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Island Docks from Roesch's Marina For Sale on eBay
- The listing runs until Jan. 4, 2009 - December
26, 2008
First Ice in the New Marina
- Pictures Taken December 8, 2008. - Posted
December 15, 2008
Middle Bass Island "Golden Eagle Island
Classic" Press Release -
The Cleveland Blues Base Ball Club would like to
announce the 1st annual "Golden Eagle Island Classic" vintage base ball
tournament. The tournament will feature three games to be played at the ball
field on Middle Bass on Saturday, August 29th, 2009, beginning at 12:30. -
November 30, 2008
Waterfront Condo on Middle Bass For Sale at Auction Friday Nov. 28
-
The live auction will begin at 7:30 p.m. - Fremont News-Messenger - November 27, 2008
Water in the New
Marina! -
State Park
Marina - New Construction Photos
- The day we have all been waiting for. - November
14, 2008
The Up and Up Club Historic Photo Gallery
-
A great find. Wonderful pictures of North Bass Island, Put-in-Bay, Rattlesnake
Island, Johnson's Island and more, all from 1916-1922, taken by a member of the
Up and Up Club on North Bass. - November 6, 2008
Key West of the Great Lakes
-
NY Times article that mentions Middle Bass Island - November 6, 2008
State Park
Marina - New Construction Photos
- Plus more pictures of the New (Replacement)
Eagle's Nest -Photos from Nov. 3-5. - November 5, 2008. Updated November 6, 2008
PIB rejects 2 levies, approves liquor option
- Voters defeated a proposed 1-mill, five-year renewal tax levy for the Put-in-Bay Port
Authority for the operation of airports on South Bass, Middle Bass and North
Bass Islands. - Port Clinton News Herald, November 5, 2008
Middle Bass Island State Park
Marina Updates from ODNR
- November 4, 2008
Little Known Long
Point -
Including a rare mention in the news of Millionaire's Island in Lake Erie which
we list in our article "How
Many Islands Are There in Lake Erie", but which does not appear on any maps.
- Nov. 3, 2008
Interesting Update on Increased Traffic in the Erie Canal
- Nov. 3, 2008
Middle Bass Island State Park
Marina Updates from ODNR
- October 30, 2008
Levies, liquor license up for vote
-
The Put-in-Bay Township Port Authority is asking for a 1-mill renewal levy for
the operation of the airports on South Bass, Middle Bass and North Bass islands.
- October 27, 2008
April Fool's Page Updated with Disclaimer
-
I just found out that college students writing papers on Middle Bass Island
didn't realize that the page was an April Fool's page. So I added a note. -
October 2, 2008
Scientists monitor growing Lake Erie algae bloom
- Also see the
Plain Dealer article. There is another interesting article
Marine Debris Will Likely Worsen In The 21st Century
that is mostly about ocean problems,
not Great Lakes problems, but many of the conclusions apply to the lakes
also. There's a
link to the full free National Academy of Sciences report at the bottom.
Last, while I normally wouldn't post anything political, the article
Sarah Palin's
Dead Lake is probably of interest to most
visitors to this site. And if you don't like the article, you will probably
like some of the responses to it. - September 20, 2008. Updated September 22, 2008
Sunrise and
Sunset Photos
- All taken on September 17,
2008
Our
Live News Feed is Working Again
- Our feed reader "broke" as a result of some changes we made last spring. We
had never been happy with it, and took time to research other RSS feed readers
that load faster and provide better formatting. Check out the item about the
$300 million resort planned for Pelee, in which the 600 slip marina will have
150 spaces for transient boats and 450 permanent spots. - September 17, 2008
State Park
Marina - New Construction Photos plus Pictures of Island Storm Damage Last Night
- September 15, 2008
Middle Bass Island
Death Records
- Online at Tribute.com, a new
site for U.S. death records. You can also view
Put-in-Bay records,
if you enter the city name without dashes. - September 15, 2008
State Park
Marina - New Construction Photos
- September 11, 2008
Rattlesnake Island Revealed
- Great Expose at the Cleveland
Free Times. Some of the information was taken from the
Ottawa County
Auditor's site, which can also be used to look up Middle Bass information.
