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ReStore, selling household items, building materials, planned for Bowling Green
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500 helping hands in Bowling Green assemble 70,000 meals
BOWLING GREEN — Volleyball and volunteering go hand in hand for Bowling Green State University student-athletes Kate Eigner and Sydnie Hernandez. “We try to get out as much as we can. We genuinely enjoy doing this. We fit it into our schedule,” said Ms. Hernandez, of Bloomington, Ill. They volunteer with the Bowling Green Kiwanis Club and the Detroit Pistons, helping children with special needs play basketball, said Ms. Eigner, of Bowling Green. The volleyball players were among 500 volunteers participating in Bowling Green Rotary Club’s Kids Coalition Against Hunger food packing event Friday at the Perry Field House. In a morning and afternoon session, they assembled 70,000 meals for local, national, and international food pantries.
ReStore, selling household items, building materials, planned for Bowling Green
BOWLING GREEN — Habitat for Humanity of Wood County is opening a ReStore, which the executive director describes as a cross between a Goodwill and a Home Depot. Mark Ohashi said the ReStore will offer at thrift-store prices household items and building materials that are donated from community members. “We get donated product from the community, from local businesses — furniture, appliances, building materials — and then sell it to the public at reduced prices,” Mr. Ohashi said. The location will be at the former Bee Gee Rental & Sales Inc. store at 829 W. Newton Rd., which closed in December, 2022.
Forum planned at Wood County Senior Center to gather input on assisted living facilities
With the aim of improving the lives of assisted living facility residents, the Ohio Department of Aging will be hosting Assisted Living Feedback Forums across the state in August and September. At these Feedback Forums, ODA will hear directly from Ohioans about their experiences with assisted living facilities. ODA will...
O-G’s Hoffman has local throwing company at BGSU
Three Northwest Ohio throwers, Emma Hoffman (Ottawa-Glandorf), Karma Williams (Fostoria), and Trista Fintel (Patrick Henry) are bringing their talents to Bowling Green State University’s track and field team. Last spring at the Western Buckeye League championships, Hoffman won the discus (133-3) and finished second in the shot put (37-½)....
Pace Can Affect Outcomes in Jim Dandy, Bowling Green
A pair of graded stakes at Saratoga this weekend—Saturday's $500,000 Jim Dandy (G2) and Sunday's $250,000 Bowling Green (G2)—could be strongly influenced by pace dynamics. Let's check out the fields and see what the prospective pace scenarios mean for handicapping:. Jim Dandy (G2) I was tempted to select...
Area Church of the Latter-Day Saints’ donation to pay for forklift for BG Christian Food Pantry
The Toledo Ohio Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints recently donated $10,000 to the Bowling Green Christian Food Pantry to purchase a forklift. Stake President Fritz Griffioen presented the check to the food pantry at 620 Railroad Ave. in Bowling Green. Volunteer and board member Gail...
BGSU & community coalesce in effort to feed the hungry at home & abroad
People from throughout the Bowling Green community came together Friday to pack meals for hungry folks around the world. The Bowling Green Rotary Club partnered with BGSU to bring together 520 volunteers to pack 70,000 meals for the Kids Coalition Against Hunger. Row after row of volunteers filled the north...
Bowling Green Community Center closes for maintenance
BOWLING GREEN — The Bowling Green Community Center, 1245 W. Newton Rd., will be closed Monday through Aug. 4 for its annual shutdown for maintenance. Community center pass holders may use the Bowling Green State University Student Recreation Center as part of a reciprocal agreement between the two entities. The Simpson Building administrative offices, 1291 Conneaut Ave., will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday during the shutdown to accept and process program, registrations, rental reservations and payments, and other related business transactions. The community center will reopen Aug. 5.
