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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February 2021 This & That – PIB Gazette
This & That If you’re wondering about all the open water this winter, you’re not alone. According to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory the Great Lakes just set a record for lack of ice at only 3.9% coverage. The previous record low as 5% back in 2002. The average cover is 53%. According to…
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Covid Update and Thank You’s – PIB Gazette
Covid Shots for Islanders The first two islanders had their first Covid shots before the New Year. Both are healthcare workers, Patrick Rogers, head of the PIBEMS, and Jenni Stoiber, a doctor who commutes to the mainland to treat patients at the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky. Everyone wants to know when more people will…
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January 2021 This & That – PIB Gazette
This & That Gordy Barr saw the photo last month of the wheel Heidi Ladd found when the water went down in a storm this fall. He says it is not a ship wheel, but actually a wheel used on a boat lift to raise and lower the carriage supporting the boat. Put-in-Bay Village is…
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Cooper’s Woods Dedication & Bird Count
Cooper’s Woods Dedication After a twenty year saga to save Cooper’s Woods from development, the commitment and determination of hundreds of individuals has been realized and fulfilled. Those individuals believe that commercial and residential expansion must be tempered by green space, natural areas that reflect the natural beauty of South Bass Island. Cooper’s Woods was…
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December This & That – PIB Gazette
This & That Perry’s Victory Seawall Project – Save the Date For all of you interested in and following the progress of the seawall restoration, the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the project is scheduled to be released on November 30th and will be available for comment through December 31st. A virtual public meeting is planned…
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Excuse Me Friend, Can You Spare a Million?
The following piece is published in this month’s Put-in-Bay Gazette. The Gazette has been producing incredible independent Put-in-Bay island news for over 40 years. If you have any interest at all in what is happening on South Bass Island, we urge you strongly to subscribe to the Put-in-Bay Gazette. One-year online subscriptions are only $15,…
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November This & That – PIB Gazette
The following piece is published in this month’s Put-in-Bay Gazette. The Gazette has been producing incredible independent Put-in-Bay island news for over 40 years. If you have any interest at all in what is happening on South Bass Island, we urge you strongly to subscribe to the Put-in-Bay Gazette. One-year online subscriptions are only $15,…
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DeRivera Park Cannons
The following piece is published in this month’s Put-in-Bay Gazette. The Gazette has been producing incredible independent Put-in-Bay island news for over 40 years. If you have any interest at all in what is happening on South Bass Island, we urge you strongly to subscribe to the Put-in-Bay Gazette. One-year online subscriptions are only $15,…
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How to Be an Explorer of the World: Put-in-Bay StoryWalk
The following piece is published in this month’s Put-in-Bay Gazette. The Gazette has been producing incredible independent Put-in-Bay island news for over 40 years. If you have any interest at all in what is happening on South Bass Island, we urge you strongly to subscribe to the Put-in-Bay Gazette. One-year online subscriptions are only $15,…
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