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ince its debut 18 years ago, one aspect of the Glenmoor Gathering changed: The cars are the stars. Year after year, they range from regal to bizarre, from ultra-modern to nearly prehistoric. Almost all of them are uncommon and expensive, which is why the event is generally considered to be among the top five classic- car shows in the country. What keeps things fresh is that you never know what going to get. The headliners at the public portion of this bash 10 a.m.

to 4 p.m. Sunday at Glenmoor Country Club in Jackson Township are early supercharged automobiles, micro cars and steam-powered cars. Not to mention a 1935 Duesenberg SJ and six rare Tuckers. (For more info: www. glenmoorgathering.com or 330-966-3600.) But as far as your favorite columnist is concerned, the best thing about the annual Glenmoor Gathering of Significant Automobiles is that he gets to drive one.

Or, in this case, two. I figured my choice of wheels this year would create a fun contrast. The 1950 Crosley is not exactly regarded as the finest moment in the history of automotive engineering. put it this way: When I told my 88-year-old father I was going to drive one, he referred to it as piece of He apparently was basing that assessment on a reputation Crosley established in the 1940s for engine problems. By 1950, car historians say, those problems had been ironed out, but the revamped Crosleys had horrible brake problems, and the public had seen enough.

Olde Harbor Inn closes its doors in Portage Lakes. B6 INFORMING. ENGAGING. ESSENTIAL. B1 Friday, September 14, 2012 Get yours at DailyDeals.Ohio.com On Sale Now! 50 GIFT CERTIFICATES off Pizzeria Al Bartholet, general manager of WKSU (89.7-FM) since 2001, will retire at the end of December, ending a decades-long run at the station.

The Kent State grad has also been station manager, director of development and operations coordinator. And he worked there while a student at KSU, taking jobs elsewhere after graduation in 1976; he returned to the station in 1980. Asked why he was leaving now, Bartholet laughed and said, want to. been here for 32 he added. two years is a good, long time.

There are other things I might want to Those things may include other efforts in public media, in addition to helping occasionally with WKSU projects. (As a student, he was music director, and called its Folk Alley programming online and on HD radio lot of always going to be available to the station for anything they need in the Bartholet said. not like running away from As for his successor, a national search is under way. So Who Wants to Be a General Manager? Now, many of you are saying, a public-radio general manager is my Well, are you about public radio, and a powerful, visionary leader with impeccable integrity, who is expert at and enjoys major donor fundraising and other revenue-generating aspects of the part of the posting for the WKSU GM job on public-media site Current. org.

There are more requirements for the job: years of related experience with increasing levels of degree from a regionally accredited college or university with a concentration in journalism, communications, business administration, nonprofit management or other related Here I am, just an English major. Shoot. Bullying Speech Set. Filmmaker Lee Hirsch, director of the fine documentary Bully, will kick off the Featured Speaker Series at Kent State University at Stark at 7:30 p.m. Oct.

8. Hirsch will discuss The Bully Project: Putting an End to the Most Common Form of Violence Among Children in the Timken Great Hall in the University Center in Jackson Township. RICH HELDENFELS Bartholet Please see Associated Press Ohio voters will see an expanded description of a proposed redistricting amendment on fall ballots, but the supporters say the language is still cumbersome. The Ohio Ballot Board agreed in a party-line vote Thursday to new language for Issue 2. The change came a day after the panel was scolded by the state Supreme Court for approving language that was incomplete and inaccurate.

At emergency meeting, Republican Secretary of State Jon office proposed as a starting point adding paragraphs of exact phrasing from the lengthy amendment, which he and others in his party have criticized as convoluted. Democrats and Voters First, the group behind the proposal, said that a more concise, clearer summary was possible. struggling with on our side is we want to swap misleading for Democratic board Please see At top, Akron fire medics Lowell Weir (left) and Al Strong (center) race Lt. Ed Jetter during the second annual 50 and Over the Hill Soap Box Derby race at Derby Downs on Thursday in Akron. At left, Joanne Rininger of Akron waves to her friends on her way down the hill during the race.

Above, Rich Hale of Tionesta, grimaces while racing his friends John Fisher (right) and Bob Smith (not pictured). The event, a collaboration between the All-American Soap Box Derby and city of Akron, aims to showcase Derby Downs as a destination that all ages can enjoy. Mature derby racers happy as kids Akron Beacon Journal columnist Bob Dyer test drives a 1950 Crosley Supersport on Thursday at the Glenmoor Country Club in Jackson Township. It is one of many vehicles that will be on display Sunday at the annual Glenmoor Gathering of Significant Automobiles. Beacon Journal staff writer Ohio, Florida and Virginia are the three key states to the presidential election, according to a leading national pollster who spoke Thursday in Akron.

makes it difficult to win without those said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, who spoke at an Akron Press Club luncheon. may be possible without Brown, along with political consultants Jerry Austin and Mark Weaver, kicked off the Akron Press fall speaker series with a political forum about the presidential election. Quinnipiac, an independent polling institute based in Hamden, does polling in Ohio, six other states and nationally. Brown was a longtime political reporter before joining the polling institute as an analyst and spokesman. He jokingly told the Press Club crowd that the and the math Brown said Quinnipiac will BOB DYER Please see Please see.