Garlic Mustard, Pulled! – June 2021 PIB Gazette
Garlic Mustard, Pulled! The City of Green near Akron, Ohio issued a challenge as to which community can pull the most garlic mustard in a day! Put-in-Bay accepted the challenge and had a great group of volunteers who showed up to help us meet it! Brendan Morgan of EnviroScience rallied the PIB volunteers at…
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July 2021 This & That – PIB Gazette
This & That Natalie Ontko Price (PIBHS Class of 1994) was on the island the last two weeks of June with her daughters Vivian and Cassie visiting family and friends.In late June, Navy officer Anna Engel (PIBHS Class of 2012) surprised her family with an unannounced visit home from her duties on the West Coast.…
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June 2021 This & That – PIB Gazette
This & That USA TODAY recently listed Put-in-Bay in their “10 Best Island Escapes You Can Drive To” post on the Internet. Put-in-Bay School’s science teacher Missi Kowalski has two young goats she’s raising at her home on East Point. Chris and Joy Cooper recently installed an 85-foot long zip line for their kids that…
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May 2021 This & That – PIB Gazette
This & That Our April issue might have had some misleading stories in it. One of them was the announcement of the addition of drag racing at the Put-in-Bay Airport during this year’s Road Race Reunion. Rest assured, there will be no drag racing at this year’s races or at any Road Race Reunion event…
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Catch the Live Broadcast – May 2021 PIB Gazette
Catch the Live Broadcast Rudy & the Island Girl, the popular WPIB Radio digital radio station, will be broadcasting live from Das Lokal Biergarten at the Goat Soup & Whiskey on Friday evening, May 28th, starting at 6 p.m. Islanders Rudy Cooks and Christie Ontko have been streaming their show late on Friday afternoons for…
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The Garlic Mustard Pull Challenge – May 2021 PIB Gazette
We Have Met the Enemy, and it is Garlic Mustard! Don’t Give Up the Pick! The Garlic Mustard Pull Challenge The city of Green near Akron, Ohio has issued us a challenge as to which community can pull the most garlic mustard in a day! We have accepted the challenge, but need your help and…
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Plant and Tree Sale & Arbor Day – PIB Gazette
LEIC Native Plant & Tree Sale The Lake Erie Islands Conservancy (LEIC) is now taking orders for native trees and plants for the islands. We are using Riverside Native Trees and Natives in Harmony for our native tree and plant sale. Buying and planting native trees and shrubs is a great way to provide quality…
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April 2021 This & That – PIB Gazette
This & That If you’re planning ahead, you might be interested to know that the dates for the Put-in-Bay Community Swim Sail programs for kids 4 to 18 this summer are June 14th through July 16th. More info to follow. Work on the seawall project at Perry’s Monument is now scheduled to start after Labor…
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Please Protect Our Preserves – Keep Your Pet On A Leash! – PIB Gazette
Please Protect Our Preserves – Keep Your Pet On A Leash! Our Put-in-Bay Township Park District Preserves are posted that dogs must be on a leash to be in the preserve. Jane Coates Wildflower Preserve is posted “No Pets” by the wishes of one of the donors to the Preserve. All of our preserves were…
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March 2021 This & That – PIB Gazette
This & That One of the new events at Put-in-Bay Yacht Club this season is a Mayfly Festival. Watch for details soon! Did you know that the estimated number of walleye in Lake Erie this year is 151,000,000? If you spend your time ice fishing and haven’t gotten one yet, maybe you should find another…
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