Letters To The Editor 10/24/2022

Apple Festival
support appreciated
To the editor: The 43rd Annual Oak Harbor Apple Festival was held Oct. 8-9. What a wonderful weekend filled with food, family, fun, and entertainment.
When we say that the festival and all of the great activities would not be possible without the help of everyone, we truly mean this. From the sponsors, the local businesses, the village departments and the property owners to the volunteers and vendors, it really takes everyone working together to make our festival the success that it is.
The Oak Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the following for their contribution to this year’s festival:
Candy Apple Sponsors: Community Markets, Croghan Colonial Bank, Fremont Federal Credit Union, Magruder Hospital, McDonald's, Shores & Islands Ohio, Team Kuras and the Village of Oak Harbor.
Red Delicious Sponsors: Carroll Township, Chief Kenan Mylander-Mid County EMS, Civilian Marksmanship Program, Commodore Perry Federal Credit Union, Crown Battery, Lake Disposal, Materion, Molly Judge DPM, Northern Manufacturing, Oak Harbor Rotary Club, ProMedica Bay Park Hospital, Rainbow Acres, and US Bank.
Basket Full of Apples: Blackberry Corners, Buehler Excavating, Poggemeyer Design Group, Salem Township and St. Bonore Financial Services.
Special thanks to PENTA/Oak Harbor FFA chapter and advisors, Oak Harbor Police Department, Village of Oak Harbor Electrical Department, Village of Oak Harbor Street Department, Portage Fire District, Mid-County EMS, Carroll Township Police/Fire/EMS departments, Ottawa County ODOT, Jason’s Pumpkin Patch, Wistinghausen Florist & Greenhouses, Moore Orchards, Benton-Carroll-Salem Schools, Community Markets, Croghan Colonial Bank, Oak Harbor Hardware, Spangler Motors and US Bank.
In addition to the above sponsors and supporters, we would also like to thank everyone who volunteered their time and those who attended and participated to make this event a success. Mark your calendars for the 2023 Apple Festival, which will be held Oct. 14-15, 2023. #TheBestAppleFest
Valerie Winterfield
Executive Director
Oak Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce

Wrong message
To the editor: A local television station has been airing a commercial that features a pom-pom shaking minor girl, for the weekly Ohio Lottery Cash Explosion television show.
I'm not OK with this. How can a minor child be the focus of a gambling show? Any gambling addiction website will tell you how vulnerable children are to the disease. Someone is putting profits ahead of good common sense.
Gambling addiction has the highest suicide rate among all addictions. Meanwhile overall suicide rates are reportedly on the rise. Someone out there is rolling dice on the future of our kids’ lives.
Randy Kania
Curtice