News Herald from Port Clinton, Ohio • Page A3

NEWS HERALD II 3A LOCAL Ford Tri-Motor 5ATproperty of EXPERIENCE THE OF AVIATION TH PE I I THE FAVIATI Golden Age Take a ride on a fully- restored 1928 airliner. Visit ytheford.org or call 1-877-952-5395 to reserve your ight. PORT CLINTON, OH OCTOBER 12-28 CARL KELLER FIELD AIRPORT CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION AT (419) 734-3141 hangs over the door of her barn. It is called The Daughter Her next creation hangs on the red barn just across the road. This is a star pattern done in red, white and blue.

Both are eye catching. Bledingmaier was painting other 2-foot-by-2-foot designs to show and sell at the Apple estival. She has an apple des ign, several types of stars and orn and beans. Each piece is reated on plywood that is framed on the back for durability. There are at least seven coats of primer and exterior paint on each design.

For someone wishing to special order a design, Bledingmaier The 37th Oak Harbor Apple Festival is almost here. The banner is up, and the chamber and the village are putting everything in rder for the busy weekend. A I write this, the weather i gorgeous. The weather is xpected to be cooler and partly sunny for both days of the festival. Regardless of what happens weather-wise, many folks return annually to Oak Harbor for this very popular event.

One person who recently oved back to Oak Harbor and will present her artwork to the public for the first time is Rhonda Bensch Bledingmaier. She rented space in the Community Market VFW Hall on Main Street. Her creations are beautiful renderings of quilt blocks. However, they are painted on wood. I visited recently to view er creations and to learn what i nspired her to paint.

She told when she returned to the family homestead she noticed how very white the barn was and that an old woodshed needed to be painted. She thought about painting sunflowers on it. While pursuing her idea about painting sunflowers, ledingmaier came across on Pinterest. This intrigued her. As she read, she learned another Ohio woman named Donna Sue Groves began the modern movement of Barn Quilts.

Bledingmaier learned more about this type of painting. Although she does not quilt, oth of her grandmothers did a nd her mother, Phyllis ensch, is well-known in the a rea for her quilting skills. Bledingmaier decided she would try to create a painted quilt block after talking to the woman who painted the quilt design on her barn in Millbury. Her first creation now has a book with over 5,300 quilt esigns. For more information, The Daughter Barn Quilts can be reached at 267-625-3864 or at rhonda- Harvest Fest slated at Millbury Community Gardens This weekend is busy for any areas other than just our A pple Festival.

The Millbury ommunity Gardens located on the property of St. United Church of Christ on Main Street in Millbury is hosting a Harvest Fest. appears each Wednesday. Quilt painting artist to display craft at festival TALK ABOUT AK HARBOR LINDA HARTIGAN Lake Erie Shores Islands looking for ambassadors SANDUSKY In an effort to enhance the experiences of groups, sporting events, and conventions coming to the area, the Lake Erie Shores Islands Welcome Center is looking or local residents to act as tourism ambassadors. Several different levels of involvement are avail- a ble: destination conc ierge, registration or vent assistant; Welcoming Group.

For more information and to sign up, visit SHOR ESandISLANDS.com or Services Coordinator rian Shifflet at 419-6252984 or islands.com. Meet the Music at I da Rupp library PORT CLINTON Meet the Music will be eld at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 20 at Ida Rupp Public Library. Explore the life and ork of Tito Puente.

Each session will include facts and stories about the musicians along with music, projects, and book giveaways. Intended for homeschoolers ages 4 and older. Siblings welcome. Register at www.i- darupp.org. For more information, contact Ida Rupp Public Library at 4 19-732-3212.

Quilters guild to meet Oct. 12 in Oak Harbor OAK HARBOR eace by Piece Quilters uild will meet at 7 p.m. ct. 12 at the United Methodist Church, 360 E. Ottawa St.

(back entrance), Oak Harbor. PCHS selling pre-sale tickets for Friday PORT CLINTON Port Clinton High School will be selling pre-sale ickets for football game at Huron on riday Ticket sales begin 7:15 a.m. to 2:45 Oct. 7 and continue through Friday in the PCHS Main Office. Pre- Sale Tickets are $5, all ickets at the gate on Friday are $6.

Jessie Schenk emorial Turkey Chase on Nov. 28 PORT CLINTON Registrations for the 6th Annual Jessie Schenk Memorial Turkey Chase are now being accepted online or by mail. he 5k will be 10 a.m. ov. 28.