Also see the
Rattlesnake Island Club website. - September 10, 2008
State Park
Marina - New Construction Photos
- September 7, 2008
Island Aerial
Photos by Dairy Air Bob
- September 7, 2008
So What’s Going on with the Snakes on Middle Bass?
by Kristin Stanford - September 3, 2008
North Bass Island Fly-In Fundraiser on Saturday,
September 6. - The North Bass
Island Church is hosting a Fly-In as a fund raiser on Sept. 6 between 11 and 4
o'clock. This will be a great way to get away from it all and enjoy our unique
community. There will be lunch available for purchase, along with drinks and
goodies to snack on, some island crafts for sale, and every hour starting at
11:30 the island historian (Robin Burris-Cadez) will be giving cemetery walks
discussing the rich history of the island. The church will be open during the
tour, as well as the little one room school. Maps will be handed out at the
runway for those who might like to walk around and see more of the island. We
hope to see all of you pilots there. - September 3, 2008
Sonny Schneider Passed Away on September 1. A Memorial
Service Will Be on Friday, September 5
- Charles E. "Sonny" Schneider,
Jr., whose family started and still operates the Sonny-S ferry to Put-in-Bay,
died on September 1. Services will be held at the Middle Bass Town Hall on
Friday September 5th at 10:30 am. The Miller Ferry boat will leave Catawba for
Middle Bass at 0845 and again at 0915. Click here for the
revised obituary.
Also see
this page
for information about the death of Sonny's father in 1955 as well as links to
more family info. - September 2, 2008. Updated September 3, 2008. Obituary link
updated September 4, 2008
Boat
Sinks in Schoolhouse Bay on Labor Day
- September 1, 2008
State Park
Marina - Aerial Pictures Taken Labor Day
- September 1, 2008
Lake Erie
Islands - Aerial Pictures Taken on Labor Day
- September 1, 2008
Design a Middle Bass Flag Contest
- The Middle Bass Island Town
Hall is sponsoring a contest for a flag design that could become the "Flag of
Middle Bass Island." The selected graphic will be professionally depicted on a
banner that will be flown beneath the American flag on the new Town Hall flag
pole.
The new flag
will be presented to the MBI community at a dedication ceremony in 2009 on a
date to be determined. Submit your design with suggested colors as you see MBI
and your contact information by February 1, 2009 to Middle Bass Town Hall, PO
Box 58, Middle Bass, OH 43446.
All entries
become the property of Town Hall. If you have any questions contact Barbara
Goist by email at barbaragoist@yahoo.com.
- August 31, 2008
Storm Watch
- This site has more
hurricane and storm projection data than you will ever need, we hope. - August
31, 2008
News For Lakefront Property Owners
- The Ohio Lakefront Group (OLG)
held a meeting on Aug. 26 in Port Clinton and delivered an
excellent presentation (PPT, 7MB) with lots of news and information. -
August 30, 2008
Middle Bass Island State Park
Marina Updates from ODNR
- August 29, 2008
State Park
Marina Photos and News, August 24
- August 24, 2008. Main text updated; caption of the one panorama image updated
August 29, 2008
Web Site Updates
- An addendum to Green Island
history linking it to the Manhattan Project during World War II, and an
expanded and improved Lake Erie
Islands bibliography with a number of new items listed. - August 27, 2008.
Green Island History Updated Again on August 28, 2008
State Park
Marina Photos From the Past Month, From ODNR
- August 24, 2008
State Park
Marina Photos, August 15-August 19
- August 22, 2008
State Park
Marina Photos, July 25-August 9
- Added August 17, 2008 and updated with more pictures on Aug. 22
Michael Gora Will Be Signing His New Book on Island
History in Sandusky and Marblehead on Saturday, Aug. 23
- Michael Gora, Middle Bass
Island webmaster and historian, will be signing his new book "Early
Adventures at Put-in Bay, Middle Bass and Johnson's Island" at the
Sandusky Library in Sandusky at 11AM. He will also be signing it at the
Ex Libris bookstore in Marblehead at 1PM. - August 19, 2008
North Bass
Island Historical Tour 2008
- August 17, 2008
Jim Bretz Obituary
- James L. Bretz, 81, of Middle
Bass Island, died Thursday August 14, 2008 at Edgewood Manor Nursing Center in
Port Clinton. He was born December 17, 1926 on Middle Bass, the son of Leslie J.
and Florence B. (Potts) Bretz who operated the Bretz Winery on the island.
