Springfield Presents The Music Man
The Springfield High School drama club will present its winter musical, The Music Man, Friday, February 29 through Sunday, March 2. The play, directed by Joe Barton along with assistant director Cathy Kaiser, producer Becky Heck and student directors Allison Miller and Zak Edwards, features a large student cast. Pictured are lead characters (from left) front row, Emily Bigelow as Mrs. Paroo, Jonathon Ford as Winthrop Paroo, Kyle Crane as Mayor Shinn and Brittany Woods as Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, and back row, Ian Boze as Harold Hill and Rhianon Cowden as Marian Paroo.
MIRROR PHOTO BY NANCY GAGNET
Hometown Hero Nominations Now Being Accepted
Nominations for Maumee’s Hometown Hero Awards are being accepted through Monday, February 18.
The awards, sponsored by area civic groups, recognize those who have devoted time and energy to volunteering, civic involvement and leadership roles in the community.
The awards include:
• Outstanding Citizen Award – presented to an individual who has given of his or her time and talent over the years to make the community a better place to live.
• Golden Apple Award – presented to an individual who has shown excellence in educating students in schools, churches or other community settings.
• Maumee River Award – for the individual, company or organization that has demonstrated exceptional generosity and civic responsibility by providing financial support or leadership in the community.
• The Bridge Award –presented to an individual who, through volunteer service, has helped foster and develop the youth of our community. This could be a coach, tutor, church counselor, etc.
To obtain a Hometown Hero nomination application, visit or call the Maumee Chamber of Commerce or visit the lobby information stand at the Maumee Indoor Theater.
The 33rd annual awards will be presented on Thursday, March 13 at 5:30 p.m. at The Pinnacle. The event will feature dinner and entertainment by international magic champion Pattrick Przysiecki.
The awards ceremony is open to the public. Tickets are $30.00 in advance. For information, call the Maumee chamber at (419) 893-5805 or visit www.maumeechamber.com
Strayer Road Hospital Approved By Monclova Township Trustees
BY NANCY GAGNET — MIRROR REPORTER
After a public hearing, the Monclova Township trustees voted unanimously to approve a site plan for a proposed $73 million medical facility at the corner of Strayer Road and US20A.
The medical facility is a joint venture between Mercy Health Partners and a group of physicians, who want to bring their medical facility closer to patients who reside in southwest Lucas County.
Although the proposed facility is only two miles from St. Luke’s Hospital, the purpose of the hearing was not to address whether or not the area needs medical buildings, trustees said.
“It’s not within our jurisdiction to pass judgment on that,” trustee Gary Kuns said.
“Just because we support this project, doesn’t mean we don’t support St. Luke’s Hospital,” Kuns said, addressing several St. Luke’s employees who were in the audience.
The Lucas County plan commission and the Monclova Township zoning commission had already approved the site plan – with 52 conditions attached – prior to sending it to trustees for a vote. One of those conditions was the removal of a proposed helipad.
Trustees attached two additional conditions: that the applicant could not request a tax exemption on the land and property; and that standing water on the northeast corner of the property be removed.
Mercy Health Partners agreed to all conditions and the plan was approved.
The medical facility would sit on the corner of a 28-acre parcel and consist of a physician-owned medical office building and a short stay surgical hospital.
The 190,000-square-foot facility would house 34 beds, four surgical suites, two procedure rooms, a laboratory, radiology, a pharmacy and an emergency room along with other diagnostic care units.
Following the public hearing and vote regarding the site plan a public hearing was also held in regard to a zoning issue within the site.
The project is part of a joint economic development agreement with the cities of Toledo and Maumee and the township would receive both real estate and income tax revenue from it.
According to Mercy Health Partners the facility would also generate $826,000 annually to the Anthony Wayne School District.
