, Erin Stapleton, Liesl Jackson, Wade Wertenbach and Skyler Stoiber. risson, Jeff Koehler, Bill Slough, Brian Cultice, Larry Fletcher and Mayor Jessica Dress. 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