Community Roundup: Fremont Rotary installs new officers
Fremont Rotary installs new officers, board members
FREMONT - Fremont Rotary Club recently installed its new board members for the 2023-2024 year which began this month.
Board members and officers and the business they represent are: President, Angie Morelock, Vanguard-Sentinel Career and Technology Centers; Vice President Andy Brown, Sandusky County Park District; 2nd Vice President Megan Craun, Kuns Northcoast Security; 3rd Vice President Peggy Courtney, Sandusky County Visitors Bureau; 4th Vice President Tracy Baughman, Croghan Colonial Bank; 5th Vice President Steve Durbin, Telamon Construction, Inc.
Additional officers include: Immediate Past President Bob Foster, Foster Auto Body, Inc.; Secretary/Treasurer- Angelica Rinehart, retired; Sergeant-at-Arms James Clark, Erie Shores Council, Boy Scouts of America; Rotary Foundation Chairperson Kay Reiter, retired; Membership Chairman Scott Lang, Motion Controls Robotics, Inc.; Past Presidents Council Chairman Kent Watkins, retired; Centennial Chairman Hal Hawk, Crown Battery; and Centennial Vice Chairman Roger Kuns, Kuns Northcoast Security.
Kiwanis Club volunteers to pack lunches for Ottawa County children
PORT CLINTON - Members of the Port Clinton Kiwanis Club helped with packing lunches for children in Ottawa County on July 5.
This program is operated by the Family Advocacy Center and requires the help of eight to 10 volunteers each day to pack approximately 10,000 meals for distribution each week. The center is seeking more volunteers. Contact the center to volunteer as an individual or with a group to help with this effort. For more information call 419-301-0225.
Hayes Presidential postpones special evening tours
FREMONT – In order to offer the best experience possible to visitors, the Hayes Presidential Library and Museums is postponing special tours based on the lives of the Hayes servants that were scheduled for Thursday, July 27, and Friday, July 28.
Those who purchased tickets for these tours will receive a full refund.
The tours are expected to be rescheduled for sometime this fall. Details will be posted at rbhayes.org.
Hayes Presidential is America’s first presidential library and the forerunner of the federal presidential library system. It is partially funded by the state of Ohio and affiliated with the Ohio History Connection. Hayes Presidential is at Spiegel Grove at the corner of Hayes and Buckland avenues.
For information, call 419-332-2081, or visit rbhayes.org. Like Hayes Presidential on Facebook and follow on Twitter and Instagram at @rbhayespres.
Wetlands program offered Wednesday through Friday
OAK HARBOR - It's wetland week. Families are invited to celebrate the wonderful wetlands at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge from Wednesday, July 19, to Friday, July 21. Drop in anytime throughout the week from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for children’s activities, crafts, and games. Visit an outdoor classroom to learn all about reptiles, amphibians, birds, and everything that makes a wetland so special. The outdoor classroom is a short distance along the boardwalk behind the Visitor Center. Finish the day by exploring the refuge with a wetland scavenger hunt!
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge celebrates 62nd anniversary
OAK HARBOR - Join the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge for its 62nd anniversary as staff throw a birthday party for Puddles, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Blue Goose mascot.
This free family event runs from noon- to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 22. Try your hand at party games or take a gander at Ottawa Jeopardy.
It would not be a party without cake, so enjoy decorating a blue goose cupcake. Live music will be provided by local musician Brent Larson. Witness the wildlife legacy that Ottawa has preserved by exploring the refuge throughout the day. First come, first serve shuttle tours depart at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; the seven-mile wildlife drive is open from sunrise to sunset.
Marksmanship Class teaches gun safety and more
PORT CLINTON - The Pistol Small Arms Firing School (SAFS) started out with a bang at the National Matches at Camp Perry. The Small Arms Firing School took place on July 10, and is geared toward new and intermediate shooters and provides classroom instruction and ends with shooting an Excellence-In-Competition (EIC) match to finish off the day.
Participants gathered in the Hough Theater to begin the SAFS class. SSG Ryan Franks and SSG Walter Johnson of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Service Pistol Team led the instruction. The class covered the basics of pistol marksmanship, discussing minimizing arc of movement, sight alignment and trigger control before explaining the EIC match and course of fire.
SSG Johnson hopes that students take away the “safe application of pistol marksmanship.” Each participant in the class was issued an M9 pistol and ammunition on the line. This allows an opportunity for anyone to learn, even if they don’t own a pistol. Participants new to pistol shooting were walked through a real match with a coach standing right behind them, providing top of the line instruction to introduce them to the sport safely.
The USAMU instructors’ passion for marksmanship was palpable as they explained pistol safety and provided many opportunities for questions and one-on-one instruction throughout the day. Additional coaches and the USAMU gunsmiths were available to make sure everyone could get individual learning time and get familiar with the M9 pistol.
SSG Johnson said that he and his team “work very hard to provide information to participants at any level in this class. If you’ve never touched a pistol or you’re someone who has shot this several years in a row, we want to make sure that everyone is getting some kind of positive information and apply it immediately out here right on the range.”
For the range portion of the class, there was roughly one coach for every two participants.
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