PORT CLINTON — Gem Beach Rocks is right around the corner and a local TV personality is among the special guests. Lauren Lowery of WTOL 11’s Your Morning Show will emcee part of the event along with local favorites Jim Sass and Carl Koebel.
Gem Beach will be rockin’ and rollin’ again from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18. For the third year, residents and visitors to the area will gather to listen to music, enjoy good food and cold beverages, and above all reconnect. 

It seems the residents of Lake Erie’s North Coast have trouble leaving — even after they die. According to some, the area is flooded with the spirits of locals, some friendly, some not, and one local author has put it all down on paper.
The History Press recently released “Ghosts and Legends of Lake Erie’s North Coast,” by Port Clinton native Victoria King Heinsen. The book includes stories about a high school student who floats the corridors looking for her lost boyfriend, and the ghost of a maintenance man who wander through a historic inn making routine repairs. Read about the figure that lurks in the clock of the Port Clinton Courthouse every night, never moving, simply watching, until disappearing with the sun.

Sierra Puckett is crowned this year’s Lions Club Sight Princess by the 2009 Princess, Robin Skinner during the opening ceremonies last Saturday at James Park.

Sept. 2

Blood drive
WHEN: Noon to 5 p.m.
WHERE: Marblehead VFW, 421 W. Main Street, Marblehead