Graveside services will be 11 am Monday at the cemetery on Middle Bass Island.
Port Clinton News Herald. (In 2003, we posted many of
Jim's family photos
on this site.) August 16, 2008
Barbershop shows this weekend on islands
- "The Lake Erie Islands will be
ringing with barbershop harmony the evening of Friday and Saturday... The
Saturday performance will be the 62nd annual Middle Bass barbershop concert will
take place at the town hall." - Port Clinton News Herald, August 7, 2008
Mussel Building on
Middle Bass -
More detail on the fish and mussel deaths in the marina, and on the rescue
efforts. - Sandusky Register, August 2, 2008
Middle Bass Island
construction kills 1,300 fish, 3,800 mussels -
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Contractors draining water to expand the new Middle Bass Island State Park
Marina apparently went too far July 16, killing an estimated 1,300 fish and
3,800 freshwater mussels. The fish and large mussels were stranded in
oxygen-depleted shallow water behind retaining walls built to expand the Lake
Erie marina." - Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 30, 2008
New Book "Legends of Catawba"
- "Legends of Catawba" is a book
about the history of the Catawba Cliffs area on Catawba Island and about the
area around the cliffs. It is edited by Don Rhodes, Catawba Island historian and
proprietor of the Ottawa City General Store on NW Catawba Road about half a mile
from the Miller Ferry. It is available only at that store. - July 27, 2008
New Tall Ship
"Oliver Hazard Perry" planned by Newport, RI Group
- The hull to be used was
originally "intended to become a replica of the Detroit, one of the British
ships that Perry defeated in earning the nickname the 'Hero of Lake Erie'.” July 27, 2008
New Aerial
Photos of Middle Bass Island
- July 21, 2008
An East Point
Wedding - The
marriage of Jennifer Lynn Beachy and Brett Richard Chaney on Middle Bass Island.
- July 19, 2008
Middle Bass Island State Park
Marina Updates from ODNR
- De-watering started on
July 11! News items posted May 9, May 22, June 1, June 7, June 23, July 12,
July 18, 2008
State Park Marina De-Watering Photos
- Pictures
from July 13 after about
48 hours of drainage. And more pictures from the "north shore" of the marina
taken July 16 with drainage fairly complete- July 13, 2008 and July 16, 2008
I-LYA Junior Sail Regattas in Schoolhouse Bay
- July 14,
2008
Annual Sunset Cruise and Pig
Roast, July 12,
2008 -
Pictures of the Benefit Cruise for the Middle Bass Island Volunteer Fire
Department. - July 13, 2008
On This Day in History, July 11,
1919 -
Hon. Isaac Sherwood of Ohio gave a lengthy speech in the House of
Representatives defending the Lake Erie Islands wine and grape industries
against the possibility of Prohibition. With a statement by George Lonz of
Middle Bass Island. (PDF, 8MB, 15pp) - July 11, 2008
J.F. Walleye's- "A Best Kept Secret"
- Nice article on the new
Blue Lagoon, a large pool plus waterfalls for swimming added recently at J.F.
Walleyes restaurant on Middle Bass. Coincidentally, my wife and I had dinner
there last night, outdoors at one of the new poolside tables for the first
time, to enjoy the perfect weather. It was a perfect evening. - July 10,
2008
Church of Middle Bass
- Pictures of the
July 6 Service Celebrating Independence Day Weekend - July 6, 2008
The Three Young Eagles
- July 1, 2008
Brig Niagara in Schoolhouse Bay Near
Ballast Island
- On three separate days.
June 25, June 30, and July 1, 2008
This
website was moved to a new hosting platform on Sunday, June 29.
We managed the move
with no downtime and no lost emails. Since we moved from a Linux server to a
Windows server, we had to change the calendar we are using. Take a look at
the new Middle Bass Island Calendar that is
hosted by Google. - June 30, 2008
This web
site will be down this weekend for awhile.
