Glass City Jungle

I’m off to work in bit which means I won’t be updating any news stories until much later today. Since there are times stories come up on Thursday’s that some of you e-mail about, here’s your chance to share something that happened today or that I haven’t covered yet this week.
The ground rules are [...]

This in via e-mail:
Elmhurst Elementary New Baseball Field Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Elmhurst Elementary (TPS School) announces the opening ceremony of our new baseball field. The ceremony is taking place on Friday May 14 at 2:00 PM. The baseball field is a accumulation of the efforts of the Elmhurst students, parents, and PTA. Elmhurst Elementary was [...]

This in via e-mail from the office of Senator Mark Wagoner:
Columbus – At Wednesday’s Senate Session, State Senator Mark Wagoner (R-Ottawa Hills) welcomed Coach Doug Merrill of Bowling Green, Ohio to the Ohio Senate to present him with an honorary Senate resolution. Merrill was recognized for his efforts to promote positive mental and physical [...]

This in via e-mail from Amanda Aldrich, Marketing Director for Food For Thought:
Local Mobile Food Pantry Wins Non-Profit Excellence Award
Honored by Senator Fedor and the OANO
TOLEDO, Ohio–May 11, 2010–Food For Thought, a local provider of food to the area’s impoverished, has been granted the Ohio Non-Profit Excellence Award. The honor was given [...]

This in via e-mail from Independent Advocates:
Toledo’s Independent Advocates announces their 2nd Annual Super FUNdraiser Party!
On Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Independent Advocates will host a FUNdraiser at Wesley’s Bar and Grill in Toledo.
Toledo, Ohio. May 12, 2010. – On Thursday, May 27th, Toledo-based Independent Advocates will host [...]

This in via e-mail earlier today, I thought it might be of interest to some of the readers of the blog, good news for you Coke product fans and bad news for those of us who are Pepsi fans along with some free movies for kids scheduled for this summer:
RAVE MOTION PICTURES OFFICIALLY TAKES [...]

This in via e-mail from the office of Representative Barbara Sears for residents of District 46:
Rep. Sears to Hold District Office Hours
Columbus—State Representative Barbara Sears (R-Maumee) today announced that she will be holding district office hours on May 14th.
The office hours will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Waterville Branch [...]

The following two releases in via e-mail from the office of State Representative Matt Szollosi, I’ve added links to the bills referenced both releases that came out earlier today:
Rep. Szollosi, Ohio House Approve Legislative Efforts to Grow Economy, Create Jobs
Venture Capital Investments Expanded, Job Creation, Retention Tax Credit Passed
COLUMBUS- Ohio House Speaker Pro Tempore [...]

Councilman George Sarantou announced this information at last night’s Toledo City Council meeting, it was referenced in the typed notes from that meeting on the blog, the following release was just received via e-mail from the office of Mayor Mike Bell that provides more details:
Toledo Receives New Ratings From Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s
Two [...]

Trisha Birmingham Moore stated she was wrongfully terminated for making “two stupid comments” on Facebook as reported by the Blade (link). Privacy and Facebook has been a raging topic out there. I believe your privacy is only as private as your friends (or those pretending to be friends) grant you. Even [...]

This in via e-mail from the office of Congressman Bob Latta:
WASHINGTON- Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, delivered the following opening statement during today’s hearing on “Inquiry into Deepwater Horizon Gulf Coast Oil Spill.”
“Chairman Stupak and Ranking Member Burgess:
I want to extend [...]

This in via e-mail from the Strickland for Governor campaign the remarks were made earlier this morning:
Governor Strickland’s Remarks As Prepared for Delivery
On his first day on the job, the new CEO was told he really should call a meeting to say a few words to the employees. They didn’t have a room big [...]

This in via e-mail from the offices of Mayor Mike Bell:
Mayor Bell to be inducted into BGCA Alumni Hall of Fame
Mayor Michael P. Bell will be inducted into Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s (BGCA) prestigious Alumni Hall of Fame (AHOF) this evening at a ceremony being held at the Marriott Marquis in New [...]

Nine members of Council were present when the meeting began, Ludeman, McNamara, Sarantou, Steel, Waniewski, Brown, Collins, Copeland and Craig most of the discussion for items before Council took place at the May 4 Agenda Review covered

Most of our local television stations have updates from the second day of the trial of officer Thomas White who was charged with felony assault charge with a gun specification for shooting Michael McCloskey in the back on May 23, 2009. Here’s the links so far for those of you who want to follow [...]

