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Moss On The Rock - May 2026
Spring Fling Celebrates Two Decades
This month’s Spring Fling scheduled for May 1st and 2nd at the Island Club is celebrating 20 years as one of the most anticipated early-season events on South Bass Island. This long-running customer appreciation celebration kicks off the start of the PIB season with two days of food, entertainment and social festivities.The event, hosted by Island Club Rentals, has become an island tradition.
Island Wide Garage Sale
Start cleaning out those garages and basements, the annual Put-in-Bay Island Wide Garage Sale is set for Saturday, May 16th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Residents and businesses can register their address to be included on the official garage sale map created by the Put-in-Bay Chamber of Commerce. Contact the Chamber today.
Pooch Parade - June 13th
Here’s a little advance notice to all you dog lovers out there. This season, the Pooch Parade is back. All dog owners and their canine family members are invited to DeRivera Park for a parade around the block. Registration is at the Park Gazebo on Sat., June 13th at 10 a.m. just before Founder’s Day begins. There’s a $20 fee which benefits the Nature & Wildlife Center. And don’t forget, there will be prizes galore!
Traveling
Simona Michael and her daughter Emma visited the Big Apple. That’s New York City for those of you who are unfamiliar with that name.
Ben and Christy Frederick Bykowski were in Bordeaux, France, with the Saint Ignatius Rugby Team for Easter.
For those following Roger and Joan Rhoad and Jack and Lorraine Zimmerman’s cruise adventure, you’ll want to hear about their brief stop at Null Island. There is no island! It’s in the Atlantic Ocean where the Prime Meridian and the Equator are located on the map! That’s zero degrees South, North, East and West!
Terry and Lesa Jenkins visited New Orleans.
Missi Kowalski visited Disneyland while in Anaheim, California.
Jason and Amanda Buttrey from Put-in-Bay’s Subway headed to the Bahamas before coming back to the island for the season.
Decommissioning of USS Lake Erie
The decommissioning ceremony for the USS Lake Erie is scheduled for 09/28-09/30/26 in San Diego. If anyone would be interested in attending the ceremony on behalf of Put-in-Bay due to Put-in-Bay’s history involving the naval Battle of Lake Erie, you can call Kevin Wade at (614) 570-1917 for information about the event. Kevin served on the USS Lake Erie in his Navy days.
St. Paul’s Annual Meeting
St. Paul’s Episcopal’s 2026 Annual Meeting will take place on Sunday, May 10th, after the 10:30 a.m. Service. Members will elect two members to the Vestry to a 3-year term, and receive reports about the church’s finances and activities in 2025. A light breakfast will be served. Please plan to attend.
B-Dock Fundraiser
DeRivera Park Manager John Galvin tells us the B-Dock rebuilding project is going a bit over budget. To help raise a few shekels to help with the overage, John contacted Gillmor Ordnance Cannon Factory in Old Fort, Ohio, to help design something that could be made from all the old aluminum electrical wiring that was removed from the old dock last fall. They came up with a design for a “B’Dock” aluminum plaque. A 3D design was printed and then used to create a sand mold. The result was an oval, Euro sticker-sized aluminum plaque that reads “PUT-IN-BAY B-Dock THE PLACE TO BE” If you’re interested in one, text or call John at (419) 341-1573.
Start Creating Now!
Artists of all kinds are invited to participate in the Put-in-Bay Arts Council’s fundraiser at Founder’s Day on June 13th. The Arts Council is looking for creative pieces of art, signage and yard ornaments to sell at its table. The theme is “fish.” If you would like to help by creating and donating a creative work for a good cause, more details can be had by contacting Celeste Mycoskie at (216) 310-6261.
Smallmouth Bass Explorers
From a 20-year bass gill net survey and new acoustic telemetry work, Ohio Division of Wildlife fisheries biologists have discovered how far Lake Erie smallmouth bass will travel to find new underwater territories. One tagged lake smallmouth traversed 421 miles from Fairport, Ohio, to the north shore and back and then to Buffalo in a year’s time. Another swam 921 miles over a year and half — it was tagged off North Bass Island, swam up the Detroit River into Lake St. Clair and then back, twice — which was the longest documented movement of a smallmouth bass. Lake Erie smallmouth bass don’t move very far, tending to stay within about 10 miles of where they were tagged.
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