Freedom Boat Club has scheduled a celebration of Welcome to the Water on National Marina Day, Saturday, June 8, from 1-4. As part of a nationwide observance, Catawba Island South Marina on Catawba Island and Venetian Marina in Sandusky join Freedom Boat Club in celebrating National Marina Day.

Main Street Port Clinton announces that Theresa Earnest and Juan Livas are the winners of the iPods at the 33rd anniversary of the Walleye Festival.  Each advance ride ticket purchased for the Walleye Festival was entered in the drawing.  For more information, contact Main Street PC at 419-734-5503.

Photo: Ric Powers, Executive Director of Joyful Connections and Connie Cornett, Executive Director of Ottawa County CASA.

Ottawa County CASA and Joyful Connections report that teams are filling up fast for The Amazing Island Raise being held on South Bass Island on Saturday, June 15th. These two non-profit agencies serving local children are teaming up with this fun-filled event to raise funds Put-in-Bay style.

The Port Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce will host its 20th Annual Classic Car Show on Saturday, Aug. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in downtown historic Port Clinton.  The event has been renamed the Jerry Lippus Memorial Car Show in honor of Jerry Lippus (Mr. Downtown), who organized the event in previous years before passing away in November 2007 from cancer.

The Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Council is extending an invitation to artists to participate in its annual Appetite for the Arts show, which will be held Aug. 16-18, in the Executive Hangar of the Erie-Ottawa Regional Airport in Port Clinton.