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First things first: Toledo football initial scholarship offers foreshadow success
What do Blake Corum, Erick All, Tommy Eichenberg, Ruke Orhorhoro, DeWayne Carter, and Javon Foster have in common? Answer: Their first scholarship offers were from the University of Toledo. (Another answer: All six were NFL draft picks.) Toledo’s recruiting is constantly under the microscope, and for good reason — the Rockets have displayed a keen sense of who can help their program and how to develop them into contributors, routinely ranking No. 1 in the Mid-American Conference. The evaluation skills of former recruiting guru Ricky Ciccone, current recruiting director Bryan Gasser, and head coach Jason Candle have been nearly flawless, whether it’s assessing a high school freshman who evolved into a four-star at Michigan or Ohio State or an unheralded player from Florida who became one of the best players in Toledo history.
Oak Grove Collective opens in Bowling Green — but just once a month
BOWLING GREEN — When planted together, oak trees interlock their roots and anchor one another. A grove makes them stronger together than if they were alone. That’s the concept behind the new downtown business, Oak Grove Collective. The store consists of more than 20 vendors coming together for a monthly experience not to be missed, said owners Kati Thompson and Kala Barcus. “The ‘oak grove’ is trees grow stronger when they’re growing next to each other. It was the idea of collecting all these other business, collecting our own staff, and then growing better together,” Mrs. Barcus said.
Toledo Fire & Rescue ISO rating drops. What does it mean for you?
TOLEDO, Ohio — There are lots of reasons you want a well-staffed, well-trained fire department in your community. However, one you may not think of is what you pay for home insurance. Every four to five years an evaluation is done on fire departments by a private organization called...
Time is running out for Lucas County homeowners to review property values
TOLEDO, Ohio — If you live in Lucas County, you may have gotten a letter in the mail with your new property value. It may have given you a little sticker shock when it comes to how much more you'll be paying in property taxes. There is a way...
Perrysburg's Blue Pacific Grill to celebrate being around for 20 years
Blue Pacific Grill has survived many events in its history. According to owner Kirk Falknor, actually being around for 20 years is almost a miracle. Mr. Falknor and his wife, Becky, were living in Greenville, Ohio, when they first heard about the establishment. “Our kids, Brandon Falknor and Kasey Moon, were at Bowling Green State University when this place opened,” Mr. Falknor said. “They both were working here and told me how much they loved it. My wife and I ended up buying it through the Wood County court. Eighteen years later we are still going strong and still loving the business.”
TPS Next Step program helps students make plans for their future
Jamya Martin, a sixth grader at Grove Patterson Academy, was busily working on braiding hair on a mannequin head. “I really don’t know what I am doing here, but it is fun,” Jamya said. “I want to go into cosmetology. My mom does hair so I learned a lot from her. I am thinking I will do nails. I already have my own table where I do acrylic nails.” Jamya and thousands of other Toledo Public Schools students were able to explore career and post-secondary education opportunities during the district’s Next Step event at Glass City Center. The three-day event that ended Thursday is TPS’ largest college and career event of the year.
To the editor: Undecided electorate conundrum
A recent Blade editorial cartoon showed a restaurant scene of an undecided voter saying, “Tough choice: Should I get the chicken or the soup bowl full of raw sewage?” Seems to me that this is a spot-on example of the ridiculous, asinine pretense of a so-called undecided voter. What would it take to solidify the choice? Rather than guessing, why not as the opinion of people who might actually know — the people who were in the room where it happened? The people the executive personally selected as his advisers. Submit a letter to the editor
Former Toledo Public Schools student asks mentor for hurricane relief assistance; community steps up in a big way
HOLLAND, Ohio — A former Toledo Public Schools student called back home for hurricane relief assistance, and his mentor Lisa Guthrie answered. After Hurricane Helene struck the Southeast part of the U.S., Guthrie said she was surprised to get a call but ready to help. It was a student she mentored, Jordan Sanderson, now a cellphone tower worker in North Carolina.
Eclectic guitar: Local filmmaker works with Ohio music legend on new documentary and album
BOWLING GREEN — The opening scene of Matt Donahue’s documentary Skip McDonald: One Man-One Night...One Life in Music provides a riveting moment. There stands Skip “Little Axe” McDonald amidst the children’s section of Grounds For Thought in Bowling Green. Armed with his trusty guitar, which had provided music for everyone from Sugarhill Gang to Sinead O’Connor to Donna Summer, McDonald addresses the crowd. “I’ve had a very mixed up musical career that started with gospel, blues, went to funk, a little jazz kind of thing, hip hop, reggae, dub ... and now I’m all messed up,” said McDonald, 75. “My daddy used to say there’s only two kinds of music — the kind you like and the kind you don’t.” McDonald doesn’t get hung up on labels or genres. To him, music is music.
Landmark Lake Erie case could be greatly widened by ag industry's involvement
Eleven major agricultural groups — seven from Ohio and four on the national level — have asked Senior U.S. District Judge James Carr to let them join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and others in a landmark case in federal court that could affect how the state is allowed to manage western Lake Erie in the future. The case, brought by the Board of Lucas County Commissioners, the Midwest-based Environmental Law & Policy Center, and the city of Toledo, is a reboot of one that appeared to have been settled by past negotiations. It pertains to a future planning document called a Total Maximum Daily Limit, or TMDL, that is required under the federal Clean Water Act for impaired bodies of water such as western Lake Erie because of its ongoing bouts with toxic algae since 1995. The lawsuit targets the U.S. EPA and its administrator, Michael Regan, as well as its Midwest regional director, Debra Shore, who has oversight over the Great Lakes. It contends the agency and those two leaders within it allowed the Ohio EPA to fulfill its obligation last summer by submitting a TMDL that the plaintiffs contend is weak, ineffective, and meaningless.
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