The Point Place Business Association will be participating in a smoke detector giveaway on Friday, January 14 and Saturday, January 15.

The PPBA, along with Jim Mossing of SMB Construction, The American Red Cross, the Toledo Fire Department and Channel 36, in cooperation with the City of Toledo and the Friendship Park Community Center, will be giving away smoke detectors free on January 14 and 15.

The smoke detectors can be picked up at the Friendship Park Community Center, 2930 131st Street in Point Place from 10 am to 4 pm both days. There will be approximately 400-500 to be given away on a first-come basis.

Mr. Mossing stated, “If one life can be saved as a result of this, then it is worth it.”

Please direct any questions to Jim Mossing at 419-269-1473 or Gary Anderson at 419-726-4663.

Members and guests are invited to the annual PPBA banquet on Wednesday, January 19. The event begins at 6:00 pm and is being held at the Ottawa River Yacht Club on Edgewater Drive. The program will include jazz music by the trio Blue Water, and solo music by singer Craig Black. Dinner will be catered by Kelly’s Catering.

Thank you to the Point Place & Shoreland Garden Club who do the flowers along Summit Street every Spring and the Christmas trees and wreaths during the holidays.  A special thank you to Cathy & Gary Rochte and Bob Kneisley and their crew for doing the decorations and lights at the Point Place Gateway Lighthouse.

The 2011 POINT PLACE CALENDAR in now available for a donation of $10, just in time for the Holiday season. The calendar is a project of the Point Place Business Association to benefit the Legacy Community Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation.

The calendars are available at: Alternative Plumbing Plus * Crimping Tree North * Curves * Flags Sales and Repair * Friendship Park Community Center * Ottawa River Yacht Club * River View Yacht Club * Sun Lounge Tanning, Inc. * Toledo Yacht Club.

Postcards and Note cards will also be available soon.

Monthly PPBA Meeting
Dinner meeting at 6 pm, Wednesday, October 20 at Friendship Park Community Center.

Candidates Forum

• 7:15 pm, Wednesday, October 20 at Friendship Park Community Center
• All candidates for public office are invited to share and answer questions from the community
• All members of the community are invited to meet and hear the candidates