Refuse & recycling meeting
Toledo City Councilman Mike Craig, District 3 representative, will sponsor a community meeting to discuss the new refuse and recycling transition Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. at the East Toledo Family Center, 1020 Varland Ave.

Officials from the city and Republic Services will provide a presentation, address concerns and answer questions about the recent transition in refuse and recycling services for city residents.

For more information, call 419-245-1050.

Owens holiday closure
Owens Community College, as well as the Arrowhead Park Learning Center in Maumee and the Learning Center at The Source in downtown Toledo, will be closed Sept. 3-5 for the Labor Day holiday. There will be no classes and the college offices will be closed.

Classes will resume and college offices will reopen Sept. 6.

Northcoast Jobs
The Northcoast Jobs Connection Job Store, which offers numerous services and resources for job seekers and employers, has scheduled the following September seminars at the Ottawa County Community Resource Centre, 8043 W. SR 163, Oak Harbor:

• “Get a Job, Get a Better Job” – 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22 or 29. Employment service professionals will cover several topics, such as job search tips and trends, completing applications, creating resumes and interviewing.

• “Individual Job Search Appointments” – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sept. 8 or 22. Participants should come prepared to work one-on-one with a specialist and discuss job search situations or create an impressive resume.

For more information about the Job Stores, visit www.northcoastjobs.org or in Ottawa County, call the Job Store at 800-665-1677, ext. 270.

Seminars are free and open to anyone in the community. The Job Store is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Road maintenance
Ottawa County road crews will be doing maintenance to several county roads over the next few weeks.

While the roads are being patched, only emergency vehicles and school buses (if applicable) will be permitted through the construction area.

The schedule for tar and chip treatment for Sept. 6-8 includes:

• Bolander Road from Moline Martin Road to the railroad tracks;

• Portage River South Road from SR 51 to the county line;

• Elmore Eastern Road from SR 590 to Sugar Creek;

• Paulsen Road (entire length);

• Thompson Road.

From Sept. 12 to 14, repairs will be made on roads that were previously scheduled for work.

Sharing heritage, history
Grandparents Day, which this year will be observed Sept. 11, is a time to celebrate the role that grandparents play in keeping families connected to their history and heritage.

To celebrate, the Ohio Department of Aging is asking Ohioans to submit photos of grandparents and grandchildren sharing and learning about the events and people that made their families and their communities strong via the agency’s Facebook page.

Through Sept. 7, Ohioans of any age can visit www.facebook.com/OhioDepartmentOfAging and post photos to the department’s wall that fit the theme, “Grandparents – Sharing Heritage and History.”

Some photo ideas include visits to historical sites, viewing photo albums together, shopping for antiques and other intergenerational activities.

Posting requires a free Facebook account. Department staff will select three top submissions that will be featured on the agency’s web page, as well as on its Facebook page Sept. 9.

Golden Years Luncheon
The alumni of Waite High School will hold their annual Golden Years Luncheon Sept. 13 at St. George’s Banquet Hall, 740 Glenwood Rd., Rossford.

Alumni from classes that have celebrated their 50th reunion from 1914 through 1960 are invited to attend the event.

Doors will open at 11 a.m. Lunch, which will be catered by Malczewski Catering Service, will be served at 12:15 p.m.

The cost is $17.50 per person. Reservations are required by Sept. 6. Call Judy Bee at 419-693-6114 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Indicted
Princess Lee Human-Wiggins, 24, of Highland Park Michigan, and Daniel J. Washington, were recently indicted by the Ottawa County Grand Jury for Trafficking in Drugs and Possession of Drugs, felonies of the first degree; Tampering with Evidence, felonies of the third degree and misdemeanor counts of Child Endangering.

According to Ohio Highway Patrol reports, a vehicle being operated by Washington was stopped for a traffic violation Aug. 5 on Benton-Carroll Road in Oak Harbor. Prior to the stop, troopers observed the passenger drop something which was discovered to be a large amount of crack cocaine out of the passenger window. Human-Wiggins’ 3-month-old child was also in the vehicle, along with more than $7,000 in cash.

Also indicted was Cheryl Linke, 59 and Michael Linke, also known as Michael Linke Sr., 52, both of Gibsonburg. The pair was charged with Obstructing Justice and Tampering with Evidence following a motorcycle crash in Harris Township in April. 

Mr. Linke gave investigators information that he was involved in the crash, however, further investigation revealed that he had not been involved, but was called by his son, who was involved in the crash and was taken from the scene by Cheryl Linke before troopers arrived, police reports said.

The defendants have been issued summonses to make their initial appearances in the Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas on Sept. 19.

An indictment is a formal charge in the common pleas court and does not denote guilt or innocence, Ottawa County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Mulligan noted.

Arson indictment
A Millbury man was arrested Aug. 29 after an Ottawa County grand jury indicted him on two counts of aggravated arson,

Michael L. Boyer, of SR 51, is accused of deliberately setting a fire in his home on April 5.

Authorities said his wife was sleeping inside at the time. The charges are first- and second-degree felonies.

Boyer, 53, was also indicted on one count of insurance fraud, a fourth-degree felony. He is being held in the Ottawa County Detention Facility without bond, pending an arraignment in the county’s common pleas court.

Labor Day travel
AAA projects approximately 31.5 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more this Labor Day holiday weekend, a 2.4 percent decline from the 32.3 million who traveled in 2010.

The small decrease is being attributed to recent economic uncertainty and increasing airfare. However, Labor Day continues to be a busy travel weekend as families and friends gather for one last celebration of summer.

“The Labor Day weekend is an opportunity for families to head to their favorite vacation spots one last time before the busy fall season begins,” said April Cochran, marketing operations manager of AAA Northwest Ohio. “AAA offices are busy helping families make travel plans to hit the open road and the skies over the holiday weekend.”

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