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Bald rocked at Sandusky County’s 10th annual fundraiser for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation held at Depot Pizza, Fremont.Top left, Julie Kraus, Curtice, gets her head shaved as her family looks on; from left, husband Kevin, sons Zach, Ben (holding hair), and Sam. Lisa Clements of Fremont does the shaving as event organizer Kari Atcheson, of Oregon, looks on. (Press photos by Ken Grosjean). Bottom photo, Atcheson and her fiance Joe Bennett, of Fremont, get their heads shaved. (Submitted photo). Fourteen volunteers got shaved heads to raise $4, 319. The foundation is completely volunteer driven and all funds raised go to research to find treatments for childhood cancers. For more information go to www.stbaldricks.org.
Oregon to improve Navarre-Coy intersection By Kelly J. Kaczala News Editor kkaczala@presspublications.com Oregon council recently approved an agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for funding from the Federal Highway Administration for the engineering design, right of way acquisition and construction of the Navarre Avenue and Coy Road intersection improvements. The city will get a $1.7 million safety grant from the FHA through ODOT for implementing various safety improvements at the intersection. Public Service Director Paul Roman said earlier this month that the schedule for the project includes design in 2019, right of way acquisition in 2020 at the corners of the intersection, and construction in 2021. “We are close to hiring a design firm. We’ll get proposals in the next week or two,” said Roman. The scope of the project includes widening Coy, installing right turn lanes on Coy, median islands on Navarre Avenue and upgrading the traffic signal, according to Roman. “There would also be a median on
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Supporters of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights ballot initiative that is now being contested in court have started a crowdfunding site to help defray legal costs. Donations may be made at www.crowdjustice.com/case/defending-lake-erie. The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund drafted the bill of rights for the lake at the request of Toledoans for Safe Water, which then gathered signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot. Soon after voters approved the initiative, a member of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court for Northern Ohio that challenges the constitutionality of LEBOR, arguing it violates federal constitutional rights, including equal protection, freedom of speech and is unenforceable for its vagueness. Last month, the court issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the city from enforcing LEBOR while the case proceeds. The CELDF is representing backers of the initiative in the lawsuit and Mark Drewes, a director of The Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association whose family farms in Custar, O., is the plaintiff in the suit. LEBOR grants legal rights to the Great Lake and its watershed as an amendment to Toledo’s charter. In its argument for an injunction filed in February, Drewes Family Partnership states LEBOR infringes on standard farming practices. “LEBOR unconstitutionally and unlawfully exposes farmers to massive liability for the use of any fertilizer or chemicals, even when such use comports with best practices, meets scientifically recommended levels, and would otherwise be lawful under state and federal regulation,” the partnership’s motion says. “If LEBOR forces Drewes Farms to halt fertilization, not only will the harvest fail, but also Drewes Farms will be in breach of its leases and production contracts.
Navarre 500 feet east and west of Coy with U-turns. It would be very similar of what we have done between I-280 and Isaac Streets Drive,” said Roman, referring to the Navarre Avenue Safety Improvements project, where various safety and aesthetic improvements along Navarre Avenue between I-280 and Isaac Streets Drive were made a couple of years ago to reduce crashes and improve safety. The city also received grant funding from the FHA though ODOT for that project as well. City Administrator Mike Beazley
said discussions to improve the safety of Navarre Avenue stretch back years. “We started with improvements from I-280 to Isaac Streets Drive a couple of years ago. Then our next goal was this intersection, which had the greatest need from a safety and improvement perspective. But our goal remains the same: To be able to then join the two with a phase three that would connect Isaac Streets Drive where [phase one] ended.” Councilman Terry Reeves asked Roman when the last time the intersection had been improved. “Navarre was widened in 1999 to 2001. Other than what we needed to do to accommodate that widening of Navarre at that intersection, that was it. To say when it was done before that, I’m not too sure – either the 60s or early 70s.” Big project Part of the project includes the replacement of a bridge over Amlosch Ditch. “This is a big project. There’s a lot of design work involved,” said Roman. “I just want to make sure that if we’re doing something, let’s do it so we can build it towards the future,” said Reeves. Continued on page 2
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