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🌱 Dementia training and a senior health clinic coming to Oak Harbor

Oak Harbor, Ohio Patch AM: a 4 min read

Coffee in hand, Oak Harbor? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Dementia training and a senior health clinic coming to Oak Harbor
  • Helping the helpers face compassion fatigue in Oak Harbor
  • Remembering John Podgurski, Port Clinton caregiver and softball enthusiast

Also on today's calendar: Local History Museum and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 57 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with showers around, temps: high: 48, low: 36.
  • Friday: Cloudy and chilly, with a high of 43 and low of 32 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Community Calendar 11-12-26 (thebeacon.net) — Oak Harbor residents have a chance to learn about dementia Nov. 17 and attend a health clinic for adults 60 and older Nov. 18. The dementia training starts at 3 p.m. at Earl Johnson Ag Complex, while the library clinic requires registration at 419-734-6800.
   

• Local service organizations are losing workers to compassion fatigue (thebeacon.net) — Helping professionals gathered in Oak Harbor Nov. 4–5 to address compassion fatigue, a strain that can drive workers out of careers serving others. Hosted by Ottawa and Sandusky county organizations, the training helped workers recognize secondary trauma and showed managers how to build more supportive workplaces.
   

• November 25, 1954-October 31, 2026 (thebeacon.net) — John A. Podgurski, a Port Clinton resident who spent his final decade working as a caregiver for the Ottawa County Board of MRDD, died Oct. 31 at Riverview Healthcare in Oak Harbor. He was 71, enjoyed softball and Notre Dame football, and will have no services.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Wednesday November 11
  • Alumni Basketball
    Woodmore High School, 633 Fremont St, Elmore
    7:00 pm
    • Thursday November 12
  • HS Girls Basketball hosts Maumee (scrimmage)
    Woodmore Local Schools Elmore, OH 43416, USA
    5:30 pm
  • HS Boys Basketball at New Riegel (scrimmage)
    Woodmore Local Schools New Riegel, OH 44853, USA
    5:30 pm
    • Friday November 13
  • Elmore Fit Fridays: Adult Chair Yoga →
    Elmore OH
    9:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Moving into a new place this winter?
    Call the electric and gas utilities with your new address and start date. If a meter is already in place, the utility must start service within three… (Nextdoor )
  • Avery Dennison posted a job opening for Machine Operator, 2nd Shift in Oak Harbor. Apply here.
  • Northern Manufacturing Company posted a job opening for Mechanical Assembly / General Labor - 1st Shift in Oak Harbor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Harbor here.

🗞 Nearby News

Port Clinton

  • 10 Wallet-Friendly Small Towns To Retire In The Great Lakes (worldatlas.com)

Fremont

  • Tree restoration project will honor Fremont veterans along parkways (kentucky.com)
  • State seizes 87 illegal slot machines in Fremont, Findlay (toledoblade.com)
  • Fremont mayor critical of court's leniency of man who threatened him (thenews-messenger.com)

Ok Oak Harbor! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Oak Harbor

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Oak Harbor

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.