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August 17 - 31, 2015 • Vol. 20, No. 10 • www.sylvaniaadvantage.com
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5A L-R: Sylvania Mayor Craig Stough, State Representative Barbara Sears, Library Board of Trustees President Sheila Odesky, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library Director Clyde Scoles, Congressman Bob Latta and President and CEO of Mercy St. Anne Hospital Brad Bertke participated in the ceremonial groundbreaking to mark the beginning of construction for the new Sylvania area branch Library. The new branch will be located on King Road at Sylvania Avenue. The Spieker Company will serve as the construction manager for the 15,000 squarefoot building designed by HBM Architects of Cleveland and the Buehrer Group Architects of Maumee.
Red Bird Art District Takes Flight in Downtown Sylvania
“When we learned that the River Centre Gallery would be opening in downtown Sylvania, this was exactly what we needed.
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A Big Thanks!!
To the entire downtown Sylvania community which has been so very supportive and helpful during our move to the heart of downtown Sylvania. A special big thanks to Larry DuVall and Scott Stampflmeier of Sylvan Studios, Brian Yeager and Laura Hieber of Ace Neighborhood Hardware, Gabe Ng of SpaceBar, and Erik Russell of Frogtown Computers, who have gone above and beyond to be helpful. You are all very much appreciated by the entire Sylvania AdVantage staff! —Sharon Lange
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Logan Lynch participated in the 2015 Sylvania Triathlon/Duathlon that started with swim at Lake Olander.
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Congratulations 2A Community Events 3-7A Community News 8-10, 18-20A Downtown News 11-14A Business News 15-17A Sylvania Then & Now 1B School News 2-3B Sports News 4-5B Lourdes News 6B Community Affairs 9-11B Obituaries 12-13B Real Estate 14B Classifieds 15B
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To date, 20 Main Street business owners have joined the newly formed Red Bird Art District and will be part of the First Friday Art Walks. Hudson Gallery and the soon-toopen River Centre Gallery will feature
openings of artists on the First Friday evening of every month from 5 to 8 p.m. beginning Oct. 2. Other Red Bird participants will also be open and host numerous art events in their shops and restaurants on Main Street. “This could be a poetry reading, a fashion show or a jewelry trunk show, a cooking demonstration, a live performance,” said Barb Hudson, artist, coowner of Hudson Gallery in downtown Sylvania, and one of the Red Bird organizers. “Sylvania has been the heart of the local art scene and well established as the place to buy art for the last decade,” said artist Scott Hudson, co-owner of Hudson Gallery. “However, for years, many of our out-oftown customers would ask ‘where is your art district?’ when they came to our gallery,” he added.
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Roger Zielinski of Garden Nursery looks on as Ashlie Dempsey and her son Dylan inspect the greens that are available.