This is it! The weekend we have all been looking forward to! It’s the weekend of the GIGANTIC Perch, Peach, Pierogi and Polka Festival!!! It all starts on Saturday morning and goes through Sunday evening at the Denny Bergeman Knights of Columbus Hall, 109 E. Perry St., in downtown Port Clinton.

I’m not sure if there is any difference between a “summer cold” and a cold that you get at any other time of the year — but I’ve always heard about the misery of a summer cold and now I again know, first-hand, what one is like. Sneezing, coughing, sore throat, ear-ache and ache in the lower back (but I’m not sure if that’s related to the cold or not).
Anyway, I got it shortly before I was scheduled to leave on vacation. I left and less than three days later came back home to fight off the miseries on home turf. The worst of it is the coughing – and that is far more intense at night than in the daytime. It pretty much disrupts any real sleep. So another symptom is simply feeling worn out and lethargic from getting inadequate rest.
Other people are complaining of this cold, too. Let’s all hope it doesn’t strike the kids right now as they head back to school.

Three outstanding charity golf outing coming up in September. Up first is the inaugural outing sponsored by Big Sky Saloon at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, at CIC. It’s a two-man scramble with all proceeds benefiting the Jessica Schenk and Jonathan Pope Memorial Funds. Your $90 per player fee gets you 18 holes of golf with card, prizes and a ribeye steak dinner at Big Sky afterward. To register, call Big Sky at 419-960-7075.

Here’s a good idea. Catch rainwater in a rain barrel and then save the water for use in your lawn and garden. It will save you money and an added bonus is that the pure water is good for your plants.