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Daffodils uprooted as Cancer Society fundraiser |
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Written by KAREN NADLER COTA Sentinel Lifestyles Editor
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Friday, 12 April 2013 09:34 |
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| Nina Ogden, left, talking to Jessica Coats, sixth grade teacher at Otsego, during a Bagels for Bucks fundraiser at Otsego Elementary. (Photo: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune) |
PERRYSBURG - For 40 years, the American Cancer Society has been brightening area homes and workplaces with bouquets of bright yellow daffodils.
But the society's Wood County Unit this week confirmed that its longest-lasting - and arguably most popular - fundraiser has come to an end.
"This was our last celebration" of Daffodil Days, confirmed Anita Dunipace, ACS Northwest Ohio regional vice president, of the campaign that came very near to meeting its 2013 goal of $75,000.
"We're very close to it; a little way over $70,000."
Although most Ohioans didn't realize it, "many of the states were not participating in the daffodil program longer." In fact, the only areas still offering daffodil bouquets this year were the cancer society's east-central division, comprised of Ohio and Pennsylvania, and its northeast division.
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Last Updated on Friday, 12 April 2013 09:58 |
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BG gets tips on preserving history |
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Written by HAROLD BROWN Sentinel City Editor
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Thursday, 11 April 2013 10:55 |
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Historic homes are seen along North Prospect Street in Bowling Green. (Photo: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune)
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A local ordinance is the key to historical preservation efforts, Bowling Green and Wood County officials and residents were told last week.
Nathan Bevil, certified local government and preservation services manager of the Ohio Historical Preservation Office, said being listed on the National Register of Historic Places "does not protect anything." Bevil said municipalities, counties and townships can protect what they consider important through ordinances and laws. "The Certified Local Governments program provides a way to accomplish preservation," he said.
The recently demolished BG Senior High/Junior High building in the 200 block of West Wooster Street, is an example of a building that was on the national register.
There are 56 CLG's in Ohio, one of which is Perrysburg. Cities range in size from Columbus to Mount Pleasant in extreme southeast Ohio with a population of 478 in the 2010 census. Oxford, home of Miami University, has been a CLG for many years, while Kent, home of Kent State University, recently became a member. Bevil said Athens, home of Ohio University, is in the process of becoming a member.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 11 April 2013 11:16 |
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Students in BG make Positive Start list |
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Written by Sentinel-Tribune Staff
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Friday, 12 April 2013 09:29 |
(Editor's note: This is the third of a four-day listing of Bowling Green middle school students who were honored.)
The Bowling Green Exchange Club again is recognizing area youth for the good things they've accomplished this past year, in and out of the classroom.
The Exchange Club's Positive Start program asks teachers to honor students who have done something positive. Students must live in the Bowling Green School District and be in grades 7 and 8. The purpose is to honor students who have achieved "to the best of their abilities" to improve the school and community settings
A luncheon will be held Tuesday at Stone Ridge Golf Club to honor all 88 students who represent Bowling Green Middle School, St. Aloysius Catholic School and Bowling Green Christian Academy.
Mary Kettinger is an eighth-grade student at BGMS. She is a polite, hard-working student, active in ice skating at Bowling Green State University and the Faith-in-Action team at her church.
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Last Updated on Friday, 12 April 2013 10:31 |
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Child abuse numbers down, but severity increases |
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Written by JAN LARSON McLAUGHLIN Sentinel County Editor
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Thursday, 11 April 2013 10:43 |
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| File photo. David Obiezuoha, right, blows on a pinwheel before placing it. (Photo: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune) |
The field of spinning pinwheels - each one representing a case of child abuse or neglect inspected in Wood County last year - will be a bit smaller this year.
But the lower number shouldn't be misread as a reason for relief.
When it stops raining, preschool children at First United Methodist Church in Bowling Green will plant 782 pinwheels in the ground in front of the East Wooster Street church. The blue and silver pinwheels are annual reminder of the number of abused and neglected children in the county. This year's number is 28 less than last year's 810 pinwheels.
"We're down slightly, but we had a lot more severe cases," explained Sandi Carsey, supervisor of Wood County Children's Services.
Last year, two children in the Bowling Green area died of their injuries, Carsey said. And in several of the investigations of abuse and neglect last year, the parents were found to be using heroin and opiates.
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