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SEPTEMBER
PUT-IN-BAY EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
  6   Labor Day White Spiders downtown and "waving off" the last ferry of the not--but certainly not the season!

  10-12 *Historical Weekend  Activities and events at the Perry Memorial. Grand Parade on Saturday with area and local dignitaries, several high school bands and island antique and classic cars. War of 1812 military encampment. Musket & cannon firing demonstrations. Boy Scout Camporee with more than 1,200 Boy Scouts. Contact the Port Clinton, OH Boy Scout Troop 360 for more information about participating in the Camporee.

  11  *Art in the Park  Area and regional artists, photographers, potters, painters, silversmiths, fabric artists, glass artists and stained glass artists, etc. display and sell their work. Local artists featured. Downtown, DeRivera Park. 10 am to 5 pm. Interested artists click here.

  11  *Historical Saturday  Grand Parade at 2:15 p.m., Memorial service at Perry Monument at 3 p.m. Captain of the USS Lake Erie will be featured the speaker.

11 Toledo Symphony Concert Free concert on the lawn behind the Perry's Victory Visitor Center at 6:30 pm. This is the Toledo Symphony's first concert of the 2010 season. Patriotic favorites including the 1812 Overature. Sponsored by the Perry Group (Friends of Perry's Victory).

  11    Stone Lab
 12th Annual
 Open House
The Friends of Stone Lab (FOSL) will host the 12th Annual one-day Open House for the public from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the laboratory on Gibraltar Island. Free transportation will be provided from The Ohio State University Research Building at 879 Bay View Avenue, to Gibraltar Island. Stone Lab is the oldest fresh water biological field station and research laboratory in the United States. This free event includes tours of the South Bass Island Lighthouse, Stone Lab and the Aquatic Resource Center as well as lectures and laboratory sessions on Gibraltar. Contact OSU at 419-285-1800.

  12 Ohio Historical Society Muffins vs. Mossbacks Ball Game Held at the island's ball field. The Ohio Historical Society Muffins play the Put-in-Bay Mossbacks. Original baseball rules. Refreshments available. Hot dogs for $1 and soft drinks for $1. Begins at 2 pm. Bring a lawn chair for the shade. Sponsored by Miller Boat Line.

 18  *New Years Eve at the Bay Join local establishments this evening for holiday festivities & Monte Carlo street games downtown on Delaware Avenue, from 6 pm to 11 pm. Countdown to midnight. 36th celebration.

 18  *Half-way to St. Patty's Day at the Bay 9th annual celebration of the half-way mark to St. Patrick's Day. Celebration centers around island businesses promoting Irish food and beverages. Irish Bagpipe & Snare Drum Band will lead the parade and perform throughout the day at Hooligan's on Catawba Avenue. Join the fun and festivities and celebrate the Irish.

 20  *Dive!
 Put-in-Bay
 Harbor
 Clean-Up
Join us on Monday, September 20, (9 am to 2 pm) for the 17th annual clean-up of Put-in-Bay's downtown harbor. More than 70 divers and an anticipated 300 land support volunteers will help in this project which is a joint venture between the Put-in-Bay community, Ohio State University's Stone Lab, Port Clinton's New Wave Dive Center and Patrix Scuba and the Ohio Council of Skin and Scuba Divers, Inc. Miller Boat Line, Island Transportation, the Village of Put-in-Bay, the DeRivera Park Trust and the Put-in-Bay Chamber and many island and mainland businesses are also sponsors of the event. Visit the Official website for a Registration Form to be a part of the 2010 Dive! Put-in-Bay Harbor Clean-up.

 25  7th Annual
 Miller Boat Line 5K at
 the Bay
Join more than 400 runners in a challenging race around the island. Come root for your favorite runner or walker. Proceeds benefit Mother of Sorrows Church.  The 5K will begin and end at the Boathouse Bar & Grill  again this year. Hermes Sports of Cleveland is taking pre-registrations.  Click here to register. The Put in Bay 5k is sponsored by Miller Boat Line. One Mile Family Fun Walk begins 9:15 am at the Boathouse Restaurant, Downtown Put-in-Bay. Register through Hermes Sports.

 25  35th Annual PIBFD Island Style Clam Bake This annual tradition is held at the Fire Station on Concord Avenue. Bake includes, a dozen clams, 1/2 a chicken, corn, potato, fresh fruit and vegetables. Begins at 3 pm, ends at 7. Carry out is available. Call 419-285-7805 to leave your ticket order or fax your order to 419-285-3709. Tickets available the day of the bake, but experience has taught us that he who waits until 5 pm the day of the Clam Bake usually is left hungry. Tickets are $25 per person. Proceeds will be used to update equipment for the island fire department.

Hiring for 2010

Anyone interested in a job at Put-in-Bay this season should browse our website to find contact information on the more than 160 businesses that hire college age workers each summer.

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