The Beacon
Stan Gebhardt has homes on Middle Bass Island and in Port Clinton, places where he can fiddle around in his home workshop while looking forward to enjoying an outdoorsman’s life in retirement. (Photo by D’Arcy Patrick Egan)
BY D’ARCY PATRICK EGAN
Stan Gebhardt gave the Erie-Ottawa International Airport his all for a decade. After amazing success in taking the small town airport all of the way to the big time, it’s time for the avid angler and hunter to kick back and enjoy Lake Erie Island life.
That formula is due to Gebhardt’s internal, unending seven-year itch.
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Updated: 10:10 AM EDT June 4, 2021
TOLEDO, Ohio The weather is starting to heat up and its beginning to really feel like summer. I m sure you don t want to waste it, so keep reading for some ideas on how to spend your Go 419 weekend.
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Oak Harbor Village-Wide Garage Sale | Oak Harbor | Friday and Saturday
Garage sale lovers, this weekend you will want to head to Oak Harbor Friday and Saturday for their city-wide garage sale. You will have plenty of opportunities to score those great finds or hidden gems throughout town. To get a full listing of where all the sales will be, check out the town s website.
PORT CLINTON - Mayor Mike Snider declared a state of emergency due to flooding for the city of Port Clinton Friday afternoon.
“Many roads are impassable due to high water, downed trees and power lines,” Snider said in a news release. “All vehicles are asked to stay off the streets until the state of emergency has been lifted.”
Snider also advised using caution as throughout the community manhole covers and catch basins have been becoming detached and creating pedestrian hazards.
FirstEnergy reported that between 21 and 100 customers were without power at Put-in-Bay as of 3 p.m. Friday,
Closures and cancellations throughout county
CATAWBA ISLAND - Warm temperatures and good weather are the lifeblood of the Miller Boat Line.
Every 20 minutes in the summer ferries full of vehicles and families looking to explore or grab dinner and a drink fill the Miller ferry as it crashes against rocking waves as it heads to South Bass Island.
Thanks to some late spring-like temperatures, mostly hovering around 60 degrees this week, Friday s start to the Miller Boat Line season is perfect timing as trips to Middle Bass Island will resume for the service beginning March 26.
But a busy spring and summer in 2021 would be a stark contrast to 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic threw a wrench into plans for another popular season for the Miller Boat Line and Jet Express.