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Written by JAN LARSON McLAUGHLIN Sentinel County Editor
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Tuesday, 02 April 2013 08:41 |
State Rep. Tim Brown wants to help bridge the gap created by state funding cuts for Bowling Green State University next year.
The new "State Share of Instruction" formula no longer pays per student enrolled, but rather per student graduating. Under the new guidelines, BGSU's funding will be cut 4.2 percent, or by approximately $3 million for 2014. BGSU took the biggest hit of institutions in the state.
Overall in Ohio, five universities, seven branch campuses and five community colleges are expected to receive cuts. Owens Community College faces a 3 percent cut.
While the new "outcome-based" funding model is a good idea, it will create hardship that first year for schools like BGSU and Owens, said Brown, R-Bowling Green.
"It will be a significant gap for BGSU and Owens," he said.
So Brown is supporting House Bill 59 which would provide "bridge funding" to BGSU, Owens and other universities facing cuts.
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Fitzgerald explores gubernatorial ideas in BG |
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Written by DAVID DUPONT/Sentinel Staff Writer
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Monday, 01 April 2013 08:48 |
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Cuyahoga County Executive Ed Fitzgerald speaking at Grounds for Thought. (Photo: Shane Hughes/Sentinel-Tribune)
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With 18 months to go until the next gubernatorial election, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed Fitzgerald hasn’t formally announced his intentions to run for governor of Ohio. Still he’s making the rounds, including a stop Saturday at Ground for Thought in Bowling Green.
What he found was a crowd of about 80 interested in hearing what he has to say, and a few willing to start knocking on doors to get him elected. He told them a more official announcement about his intentions is in the offing.
Tom Lingeman and his wife, Karen Roderick-Lingeman, drove in from Perrysburg to hear Fitzgerald.
“We put other stuff off to come here,” Lingeman said. “We’ll work for his campaign.”
Roderick-Lingeman said she was impressed that “he’s thought things through.” When Fitzgerald talked about charter schools, she said, he distinguished between those run by for-profit companies and those run by public school districts.
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Last Updated on Monday, 01 April 2013 08:56 |
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Ethanol industry in 'emerging phase' |
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Written by BILL RYAN/Sentinel Farm Editor
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Monday, 01 April 2013 09:46 |
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Mark Borer, general manager, POET Biorefining, speaking to a group recently at Ag Incubator. (Photo: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune)
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Despite the recent struggles in the ethanol industry, Mark Borer, general manager, POET Biorefining in Leipsic, painted a rosy picture of the future of ethanol to those gathered March 21 for the monthly Northwest Ohio Ag-Business Breakfast Forum.
While some consider the use of ethanol on the decline, Borer says the ethanol industry is still in its emerging phrase.
Borer stressed the value of research and development in keeping ethanol a vital part of the America’s energy future.
“We are constantly improving technology,” he said.
Some of that research touches local farmers as he said as they have designed their own plants and have made vast improvements to allow quicker and smoother delivery of corn when farmers bring their stock.
“All Things Ethanol” was his topic and Borer did cover a wide variety of subjects about POET and its role as a major player in renewable fuels. The forum was held at the Agricultural Incubator Foundation on Ohio 582 near Haskins.
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Last Updated on Monday, 01 April 2013 09:52 |
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Recipient, donor recovering from transplant |
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Written by JORDAN CRAVENS/Sentinel Staff Writer
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Monday, 01 April 2013 08:46 |
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File photo. CJ Culpert and his aunt, Sister Mary Ann Culpert. (Photo: Shane Hughes/Sentinel-Tribune)
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CJ Culpert and his aunt, Sister Mary Ann Culpert, who donated one of her kidneys to him, are both at home and doing well after a successful surgery on Tuesday.
“It was just incredible,” said Chad Culpert, CJ’s dad. “It was like God’s hands at work.”
The transplant surgery, which began Tuesday morning at the University of Toledo Medical Center, took about eight hours.
But by Wednesday morning, Sister Mary Ann was up and walking. By mid-afternoon Wednesday, CJ, too, was up and moving around.
Prior to the transplant surgery, the Culperts were told their 33-year-old son would either need to find a kidney donor or begin dialysis. Without either, CJ Culpert’s system would begin shutting down. CJ was born without his right kidney.
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Last Updated on Monday, 01 April 2013 09:03 |
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