Community Roundup: Magruder celebrates National Hospital Week
Kroeger to be featured at scholarship fundraiser
PORT CLINTON - The Ottawa County Historical Society will feature painter and writer Dr. Robert Kroeger at its first Scholarship fundraising event June 2 at The Arts Garage.
Kroeger will be sharing barn stories from his first barn book, Historic Barns of Ohio (2021) and second barn book, Round Barns of America (2022).
Kroeger will also have a painting demonstration with the completed painting being the first of three prizes of the OCHS annual raffle at the Wolcott Keeper’s House fall festival in October.
This event is free and open to the public.
Doors open at 4 p.m., barn stories begin at 6 p.m. and book sales and signing will take place at 7 p.m.
The Arts Garage, home of the Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Council, is located in the city’s old maintenance garage at 317 W. Perry St.
Magruder celebrates National Hospital Week
PORT CLINTON - The week of May 7-13 was National Hospital Week and Magruder Hospital celebrated staff all week long.
The week started off with Sharon Cox, a team member in the Fulton Street Café, being named the Magruder Employee of the Year. Throughout the week, staff were treated to cookies, milkshakes, ice cream, chips and dip and a taco bar. The Magruder Auxiliary, Ballreich Snack Food Company, and Toft’s Dairy made the celebrations possible.
As part of Hospital Week, each department created a safety poster depicting the theme “Be a Patient Safety Champion: Anywhere, Anytime — Always.” These posters were hung in the hospital café so all visitors and employees could enjoy the creativity.
Nurse’s Week was also celebrated May 6 to 12. Magruder’s nursing administration created goodie bags for all the nurses, and Edgewood Manor, Ohioans Home Health and Stein Hospice treated nurses to a room full of snacks on Monday.
10 Bataan primary school pupils earn art show honors
PORT CLINTON - Ten students at Bataan Memorial Primary have been selected to be showcased in the Ottawa County Fair Art Show this summer.
The art show is sponsored by the Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Council and North Point Educational Service Center. Ottawa County Fair School Art Exhibit will be on display from July 17 to 23 in the Exhibition Barn.
Ribbons for the 2023 art exhibition will be awarded to first, second and third place entries, as well as participation ribbons. Heather deHaas is the Bataan Primary Art Teacher and said, “Please come out to the fair and appreciate our awesome artists from Bataan Memorial Primary School and their creations.”
Kiwanis awards 2023 scholarships
FREMONT - Fremont Kiwanis supports six youth organizations — two Builders Clubs (Bishop Hoffman and Fremont Middle School); and four Key Clubs (Fremont Ross, St. Joseph Central Catholic, Gibsonburg, and Clyde).
Annually, the Fremont Kiwanis Endowment Fund issues $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors from each of the four high schools.
Selected based on volunteerism, community service, and involvement with Key Club and extracurricular activities, the 2023 scholarship recipients and the universities they plan to attend are as follows: Ross — Jackson Smith (Boston Conservatory at Berklee); SJCC — Kaylyn Klos (Terra) and Michaela Hahn (Owens); Clyde — Aubrey Sauceda (Terra); and Gibsonburg — Brianna Montgomery (Ohio Wesleyan). The recipients received congratulatory letters, scholarship checks, and Fremont Kiwanis Scholarship Recipient yard signs.
Fremont Kiwanis President Bob Gross, President-Elect Jenny Freeh, and Ross Key Club adviser Brenda Widman presented Ross senior Jackson Smith with the $1,000 Fremont Kiwanis Endowment Fund Scholarship at the Fremont Kiwanis luncheon at the Elks Lodge on May 18.Community members are welcome to learn more about Fremont Kiwanis by visiting www.fremontkiwanis.org and the Fremont Kiwanis group Facebook page.
Ross alum named Communicator of the Year
DAYTON -Mark D. Weinstein, an experienced public relations professional, has been named the recipient of the 2023 Communicator of the Year Award, also known as "The Smitty," by the Dayton chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). He will be presented his award at the Gem City PR Awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 24, at the Top of the Market in Dayton.
Weinstein, who has worked in higher education since 1988, including the past 11 years as executive director of public relations at Cedarville University, is a former president of the Dayton PRSA chapter and is heavily involved in his community.
Weinstein, who graduated from Fremont Ross High School in 1978, earned a master's degree in organizational leadership from Geneva College and a bachelor of science in communication and journalism from Grace College.
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