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Local Golf: Celebrities turn out for Legends Classic
MONTVILLE TWP. — The stars came out for the Jim Perry Legends Golf Classic at Fox Meadows Country Club. An event presented by the Ohio Masonic Home Benevolent Endowment Foundation, all proceeds went to Alzheimer’s and dementia care. Celebrities were there en masse Monday to help out. Cy Young Award winners Vern Law and Jim Perry came out, [...]Art Calendar: 07-29 Except where indicated, all area codes are 419. Toledo Museum of Art: 2445 Monroe St.; 255-8000; Canaday Gallery: The Psychedelic 60s: Posters from the Rock Era; through Sept. 12. Gallery 18: Out of Sight: through Aug. 29. Community Gallery: Arts Gone Wild: through Aug. 15. Works on Paper Galleries: Toledo Area Artists Exhibition: through Aug. 22. Hours: Tue.-Thu., 10 a.m.-4; Fri., 10 a.m.-10 ...
Family Video stores thriving BLADE STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES The first Family Video store in the Toledo area opened 14 years ago to little fanfare. But while its competitors have been struggling with bankruptcy and closing locations around town, Family Video, the nation's largest privately owned movie rental chain, has been expanding and finding ways to compete in an industry packed with challengers and a variety of new ...
Record phosphorus level spurs worry for Maumee River; cause unknown By TOM HENRY BLADE STAFF WRITER A record level of phosphorus has been found this year in the Maumee River since a monitoring program of the waterway began in 1975. The finding of some 261 tons of dissolved phosphorus spanned sampling from April 1 through June 1 and follows a recent uptick of the presence of phosphorus in the river. Phosphorus is the region's most common farm fertilizer. It also ...
OTT: Readers embrace alfresco scene In response to my recent story on alfresco dining in Toledo, here are a few more places that readers shared with me: Andy and Rose Kandik of Waterville recently enjoyed a trip to Grand Rapids, Ohio, where they dined outdoors at La Roe's. They said the setting was lovely with cheery murals, flowers, music, all overlooking the river. Cindy Rimmelin of the Perrysburg area said she and her husband ...
Fatal Stabbing in West Toledo: A tragedy unfolds as 2 lives intersect By BRIDGET THARP BLADE STAFF WRITER A two-year age difference and few miles weren't all that separated Casey Bucher and Lawrence Fitzgerald James until their fatal encounter outside Maxwells Brew on July 18. Police said James confessed that he demanded 35 cents and a cigarette before stabbing Mr. Bucher once in the heart, killing him. The two had never met. Both were living near the University ...
Certifiably eco-friendly Area projects join ranks adhering to LEED guide By JON CHAVEZ BLADE BUSINESS WRITER After the firm had been in the same aged building 122 years, Robert Stitt Black decided two years ago that his family's Waterville Gas & Oil Co. needed a new, state-of-the-art headquarters. Researching building techniques that were environmentally friendly, Mr. Black and his brother, Jamie, came upon LEED - a comprehensive "green" construction program that ...
'The system has failed Casey once' Lisa Bucher, the mother of the 22-year-old University of Toledo sophomore murdered July 18 says no one is helping her bring her son's alleged killer to justice.
Mother of murdered UT student seeks justice Only hours before laying her son to rest, Lisa Bucher recalled the moments when police called her to break the terrible news of her son's murder.
TARTA panel recommends 1-mill tax renewal By DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITER A committee of the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority Board of Trustees has recommended the agency request renewal of one of its two property taxes on the Nov. 2 ballot. The 1-mill levy, from which revenue expires at the end of next year, generates about $7 million annually for the transit authority. Joan Rife, the authority's attorney, said a replacement ...