On This Day in History - May 7, 1889
- Two shipwrecks on
Starve Island were caused by the cutting down of some trees on South Bass
Island. - May 7, 2008
Great Lakes Aerial Photos
- with some nice pictures of
South Bass Island and Middle Sister Island. (The Middle Sister
pictures are incorrectly described as East Sister). How many pictures of the
Benson Ford on Put-in-Bay can you find? - April 30, 2008
Elderhostel Event: Snakes of the Lake Erie Islands with a focus on LEWS-
Share an
Intergenerational Day of Discovery at Put-in-Bay on Saturday, August 23,
2008 with your grandchild and gain a new appreciation for snakes!
Explore the habitat of snakes in Lake Erie and participate hands-on in
the conservation efforts made to improve their numbers. We think this
will fill up rather quickly as the limit is set at around 20
participants, so anyone interested in participating should register very
soon. Also see the
Respect the
Snake site. - April 12, 2008
No Passport Needed to Fish in Canada
- Anglers on charter and pleasure boats do not need passports or other
documentation to fish in Canadian waters, a U.S. Customs and Border
Protection spokesman said Tuesday. - Port Clinton News Herald, April 9,
2008
Ed Gudenas ends 10 years in Euclid City Hall
- Gudenas said he will
be busy working at a vacation spot he owns on Middle Bass Island. He
said he was leaving public life with a proud list of accomplishments. -
March 10, 2008
Coast Guard Rescues Ice Fishermen Near Middle Bass
- The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two ice fishermen who became lost in
whiteout conditions Saturday on the west side of South Bass Island
between Rattlesnake Island and Middle Bass Island. - March 9, 2008
Middle Bass School Board
Summer Activities
June 16-19
Nature Camp, AM,
ages 6-8
Environmental
Adventure Camp, PM, ages 9-10
June 23-26
My First Nature
Camp, AM, ages 4-5
Nature Camp, AM,
ages 6-8
Environmental
Adventure Camp, 2 PM, ages 11+
July 14-19
Arts Camp,
Kindergarten thru 8th grade
Mark your calendars and
watch for registration forms this spring. Contact Kelly Halterman at
(440) 748-1939 with questions. - February 23, 2008
New Year's Party Update
- First
the first time ever, a Middle Bass New Year's Eve Party last Dec. 31 at
J. F. Walleyes
restaurant on Middle Bass. This event is expected to become an annual
one, replacing the party at the Town Hall that was held in past years.?
Chris Zeitler and Marika Gross, who operate Walleye’s, considered it a
community event, and spent 3 times as much money as it brought in. They
flew in a 7 piece band, which took two full airplanes, with the help of
Tom at Griffing Air. They served a Prime Rib Dinner, with cheesecake for
desert, and gave all that attended a collector champagne glass engraved
with "2008 New Years" and "Walleyes" on it. They also gave each couple a
bottle of champagne and had a beautiful toast at midnight. The customary
tradition of a balloon drop at midnight was carried out with help from
the Town Hall and John Glauser. The celebration also had a 50-50 raffle
with proceeds to benefit the Town Hall and Fire Department. Jimmy Wolf,
a former islander and employee of Karl Schmidlin, won the 50-50, and
donated the entire amount back to the island! All together about 60
people were in attendance, and we believe everyone had an outstanding
time. Walleyes is sure they will be doing this again for 2009.
Middle Bass
Rentals, which represents properties on the island, was able to rent
units for the evening for folks interested in the event. - January 16,
2008
Elections board closes precincts on Middle, North Bass - Starting in
March, residents on Middle and North Bass islands must vote either by
absentee ballot or travel to a polling site on South Bass Island. The
Ottawa County Board of Elections has decided to close the precincts on
Middle Bass and North Bass because too few Middle Bass residents
volunteered to work the polls. Port Clinton News Herald, Dec. 28, 2007-
posted January 16, 2008
Middle Bass Island Yacht
Club Updates
- please
see the latest
newsletter - January 16, 2007
Ferry still running at P-I-B
- The ferries are running to Put-in-Bay -- at least for now. "This is a
question we get asked regularly this time of year --the season where
traditionally we should be setting up ice shanties and adding a few
freshly caught walleye on the table," said Julene Market of the Miller
Boat Line. Port Clinton New Herald, January 11, 2008
Travelers to Canada, Mexico can apply for passport alternative- The State
Department says it will begin accepting applications Feb. 1 for passport
cards as alternatives to passports for Americans who travel to Canada,
Mexico and the Caribbean. The wallet-sized cards will be available to
U.S. citizens by this spring. USA Today, January 11, 2008
A heart-warming true
story of island life in 1886-87, never published before.
MORE INFO
The limited edition
Middle Bass Postcard Poster that was
available at the artist's fair at Aunt Irma's at the beginning of August, 2004
is still available, by special order only.
Four Other Books
in the Middle Bass Web Store- When did you last
have the opportunity to buy 3 different books with "Middle Bass" in the
original historical title (in addition to the Lonz of Middle Bass
book mentioned above)? All 3 are reprints and have great pictures, but none of these has
ever been reprinted before. The 4th is a Port Clinton reprint, but with a
full-page ad for Wehrle's on Middle Bass that we have touched up and put
on the back cover. Three of the books have LOTS
of Put-in-Bay pictures. The books are also available at the Lake Erie
Islands Historical Society on Put-in-Bay.
"Middle Bass, Ohio
1877-1977" Centennial Booklet from 1977.
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