Ottawa County’s Special Olympics basketball team had a great first season for the 2011–2012 year. We spent a lot of time learning to be a team on and off the court. We started meeting weekly for practices and the players chose to be the Ottawa County Rockets with blue and white as our colors. During practice, […]
Sixteen year old Emily McLargin of Genoa, Ohio has clinched the 2011/2012 state title! On Saturday, March 31, 2012, level 8 gymnasts from all over the state gathered in Heath, Ohio to compete for the title. Emily placed 1st on vault, 1st on beam, and 2nd on floor. She did not place in the top 5 […]
A total of forty-four Oak Harbor DECA members qualified to compete at the Ohio DECA Career Development Conference held on March 16th and 17th at the Columbus Convention Center. Over two-thousand DECA members from 111 schools across the state competed at this event. The Oak Harbor chapter is a satellite program of Penta Career Center. […]
The Easter Candy Hunt has been a tradition in Oak Harbor for over 60 years. The Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce held the annual event this year on the lawn of AdolphusKraemer Park on Saturday March 31, 2012. Over 350 excited children found their eggs and received numbers for their special candy bags located at the […]
On Wednesday, March 21, 2012, American mayors across the country showed their support for the Meals On Wheels program in their city, town or village by delivering meals to seniors. Ottawa County mayors were no exception as Mayor Mark Williams of Genoa and Mayor Fred Conley of Oak Harbor participated in this annual event sponsored […]
The Oak Harbor/Penta FFA Agriculture Sales Team placed 3rd at the State Agricultural Sales Career Development Event on Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 in the Agriculture Administration Building in Columbus, Ohio. The sales team consisted of Ashley Buhrow, Micah Mensing, Logan Bahnsen, and Austin Schimming. The Career Development Event is composed of an objective test, sales demonstration, and […]
A hospital is a very scary place for a kid. When Cindy Kerr’s son, Ryan, was diagnosed with cancer in 2002, she wanted to brighten up his hospital room, so she began making pillowcases. She soon realized the difference these brightly colored pillowcases were making in Ryan’s attitude and recovery, so she began making pillowcases for […]
March is Developmental Disabilities (DD) Month –Ottawa County Board of DD invites you to seize the opportunity to get to know someone in the community with a disability and you will find that Our Community is Better Together! “Our Community is Better Together” is the theme for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month 2012. The Ottawa County Board […]