Mary Brown Grieger, who has organized the Walk for Juvenile Diabetes for the last 10 years at East Harbor State Park, announced last Wednesday at Kiwanis that it was time to hang up her walking shoes.

Clients and staff of Riverview Industries (RVI) celebrated the holiday season this year on Dec. 14 with their annual “Candy Cane Lane Day”.  

The Port Clinton Central Committee members of the Ottawa County Democratic Party will be meeting on Sunday, Jan. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the activities room of the Riverview health care complex to appoint an Auditor for the city of Port Clinton.

Magistrate Louis P. Wargo III presided over a special session of the Ottawa County Municipal Court Tuesday, Dec. 18. Wargo recognized one graduate of its Benchmark Alcohol/Drug and Mental Health Intervention Court Program after its regularly scheduled weekly session.

Neither the early evening dusting of snow nor the no-go of a scheduled gig on the David Letterman Show dampened the enthusiasm of Wylie the Walleye and his gathered fans as for the 16th year he dropped at midnight in downtown Port Clinton.
One explanation given for the scheduled David Letterman Show no-go was they were not able to broadcast the feed due to band width mismatch and intermittent signals.  However, the Show then broadcast a rerun, so confusion remains, especially since The Letterman Show initiated the contact with WPCR and the Walleye Madness committee.

The Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca Joint Solid Waste District will offer grants in the first round of the Competitive Funding Grant Program in 2013. 

In the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the Danbury Township Board of Trustees has established a memorial fund at the Marblehead Bank to provide for the purchase and planting of 26 trees and a dedication sign in Newtown, Connecticut.

Winter has come to the North Coast.

 
    With its 40-35 overtime win over Northwood, the Danbury girls basketball team improved to 4-3 overall and 4-0 in the Toledo Area Athletic Conference, good for first place.

    Fostoria St. Wendelin outscored the Lakers, 34-10, in the first half on its way to a 57-32 win over Danbury.