Community Roundup: Ottawa County teachers endure boot camp
Ottawa County teachers graduate from boot camp
OAK HARBOR — Eighteen teachers from Benton-Carroll-Salem Local School District, Danbury Local Schools, Genoa Local Schools, Port Clinton City School District and Woodmore Local Schools completed the second Ottawa County Teacher Boot Camp during the week of June 13-16.
The focus of the boot camp was to introduce local teachers to the variety of career pathways available within area businesses and the possible career opportunities that exist for local students.
Participating businesses included Davis-Besse, Northern Manufacturing, Materion, Catawba Island Club, Magruder Hospital and Logistiq (a division of LEWCO). Teachers were challenged to engage in employer activities, learn about the diversity of products and services, what vocational and soft skills are needed by local employers, and current and future job opportunities within each business.
Teachers participating in the boot camp will receive graduate credit hours from Ashland University. A final component to the boot camp were teacher presentations to a panel of local business leaders, colleagues, and Business Advisory Council members.
Participants spoke about their experience during the boot camp, what they learned about each business and how they are going implement the information they learned into their curriculum.
The Ottawa County Teacher Boot Camp was organized by the Ottawa County Business Advisory Council and North Point Educational Service Center. For more information about the Ottawa County Business Advisory Council, visit ocic.biz/ocbac. For more information about the North Point Educational Service Center, visit npesc.org.
Car show slated at First United Methodist
CLYDE — First United Methodist Church, 510 W. Maple St., will hold a Car Show and Swap Meet from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Participants are to enter off Race Street and exit onto Maple Street.
Registration is 10 a.m. to noon near the rear of the parking lot. Registration is $10 and lunch will be noon to 2 p.m.
Music will be provided by DJ Gary Ashton. Door prizes will be awarded.
Dash plaques will be presented to the first 50 exhibitors. Trophies and door prizes will be presented at 3:30 p.m. and owners must be present. Trophies will be presented in five classes — Classic-Muscle, Truck, Rat Rod, Hot-Street Rod and Corvette-Sports Car.
Havens named at Hayes building, grounds superintendent
FREMONT— A longtime volunteer who specializes in trees is the new building and grounds superintendent at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums.
John Havens, who has served as a Hayes Presidential volunteer and board of trustees member, began working in the position full-time in June.
He replaces John Bell, who served as building and grounds superintendent for more than four decades. Bell retired at the end of May.
“This is my dream job,” Havens said. “I like the people I work with a lot. I love history, and I really like the historic trees that we have here and the stories behind them.”
Havens has a degree in nursery management from the Agricultural Technical Institute of Ohio State University. He has experience working in a production nursery.
For the past few years, he has been working on a volunteer basis to identify and catalog Spiegel Grove’s more than 1,700 trees. The site is an arboretum accredited by Arbnet. He also has organized Hayes Presidential’s tree tours and trained staff and volunteers to give these tours.
Some of Havens’ goals for Spiegel Grove include reaching level 2 arboretum status and making make the greenhouse located next to the carriage house operational again. The site is currently a level 1 arboretum, meaning it has fewer than 100 species of trees and plants. Level 2 status is for 100 or more species, and Spiegel Grove is close to reaching it.
Havens is a Jackson Township native and serves as trustee in the township. Until taking over this position, he owned and operated Color Haven Paint & Supply in Fremont.
Figure Drawing Club to meet at The Arts Garage
PORT CLINTON — The popular Figure Drawing Club will now be held from 10 a.m. to noon Thursdays at The Arts Garage (TAG) .
Now led by TAG artist Hannah Schelb, the figure drawing club is $5 per person, which will be donated to the model.
Bring your own supplies as well as drinks or snacks. Schelb has several degrees in art and fine art from Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia as well as the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She is TAG's resident ceramics artist and takes commissions. She wants the club to continue to be an accessible program for art lovers of all levels.
Schelb is also offering drawing lessons, before the figure drawing club, starting at 9 a.m. Thursdays, also at TAG. This more formal class will be $20 per class.
The Arts Garage is located in the old city street department building at 317 W. Perry St.
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