One of our favorite holiday traditions here at The Beacon is The Mitten Tree, where our readers bring us gloves, mittens, scarves, stocking caps and all sorts of clothing designed to help keep needy heads, hands and hearts warm this winter. The Mitten Tree is looking kind of bare right now, so let’s start bringing in some decorations for it … OK?

We had 107 correct entries in our Find Wylie contest last week. Rosalie Robson, of Oak Harbor, found Wylie in the ad for OE Meyer Co. in last week’s Beacon. She wins a $20 gift card from Friendship Food Stores. We’ll hide Wylie again this week. If you find him, drop us a note at our office or click on the Find Wylie icon online at www.thebeacon.net. Clarence Balduf, also of Oak Harbor, was selected from 66 entries in our “Win it on the Web” contest and he too won a $20 Friendship Food Stores Gas Card just by clicking on the “Win it on the Web” icon on our Web site.

Ottawa County Senior Resources will hold its Holiday Open House and Resource Fair from noon to 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, at 8200 W. Ohio 163 in Oak Harbor. Local seniors and the community are invited. They will have hors d’oeuvres and beverages and raffles and a silent auction to benefit the Senior Activity Committee are planned. For information, call Senior Resources at 419-898-6459.

The annual children’s Christmas party at the Marblehead Fire Department will be 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. Santa will be there, along with games, crafts and snacks. Everybody is welcome!

I got wind of a Web site where you can write customized Christmas cards designed by kids, and have them sent overseas to our troops in Afghanistan and elsewhere around the world. The Web Site, www.letssaythanks.com, is sponsored by Xerox. I checked it out and it appears legit. Try it!

The Christmas gift wrap center opens today and will be in operation through Christmas Eve in Marblehead this year. It is located at 5681 E. Harbor Road next to the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce office. Hours are 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Wrappers are taking donations for ARC of Ohio — an advocacy agency for people with disabilities and their families. To donate boxes, ribbons, bows or tape, or for information, call Cathy at 419-260-3949.

The public is invited to the annual Holiday Benefit Brunch at the Nor’Easter Club from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, Dec. 6. The event is a tradition that began back in the 1980s by the late Nate Buchantz when he managed Mon Ami. Nate carried on the tradition after he opened Nate’s Restaurant in the ’90s. The price is $8.95 for adults and $4.95 for kids 10 and under plus a non-perishable food item.

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