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The Ottawa County Community Foundation honored its long-time president Joy Roth, with incoming President Jan Preston presenting the Joy Roth Little Tiger Award to General Manager Babs Klacik of the popular Bistro 163 pay-it-forward restaurant in Port Clinton. Roth passed away last July. (Photo by D’Arcy Patrick Egan)
BY D’ARCY PATRICK EGAN
This year’s grant awards presented by the Ottawa County Community Foundation were the focus of a bittersweet breakfast on Thursday at the Sutton Center in Port Clinton. The 35 grant recipients who received a collective $53,000 were overjoyed with the financial support, but for the first time in two decades the dynamic leader of the foundation, Joy Roth, was not there.
Union Chapel listed on National Register of Historic Places
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Area realtors Jamie Knight and Kizzie Culbert have joined the Advisory Council of the Catawba Island Historical Society (CIHS) and accepted responsibility for directing the CIHS 2021 membership campaign. Their goal is to enlist at least 150 to 200 dues-paying members to support operation of the Society’s Catawba Museum at Union Chapel.
The effort officially kicks off in January.
“I heard wonderful stories about Catawba from my grandmother, who spent summers here as a child,” said Knight, who works for the Keller Williams Agency. “If I am someday lucky enough to have grandchildren I hope they will say the same about my memories of being a full time resident.