Soup and Chili Cook off
St. Joseph Church in Marblehead hosted its third annual Soup and Chili Cookoff Sunday. The event is held to raise monies to send 18 of our youth to Franciscan University of Steubenville for the summer Youth Conferences. With 30 entries, the youth raised over $1,000.

April 7, 1958 — Feb. 13, 2010
Greg M. Waggoner, 51, of Port Clinton, died Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Cleveland Clinic. He was born on April 7, 1958, in Port Clinton to Don C. and Maxine R. (Brindley) Waggoner. Greg graduated from Port Clinton High School in 1976. Greg started his public safety career with Sandusky County EMS as a paramedic in 1981 and also volunteered with the Port Clinton Fire and EMS Departments beginning in 1978. He became Port Clinton’s first licensed paramedic in 1979, and served as the only paramedic for almost 15 years. He served as a paramedic with Put-in-Bay EMS and worked for various private ambulance companies in the tri-county area. In 1986, Greg earned his professional firefighter certification and went on to serve as one of Ottawa County’s arson investigators for more than 10 years.

For more than 10 years, a group of entertainers has been drawing audiences of island lovers to the north shores of Ohio in March. But, with Put-in-Bay still a couple months from opening, they won’t board a ferry to get their later winter island fix. Instead, they’ll make the pilgrimage for what has probably become the biggest annual Put-in-Bay tradition not held on the island: the 11th annual Put-in-Palooza. This year the show has a fresh new line-up and has moved out of town to Sandusky.

Allen Township
• 2-5-10 Mary Anne Nicholson to Martin F. Ewersen Jr., 23136 W. Curtice East and West Road, $90,000.

Benton Township
• 2-5-10 Edith Seeger to Todd W. Kapp and Melissa A. Lukac, new split 14476 W. Kolb Road, $55,000.
• 2-3-10 Edith E. Seager to John P. Hartigan et al, new split 14476 W. Kolb, $153,000.