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Feasel is new treasurer for Bowling Green schools
BOWLING GREEN – A familiar financial face in northwest Ohio school districts has landed in Bowling Green. Matt Feasel was hired May 8 by the Bowling Green City Schools Board of Education as the new chief financial officer/treasurer, effective Aug. 1. Mr. Feasel will oversee all aspects of financial management for the school district. He will also serve as secretary to the board of education. He has served in the same role for Pike Delta York Local School District since September, 2016. Mr. Feasel has also been treasurer for Perrysburg, Hilliard, Fremont, and Elmwood school districts. Additionally, he served as a deputy auditor for the Wood County Auditor’s Office. He also served eight years as a member of the Elmwood Board of Education.
Perrysburg's Wednesday at Woodlands concert lineup announced
The 2024 Wednesday at Woodlands free lunchtime concert series begins June 5 in Perrysburg. Concerts are held every Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. through Aug. 28 in the Woodlands Park shelter area, 429 E. Boundary St. Concert-goers can pack a lunch and sit at the picnic tables at the shelter area while listening to music. The weekly lineup is: June 5 - Pilewski & Roth, June 12 - Ben Beallus Duo, June 19 - Tree 3, and June 26 - Old State Line. July 3 - Dave Carpenter Duo, July 10 - The Retro Men, July 17 - Chris Knopp Duo, July 24 - Creole Jazz Presents: Dave Kosmyna, Ray Heitger & Ragtime Rick, and July 31 - Locoweed.
Food Truck Face-Off brings food, fun to the community
For culinary students, the chance to run their own restaurant or food truck is a dream. For the culinary arts students from Clay and Whitmer High Schools, it was a dream wrapped in a stressful package. The 4th Annual Food Truck Face-Off was held Wednesday at Whitmer for the first time since the schools began competing, The event featured three teams from each high school’s culinary arts program serving sample-sized portions from their respective food trucks. Teams competed for the Top Entrepreneur and People's Choice awards.
Madison stuns Findlay to reach district title softball game
BOWLING GREEN — Madison continued its storybook run through the Division I postseason on Tuesday night. Layla Amount scattered three hits and struck out eight as the sixth-seeded Rams upset No. 5 Findlay 7-2 in the Bowling Green district semifinal at Bowling Green State University’s Meserve Field. The...
BGSU announces new dean for College of Technology, Architecture and Applied Engineering
BOWLING GREEN — Following a national search, Bowling Green State University has selected Wael Mokhtar as dean for the College of Technology, Architecture and Applied Engineering. Mr. Mokhtar is director of the School of Engineering at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich. As director, he has led student recruitment and retention initiatives, developed new engineering degree programs, and led two successful accreditations through the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. He holds a doctorate in aerospace engineering from Old Dominion University and is a professor of mechanical engineering at GVSU. His research interests include computational fluid dynamics, wind tunnel testing, vehicle aerodynamics, and teaching methods. He will join BGSU in July and will succeed Kendall Harris, who has served as interim dean since August.
Bomb squad called to Holland Library Wednesday
HOLLAND, Ohio (WTVG) - The bomb squad was called to the Holland Library after a staff member found a “suspicious item” on a bookshelf. According to an official with the library, the staff followed protocol and notified the police. Law enforcement officials were on the scene for hours...
Natural grandeur: Fostoria artist captures vibrancy in Ohio landscapes
ELMORE, Ohio — Landscape artist Jennifer Sowders' studio may not be fancy, but it is a home among the woodsy Ohio vistas she likes to paint. The name of her MONgallery and Art Studio in Fostoria has nothing to do with pretensions of the French but refers to the "Middle of Nowhere," as in rural America. “I can just walk out of my studio and nature is all around me,” said Sowders, a 1994 graduate of the Columbus College of Art and Design, who currently has a selection of works on view at the Schedel Arboretum and Gardens in Elmore, Ohio. Sowders' path during a career in art has been as meandering as a nature trail where she keeps discovering new aspects to herself.
Perrysburg students win national orchestra competition
Perrysburg High School senior Raquel Burden, as a student of the violin for eight years and the school orchestra’s concertmaster, is an old pro at performing. However, competitions are a different story. “We have performed at many conventions,” Burden said. “We played at the Midwest Clinic, and we have done many state orchestra events, but in the past four years we have never done a competition.” There has to be a first time; Burden’s was at the recent American String Teacher Association’s National Orchestra Festival.
Ride of Silence encourages safety for both drivers and bicyclists
TOLEDO, Ohio — The warmer temperatures mean an increase in two-wheeled vehicles out on the roads and data from the National Safety Council Injury Facts found bicycle-related deaths peak in the warmer months of the year. To honor those who've been injured and those who have died while riding...
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