We're finally moving
middlebass.org to a new hosting platform as well as to a new registrar this
coming weekend. For the past week, I had been unable to publish the "Boat Runs Aground at Burgundy Bay"
article below due to technical difficulties. The 8-year-old platform has
been causing intermittent problems for years. Either Friday night 6/27 or
Saturday night 6/28, the site will be down for 2-6 hours. Email sent to middlebass.org email addresses during that time may be lost. - June 23, 2008
Lake Erie Monster Finally Found?-
Huge 1000 pound sturgeon caught in Lake Erie near
Wheatley, ON east of Point Pelee. The article spells the name of the
town incorrectly. - June 22, 2008
Boat Runs Aground at Burgundy
Bay - June 1,
2008 - Posted June 16, 2008
Explorers find 1780 British warship in Lake Ontario
- For pictures, also see the
article at
Shipwreck World about this - June 13, 2008
Lake Erie water snakes are making a comeback
- "Lake Erie water snakes --
now some 12,000 strong on the islands where it is illegal to kill them and
where they enjoy several hundred acres of protected habitat -- are likely to
come off the federal 'threatened species' list soon, experts say." Cleveland
Plain Dealer - June 8, 2008
Amber Slinky Alert
- Infant Lake Erie water
snakes are being abducted by an unknown predator. June 3, 2008
Snakes alive! And she wants them to stay that way
- Sandusky Register - June
1, 2008
On This Day in History, May 30, 1786
- 222 years ago today, David
Zeisberger left the Lake Erie Islands after spending a month mostly on Middle
Bass Island. His diary entries about this visit are in my
latest book shown above. - May 30, 2008
Assorted Photos: The
Dock, Turtles, Eagles and Snakes
- May 29, 2008
Middle Bass
Snake Census Starts
- see the pictures. - May
27, 2008
Middle
Bass Island State Park Marina Construction Photos Taken Memorial Day
- May 26,
2008
Marina Excavation Costs at $5.3 Billion
- according to this
otherwise great article in the Toledo Blade, which probably meant to say
$5.3 million. The article states "ODNR expects to spend $5.3 billion to
excavate the marina basin; $3.3 million to build new docks; $3.3 million to
install utilities; $3 million to build a new harbor master's office, rest
rooms, and staff housing, and $1 million to eventually renovate the historic
winery buildings. " The total cost seems to be $15.9 million, and the May 22
article below states that $4 million may be approved this week. Is that
enough to complete the excavation, let alone finish the new marina? - May
25, 2008
Middle Bass Island
Volunteer Fire Department Open House
- plus assorted snake,
raccoon and marina news - May 25, 2008
Google-Based Middle Bass
Island Email and Customizable Home Page Available
- May 23, 2008
Middle Bass Photographer Decorates Axel & Harry's
Restaurant on Put-in-Bay
- Put-In-Bay's Axel &
Harry's restaurant owner Bill Blumensaadt recently commissioned Middle Bass
resident photographer Roman Sapecki to produce one of his classic images
"Shadows of the Niagara" for his newly renovated dining area. The 40"x
54"photograph is a powerful juxtaposition of Perry's Monument and the tall
ship Niagara at dawn. Favored seating within the restaurant allows for
uniquely stunning views of the Monument echoed by the highly graphic image.
- May 23, 2008
$4 Million
Proposed for Middle Bass Island State Park Marina
- May 22, 2008
2008 MBI Arts
Week, July 14-19, 2008
- Info and Registration Form - May 15, 2008
2008 MBI
Nature Camp, June 16-19 and 23-26, 2008
- Info and Registration Form
- May 15, 2008
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
A New Book to be Released in Mid-May, 2008
posted April 19, 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
Middle Bass Island
Ferry Starts Tomorrow, April 4, a week late because of ice
- April 3, 2008
Tribe Loses Lawsuit for Right to Fish Lake Erie
- Toledo Blade, April 3, 2008
Aerial
Pictures of Island Ice from February
- March 19, 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
The Berdan
Cottages in the Middle Bass Club, as Seen From Rehberg Hall
- Last fall I
posted a puzzle picture, with two prizes for identifying the picture.
But I forgot to post the solutions. Here they are. - February 19, 2008
February
Items from 1887 and 1945
- A great winter picture from February 12, 1945, and a rare item from
1887. - February 12, 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
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