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The executives and members of the Board of Community Relations (BCR) voted unanimously to begin talks with organizations and friends of the late Dr. Robert Brundage to discuss ways in which his memory can be kept alive. Dr. Robert Brundage succumbed to injuries sustained in a robbery July 7, 2010. "Dr. Bob", as he was often referred to, was highly regarded in all circles of Toledo as an advocate for education, social justice, the environment, art, poetry, art and racial diversity.

Judge Keila D. Cosme of the Sixth District Court of Appeals will file her petitions to retain her seat on the Court of Appeals today at 2:30 p.m. at the Board of Elections on the Third Floor of One Government Center.

Judge Cosme was appointed to the Sixth District Court of Appeals by Governor Ted Strickland on October 30, 2009 following the untimely death of Judge William Skow. She took the bench on November 16, 2009. She is the first Hispanic American to serve on any of Ohio's 12 district courts of appeals.

NEW MEMBERS NAMED TO LCCS BOARD

Lynn B. Jacobs and the Rev. Martin Otto Zimmann join Lucas County
Children Services Board

(TOLEDO, OH — January 26, 2010) The Lucas County Commissioners have
appointed Lynn B. Jacobs and the Rev. Martin Otto Zimmann to the Lucas
County Children Services (LCCS) Board of Trustees.

Ms. Jacobs is retired from the Lucas County Prosecutor’s Office Civil
and Juvenile Division, where she served as an assistant prosecutor. She
is a member of the Toledo Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar
Association, and is a past-president of the Toledo Women’s Bar

Sylvania resident, Steve Yarbrough, has announced his candidacy for the Sixth District Court of Appeals – serving eight counties in northwest Ohio. Yarbrough, who has served as a judge in numerous courts for nearly 20 years, has experience in each of the eight counties of the district, including cases involving juvenile, domestic relations, divorce, child custody, domestic violence and criminal law.

The Sixth District Court of Appeals hears cases from the municipal, county, and Common Pleas courts located in Lucas, Erie, Fulton, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Williams and Wood counties.

There is a new financial blog for those of you interested.
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Toledo-based investment advisor Dock David Treece has recently launched an independent blogging site for providing readers with valuable insight on financial markets and the economy, complete with occasional political commentary. Dock David is a registered investment advisor and works with his father, Dock, at Treece Investment Advisory Corp. He has a Bachelors degree in Finance from the University of Miami and has worked under the

Suzette R. Cowell joins Lucas County Children Services Board

(TOLEDO, OH — July 23, 2009) The Lucas County Commissioners have
appointed Suzette R. Cowell to the Lucas County Children Services (LCCS)
Board of Trustees. She will serve the remainder of the unexpired term of
former LCCS board member Dr. David Krol, which runs through December
2010.

Ms. Cowell is the president, board treasurer and a founding member of
the Toledo Urban Federal Credit Union (TUFCU). There, she has designed
and implemented a variety of programs to improve the quality of life of

Former Obama for America field organizer Chip Collis has been named Campaign Manager for the Mike Bell for Toledo campaign.

Collis worked as an Obama Organizing Fellow in Toledo and then became manager of the Obama campaign offices in Defiance and Williams counties. There, he produced the largest gains over the John Kerry 2004 vote total among all Ohio counties.

Collis will oversee all field operations for the Bell campaign, including direct voter contact, volunteer organization, scheduling, data base management and headquarters operations.

Toledo, Ohio.  Mary Keener, Senior Warden of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, announces the arrival of the Rev. Jeremiah D. Williamson as the sixth Rector of the parish.  “During more than a year in the search process, it became clear that Fr. Jeremiah is the clergy leader we need to help us grow our Christian ministry, especially our outreach programs.  We are so blessed to have him and his wife, Pastor Jen, among us,” Keener said.

Perrysburg, Ohio (December 22, 2008) - Black Swamp Conservancy, a Perrysburg, Ohio-based land conservation organization, has announced that it has matched a challenge grant the conservancy received from Toledo Community Foundation.

The conservancy was awarded a $50,000 grant from Toledo Community Foundation earlier this year. The grant allowed Black Swamp Conservancy to hire a stewardship manager.

$30,000 of the community foundation grant was awarded outright. The remaining $20,000 was a

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Clive businessman Marty Parrish was escorted from Sen. John McCain's town hall meeting by Des Moines police and members of the Secret Service after asking McCain if he had called his wife Cindy an expletive in 1992.

Today I attended the 1st Annual Community Education Forum at Mt. Pilgrim Church on Hoag off of Dorr St. A big congratulation goes out the Ajibola Green who put the whole event together and paid to get the word out. The turnout was phenomenal. There were around 150-200 people in the audience to hear Jawanza Kunjufu (keynote speaker) and others.