Residents seeking assistance to pay their electric bills or who need a free room air conditioner have until August 31 to apply for such assistance.

On Aug. 15, the participants of the Port Clinton City School District’s Champions for Children Summer Enrichment Camp traveled to Put-in-Bay for a day of fun. Approximately 40 children, accompanied by several chaperones, toured the island on golf carts and were special guests of Joan Bryden’s Talk at Ten Radio Show. 
The children had a picnic lunch at the park, played on the playground and then enjoyed a sweet treat of ice cream compliments of parents of one of the participants. 
Champions for Children is grateful to the following businesses and individuals that made the trip to Put-in-Bay possible: Jet Express — round-trip tickets; Delaware Carts — golf cart rental; Joan Bryden — radio show program. 

Port Clinton is the host for the September training of the Main Street Revitalization Series with Heritage Ohio. The topic of the Wednesday, September 19, workshop is Community Branding and Marketing.

It is not too late to register for the Port Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce annual Golf Outing on Monday, September 10, at the Catawba Island Club.

The Oak Harbor Girls’ Golf Team faced off with Maumee Monday in Oak Harbor and three Lady Rocket golfers scored personal bests.
Brooke Tice earned a par on the fourth and fifth holes to lead her team with a 50.
Kaylie Hallett-Szymanski (52) and Whitney Rutledge (54) also earned personal bests.
Maumee defeated Oak Harbor 190 to 210 as Emily Long led the Panthers with a 40.
Also golfing for the Lady Rockets were Cydney St. Clair (54), Paige Siguardson (56), Hannah Glass (63) and Kaylea Hepner (61).

Joyful Connections has announced the winners of its recent coloring contest. The contest was open to local children through grade five. Eight elementary schools throughout Ottawa County participated and more than 350 entries were submitted. The coloring contest was held in recognition of Supervised Visitation Awareness Month.

Melanie Anslow has joined the nursing staff of the Ottawa County Health Department.
Anslow, a Catawba Island resident, has been in the nursing profession for 38 years.
She works in the home health care division on a part-time basis, visiting patients in the privacy of their homes. She began her employment there in mid-April.
“What’s not to like,” she said about the profession. “In my mind, I have always been a nurse for as long as I can remember.”

With hurricane season fully under way and tornadoes, flooding and home fires an ever-present threat, the American Red Cross is asking the public to consider learning more about becoming a disaster volunteer this year.
“Having a trained, prepared and ready-to-help team of volunteers is one of the most valuable resources a community can rely on when disaster strikes,” said Ottawa County director, Beth Leggett. “Often, it takes a disaster of great proportion, as Hurricane Katrina was, to remind people that volunteers are needed.”
In an effort to build upon the strong teams of volunteers that are able to respond at home or across the nation, the Red Cross will conduct Disaster College Weekends at area training hubs this fall.

The 2012-13 waterfowl hunting season dates have been approved by the Ohio Wildlife Council, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife.
The Lake Erie Marsh Zone encompasses portions of Lucas, Wood, Ottawa, Sandusky and Erie counties. The duck hunting season in the Lake Erie Marsh Zone is Oct. 13-28 followed by a second segment that opens Nov. 10-Dec. 23.
The daily bag limit for ducks is six, which may not include more than four mallards (no more than one may be female), three wood ducks, one black duck, two redheads, four scaup, one canvasback, two pintails and one mottled duck. The daily bag limit for mergansers is five, of which no more than two may be hooded mergansers. The daily bag limit for coots is 15. Possession limits after the first day are twice the daily bag limit.

Calling All Captain Underpants Fans: head to Ida Rupp Public Library for a program based on the popular series by Dav Pilkey on Saturday, Sept. 8. Games, activities, crafts, food and fun will be offered from 10:30 a.m. to noon for those in grades 2-5. There will also be a drawing for free books. No registration necessary.
The program will be offered in the community room. For information, call Ida Rupp Public Library at 419-732-3212.