A former candidate for Oregon mayor is among two candidates challenging seven incumbents on city council.

Marvin Dabish, of 514 Haley Drive, ran against former Mayor Marge Brown and current Mayor Mike Seferian in a primary for mayor in 2009, but was eliminated after coming in third place.

Dabish, a businessman, said last week he is running for council because he is drawn to public service.

“I want to get more involved in the community,” he said. “I’d like to bring my business background to council and help attract more business to the city.”

Dabish, 34, owns several Internet cafes, known as The Players Club, in Oregon, Toledo, Fremont, Fostoria, Findlay, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia.

In Internet “sweepstakes” cafes, patrons purchase pre-paid phone cards with Internet minutes to use for gaming on computer terminals.

Two of The Players Club cafes are within The Press circulation area. One is on Navarre Avenue in Oregon, and the other is on Main Street in East Toledo, according to Dabish.

The other challenger, Thomas Susor, 105 Cedarwood Drive, is also hoping to win a seat on council in November.

All seven council seats are up for grabs this November, with the following incumbents running for re-election to two-year terms:

• Sandy A. Bihn, 6565 Bayshore Rd.

• Jerry Peach, 6113 Navarre Ave.

• Terry Reeves, 3239 Starr Ave.

• James S. Seaman, 3555 Williamsburg Dr.

• Michael P. Sheehy, 1129 Schmidlin.

• Dennis Walendzak, 1774 Grand Bay Dr.

• Clinton J. Wasserman, 1442 S. Coy Rd.

School board
On the Oregon school board, three candidates are vying for the seats of Eric Heintschel and Diane Karoly, who are not running this year. The candidates running for the seats, which have four year terms, are:

• Jeffrey S. Ziviski, 1152 Heritage Lane. Ziviski served on the board for one term from 2005-2009.

• P.J. Kapfhammer, 3646 Navarre Ave.

• Earl John Gilliland Jr., 1445 Turnau Rd.

Karoly had submitted petitions to the Lucas County Board of Elections to run for re-election, but the board did not certify her due to an error on the petitions. Karoly told a reporter from The Press that she had planned to run as a write-in candidate, but a board official said last Wednesday said she did not meet the deadline.

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