Mosquito pool in Wood County tests positive for West Nile virus
BOWLING GREEN — A mosquito pool collected in Wood County has tested positive for West Nile virus, according to the Wood County Health Department. The sample of mosquitoes was collected July 12 and sent for testing to the Ohio Department of Health. The positive test results were provided Wednesday. The county contracts with Bowling Green State University through the Ohio EPA Mosquito Control Grant to conduct mosquito surveillance throughout the county, and samples are regularly sent to ODH for testing. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds. Infected mosquitoes can then spread the virus to humans and other animals when they bite. No human cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Wood County or Ohio this year.
2024 state of the position: BGSU running backs
This is the sixth story of a seven-part series breaking down position groups on Bowling Green State University’s roster entering the 2024 season. BOWLING GREEN — The running back room on Bowling Green State University’s football team will have a little bit of everything this season. That could add up to a lot of production and excitement. The Falcons bring back a proven star in Terion Stewart, experienced seniors in Jaison Patterson and Jamal Johnson, and a handful of freshmen who could provide depth as well. Although the injury bug has already impacted BGSU at the position, the Falcons have a wide range of size, skill, and speed that can make the ground game a strength in 2024.
Northwood mom gets keys to new Habitat home, built with love and the Lord
As Jennifer Huber settles into her new Habitat for Humanity home in Northwood, she takes comfort in knowing she’s surrounded by soothing Scripture — literally. When Concord United Methodist Church, a church based in Englewood, Ohio, built the walls for Ms. Huber’s home, they wrote religious verses on each one. As part of her required “sweat equity” in the home build, Ms. Huber helped lift the walls and install them. “Every board was prayed over. Scripture is literally on the inside of my walls,” she said. One of the verses is “as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Visitors enjoying great barbecue, perfect weather at Northwest Ohio Rib Off
Scott Applebaum enjoyed his barbecue ribs Friday at The Blade’s 40th annual Northwest Ohio Rib Off, but the ribs weren’t the main reason he was there. “I am here for the people,” Mr. Applebaum, 75, of Belleair, Fla., said as he gestured toward a line of barbecue grill stands. “These are the people who travel to small towns and compete for who has the best ribs or the best sauce, the people who make a career of cooking these ribs, dragging these ovens and smokers around and putting up beautiful signs and things.” Mr. Applebaum was one of an early crowd of about 200 people that hit the sunlit lawn at the Lucas County Fairgrounds in Maumee Friday afternoon to dig into the offerings. He was on a family visit, he said. He said barbecue chefs and their staff are his favorite people “because they are dedicated to their profession and their employment and to selling, and they are always friendly.”
Maumee announces plans to re-evaluate sewer ordinance
In response to efforts by a citizens group to repeal the city’s sewer inspection and remediation ordinance, Maumee officials announced Friday afternoon that they are re-evaluating the ordinance as part of “a multi-faceted approach to addressing the sanitary sewer system problems.” Officials said they are “working to determine how the city might spend public money on private property for a private purpose” and will “continue conversations and negotiations with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.” They also said the city will expand the proposed sewer repair grant program “to provide additional financial relief to our residents” and that the city “is committed to supporting the democratic process and the citizens’ initiative” to repeal the ordinance the city implemented in June. Another aspect of the plan announced Friday was the city’s intentions to hold a series of roundtable sessions with the community “to gather input on the solutions needed to address our city’s sanitary sewer problems.”
UM Professor to give talk in Maumee on political misinformation
Barbara McQuade, the former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan and a current law professor at the University of Michigan, will talk about disinformation in American politics during a program at the Maumee Branch Library. Ms. McQuade’s recently published book, Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America, explores how authoritarian regimes throughout history have utilized disinformation to consolidate power and ways to combat the rise of these trends in the United States. The event, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, is hosted by the Maumee Branch Library in association with the UM alumni association.
Nationwide plans 5% staff reduction in its insurance business over the next year
Nationwide said Friday that it plans to reduce its headcount by about 5% over the next year. The insurer and financial services company said the cuts will come from its property and casualty operations and its technology teams. There will be no cuts in the company's financial services operations. Nationwide said it hopes...
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