Governor Calls for Legislative Action on Job-Creating Initiatives in May
Columbus, OH — Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today outlined priority legislation for the Ohio General Assembly to carefully consider while in session for the next several weeks.
“There is no greater need confronting Ohio’s leadership than to create jobs and grow our economy while continuing to strengthen [...]

This in via e-mail from Ohio Representative Matt Patten, he’s not from our area but I’m sharing it since the topic may be of interest to some of you:
State Rep. Patten Speaks Out to Keep College Textbooks Affordable in Ohio
Addresses fellow legislators regarding his bill to rein in costs of college texts by offering [...]

The following received via e-mail from Ohio State Rep. Ron Maag, 35th Ohio House District; State Rep. Barbara Sears, 46th Ohio House District and State Rep. Terry Boose, 58th Ohio House District:
OHIO’S CONDITION WORSENS UNDER DEMOCRAT PRESCRIPTION
FLAWED MANDATES & INCREASED SPENDING HURT FAMILIES & DESTROY JOBS
COLUMBUS—After the federal health care package passed in March, [...]

April 16 the University of Toledo announced it was laying off 36 professional non-teaching staff.
April 20 it was announced nine teachers and 34 non-teaching staff were sent out layoff notices from Perrysburg Public School system.
May 5 union officials connected to Toledo Public Schools announced the possible layoff of 250 teachers and 25 administrative positions [...]

This in via e-mail from the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA), unfortunately none of the farms on the tour are in Lucas or surrounding counties, the two closest are Richland and Wayne counties, but this may be of interest to some of you:
OEFFA Announces Free, Public Tour Series Featuring Ohio’s Organic and Sustainable [...]

This in via e-mail from the office of Mayor Mike Bell, no additional details were provided as to who was financing any of the costs:
City to Host Parade for Bowersox Home Visit
Crystal to Give Performance
The City of Toledo will host a parade and concert on Friday, May 14th featuring American Idol contestant and Northwest [...]

This was received via e-mail from the office of Ohio Senator Teresa Fedor, it shares a bit more detail than the earlier release on EISC and also includes an additional grant:
Senator Fedor Announces Grants for Local Business Development Organization
$175,000 to be distributed for agri-business incubation and food processing
COLUMBUS – Senator Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) [...]

This in via e-mail from Lucas County Children Services:
ACCELERATED FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION CLASSES BEGIN IN JUNE
Lucas County Children Services Seeking Foster and Adoptive Families
(TOLEDO, Ohio-May 10, 2010)-Lucas County Children Services (LCCS) is making it easy for adults interested in becoming foster or adoptive parents to attend its upcoming free training classes.
An accelerated training [...]

This in via e-mail from the State of Ohio, it’s not local but if you check out the pdf link there was one Toledo location that was cited on 5/8 – the Ninjas Motorcycle Club on Sylvania, it’s also a heads up for those of you under the age of 21 that may be thinking [...]

There were several releases sent out today by members of the Ohio General Assembly, while two of the releases were not sent out by representatives of our area, one may be of interest to many of you since it involves First Energy and all electric homes. I’ve included that one and one sent out [...]

Nickie Antonio is running for Ohio House 13th District, a woman running for the Ohio House is evidently not considered newsworthy on it’s own merits, though there are less than two dozen women currently in the Ohio House of Representatives out of the 99 members. According to the 2008 quick census facts, women hold [...]

There are some similarities to the current case of John Jones and Matthew Stein. Both were suspected/accused of harming a biological child, both biological children ended up on life support from the injuries, legal custody of the child was not with either the mother or the father and the Court system was asked to [...]

The Toledo Journal has an article about the lawsuit that Gary Daugherty lost last week, with some interesting observations that suggest questions in the jury decision against Daugherty (link). The payout for the services of Fritz Byers totaling $125,000 was recently before Toledo City Council at the last Agenda Review and is expected to [...]

With tomorrow being Mother’s Day the cover story for this week’s Toledo Free Press local mom and District 6 Toledo City Councilwoman Lindsay Webb, who had her first child, Frank E. Carter in April, (link).
In “Shredding the Curtain” a primary election summary is my focus, (link) as the stats show local Republicans were more [...]

What’s troubling about the video shared on WTOL (link) is the robbery/assault itself but it also calls into question why a bystander clearly evident in the video appears to do nothing, except after a few moments go back into the store where he must have said something to what appears to be a female employee [...]