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BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Paddling, climbing, biking and relaxing are all within reach on Saturday, September 18 during the Outdoor Expo – a free event at Blue Creek Metropark from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hosted by Metroparks Toledo, the Outdoor Expo will bring skills experts to the Whitehouse park …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Thanks to Harley, Denver, Lacey and the other horses at Timberwolff Stables, a 6-year-old boy is able to walk around school without assistance or fear of falling – a vast improvement from when he began hippotherapy three years ago. Amy Jackson, the boy’s mother, is a …

BY NANCY GAGNET | MIRROR REPORTER — Pastor Barry Burns believes in love. More importantly, he believes that Christians should extend love and support to friends and neighbors every day – even those with whom we may be at odds. “We are far better together than we are apart,” he said. “Our …

Wearing a red T-shirt festooned with lemons, Mike Morgan looked at the crowd gathered on the putting green and urged them to give generously. “By the time we’re done here today, we’ll raise $30,000,” said Morgan, a financial advisor for Northwestern Mutual of Toledo. As part of the Northwestern Mutual …

From country to Christian, classic rock to the classics of the ’50s and ’60s, music will once again fill the air at the Fulton County Fair, which runs from Friday, September  3 through Sunday, September 9. “We’re pleased that a majority of the entertainment we booked for the 2020 fair …

Blake Reynolds of Maumee has earned the rank of Eagle Scout, which is the highest honor awarded in Boy Scouts of America. For 11 years, Blake was a member of Pack and Troop 103 of Maumee St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Throughout Scouting he has taken part in many activities, earning …

BY NANCY GAGNET | MIRROR REPORTER — Joseph Dollman is passionate about Scouting. At age 101, the Maumee man can still proudly recite the Boy Scout law, which is “trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.” “That is what they live by,” Dollman said.   His …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Like most 12-year-olds, Gaby Erickson has been riding a bike since she was in grade school, though mostly just around her neighborhood and on paved trails. Since joining the Black Swamp Riders, Gaby is now traversing dirt paths through the woods and hills at Ottawa Park …

Former Maumee resident Cynthia Olsen has written her husband Rob’s memoir of growing up in an orphanage in the 1960s.  She will have a book signing on Wednesday, August 11 from noon to 3:00 p.m., at Hip to the Groove Boutique, 5665 Main St., Sylvania.  Abandoned on a remote mountain …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — To get to his job at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Toledo, Robert Carpenter often rode his bike the 2 miles from his apartment, or he took a bus that arrived more than an hour before it was time to clock in. When Ed Irelan, justice …