Simple Gestures donates to St. Vincent DePaul
PORT CLINTON - Kathy Jo Schweitzer, organizer of Simple Gestures, presented 1,393 items in 28 boxes and four extra-large bags to Food Coordinator Ann Heckerd and Jan Russell of the St. Vincent DePaul Food Pantry.
The program contributed filled labeled boxes with canned fruit, crackers, beans, peanut butter and snacks, mac and cheese, rice and pasta, dinners and meals, soups, cereals, soaps and feminine hygiene, canned vegetables, spaghetti sauce and miscellaneous products, plus bags full of Kleenex.
In addition, seven bags of hygiene products and Kleenex were taken to the school nurses at Bataan Elementary, Port Clinton Middle and Immaculate Conception schools.
District to recycle TVs, electronics
FREMONT - From 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 28, the Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca Solid Waste District is sponsoring the Television and Electronics recycling collection. The event is open to Ottawa, Sandusky and Seneca County residents, including all residents of Bellevue and Fostoria.
This collection is for district residents only.
Recycling locations are: the Ottawa County Fairgrounds, 7870 West Ohio 163, Oak Harbor; Sandusky County Fairgrounds, north parking lot, 712 North St., Fremont; and Seneca County Fairgrounds, south entrance, County Road 594, Tiffin.
Residents will be charged to recycle standard glass tube (CRT) televisions.
Fees for televisions are:
• TVs 24 inches and smaller, $5.
• TVs 25 inches and larger, $7.
• Flat-screen LCD or plasma TVs and glass (CRT) computer monitors, no charge.
No type of console or projection TVs will be accepted.
Additional materials that will be accepted at no charge include electronic items like flat screen LCD and plasma televisions, computer monitors, computers and anything that plugs into a computer, cell phones, radios, DVD and VCR players, telephones, etc.
A complete listing of materials that are accepted and not accepted are recycleoss.org.
Judges choose ‘Life on Lake Erie’ winners
Eleven diverse photographs won the judges’ compliments as the favorites in the 2019 Life on Lake Erie photo contest. Photographers were recognized by the members of the Ohio Lake Erie Commission at its Sept. 18 meeting at the Black River Landing in Lorain.
“Lake Erie has so much to offer, and these photos tell it all,” said Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. “From sunsets and starry skies to sailboats and shorelines, this year’s winning submissions truly capture the immense beauty of life on Lake Erie.”
“You can tell the photographers appreciate their subject, and sharing their love for Lake Erie through their photos will help Ohio promote the jewel on our northern border,” said Ohio Lake Erie Commission Executive Director Joy Mulinex. “I thank everyone who submitted photos for this year’s contest.”
This year’s photo winners captured the vast array of places one can experience Life on Lake Erie. The winning photos can be found on the Ohio Lake Erie’s website, lakeerie.ohio.gov.
The commission sponsors the contest annually and encourages amateur photographers to reveal their passion for one of Ohio’s most valuable and dynamic natural features, Lake Erie. In 2019, the commission received 97 photo entries capturing a variety of images across the Lake Erie shoreline.
Winning photos are featured in the commission’s traveling Lake Erie photo gallery, which will be exhibited at destinations along the shoreline beginning in the spring. Photos also may be featured in various state publications, promotional materials and through the Commission’s social media outlets, including Facebook: https://ift.tt/31A8LWh, and Twitter: @OhioLakeErie.
The 2019 photo winners are:
Judges’ Favorites: The Lifeline of Erie, Hari Gopalakrishnan, Warsaw, Indiana; High Waves, Rich McBride, Conneaut; Twilight Skyline, Brian Roberts, Lakewood; and Room with a View, Shea Alltmont, Amherst.
Winning Photos: The Glow in the Darkness, Hari Gopalakrishnan, Warsaw, Indiana; Missing my Mom, Andrea Nagy, Rocky River; Sailing at Sunset, Rich McBride, Conneaut; Summer Sunrise at the Lake, Kelly Chalfant, Perrysburg; Pleasure Craft at Cullen Park, Lucas Madison, Toledo; Spring at Metzger Marsh, Brian Ellithorpe, Oregon; and Dinosaur Driftwood, Shea Alltmont, Amherst.
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