The cost is $20 for preregistered adults or $25 on event day. Youth 12 and under are 10. New for 2015 is the ot Trot: 26.2 yards of un for those 6 and under. The race benefits the Jessica Schenk Memorial Schola rship fund. register online, isit www.eventbrite.comand search for Jessie Schenk Memorial Turkey Chase.

A pplications are available at the Catawba Is- and Club front desk and Fitness Center and online a yolasite.com. For more information, call Ginger chenk at 419-797-4959. BRIEFS PORT CLINTON Port Clinton Chapter 267, Order of the Eastern Star, was named an at the state- ide meeting of the rand Chapter of Ohio, Order of the Eastern Star, held in Dayton last month. The award recognizes hapter excellence in the a rea of charity and community service, chapter social activities, performance of chapter officers and communication. Port Clinton is recognized as exceptionally charitable i scholarships for high chool students and local needs.

Port Clinton is one of more than 230 Eastern tar chapters in Ohio. nly 25 chapters received the designation. Port Clinton Chapter was awarded a gold-tone plate engraved with Outstanding to added to a walnut ound block awarded to the chapter in 2013, when the Chapter Excellence Program was initiated by he Grand Chapter. Eastern Star wins outstanding chapter award at state meeting SUBMITTED PORT CLINTON In cooperation with the Port Clinton Kiwanis Club, Port Clinton City Schools ecognizes outstanding elementary students as Terrific Terrific Kids are selected in each lass each month. The following have been honored as Terrific Kids in September: Bataan Memorial Intermediate Third Grade: Cole McNamara, Quinn Felbinger, Ava DeFreitas, Alexa olodziejczyk, Connor Earnest, and Alyssa Malon ey.

ourth Grade: Da'Ca- riya Lanier, Reilly Laird, Amelia Finn, Savont Kleinhans, Miranda cDougall, and Chase Marlatt. ifth Grade: Owen Auxter, Addisynne iefke, Zoey Barr, Anthony Herdman, Jon Saxton, Payton Vargas, Jennah Spencer, Lily Spieldenner, asen Cornell, and iego Lucero. Bataan Memorial Primary Kindergarten Audrey ohrer, Jeven Buehler, Jaelynn Mazur, Dominic ohnson, Tatum Higgins, A eryn Mackey, and Paige Johnson. First Grade: Tessa Cantu, Hunter Bartow, Cars on Bergeman, Lilly Davis, Danny Baker, Haley hipp, Jackson Below, Calleigh Pean, Aidan eister, and Isabella Ice. Second Grade Lee Higgins, Jenna Anderson, Halle Puffenberger, Cas ey Brand, Jalynn Burkholder, Emily Uhink, Jenn a Boykin, Aiden Finn, Lily Mincer, Caleb Spencer, and Brian Salyers.

Port Clinton honors SUBMITTED OTTAWA COUNTY Sept. 14 to Sept. 18 Ryan S. Andrews, 33, electrician, and Cheri Marie Lawson, 38, bartender, both of Port Clinton. Jason R.

Bickley, 31, truck firefighter, and Alyssa Jeanette Miller, 28, registered nurse, both of Genoa. Skylouor T. Worthington, 25, produce clerk, and Kelsey L. Cousino, 25, deli clerk, both of Port Clinton. John W.

Flegal, 28, Port Clinton, Ohio Emergency Management Agency, and Shelbie Anne Briggs, 24, Berkey, ustin P. Hemminger, 25, Curtice, and Emily L. Belcik, 22, Genoa, director of youth and family. Mark Anthony Rinehart, 29, marine technician, and Erin Lynn McCumber, 27, unemployed, both of Port linton. MARRIAGE APPLICATIONS AKRON A business owner shot by an Akron police tactical eam member when officers tried to arrest him has died at a hospital.

Omar Ali, 27, of Copley died Monday night, a uthorities said Tuesday. Police say he was hot inside his Akron ookah bar Sept. 21 when SWAT and narcot- i cs officers tried to erve a search warrant for drug trafficking. Ali also was wanted for domestic violence. No rul- i ngs had been made on his cause of death.

Police say Ali was hot once in the upper torso when he reached behind his back after refusing to raise his hands. Officers quickly learned A li was trying to hide nearly 3 grams of hero in. A police spokesman said the 15-year veteran fficer will return to du- this week. Business owner shot by Akron SWAT officer dies ASSOCIATED PRESS.