By Chad D. Baus

The Toledo Blade is reporting that Toledo police are seeking information about the sexual and physical assault of a 16-year-old city girl last week at Highland Park in South Toledo.

From the story:

The teenager was approached by two suspects about 7 a.m. as she was putting air into a tire on her vehicle at South Avenue and Spencer Street, police said.

She was shoved into the vehicle, robbed, and forced to drive to the nearby park at South and Champion Street, where she was assaulted. A black handgun was brandished, police said.

Got that? Those pesky rapists went and ignored a Toledo "no guns in our city parks" sign, which city officials claim are oh, so important to prevent, well, rape at gun point, for instance.

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(Columbus) – Ohio sportsmen leaders will be rubbing elbows and voicing their
concerns as they meet with lawmakers next month at a special reception being
hosted by the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance.

The reception will be March 13 at the Athletic Club of Columbus from 5:30 to
7:30 PM. The Athletic Club is located at 136 E. Broad St. in downtown
Columbus. Ohio legislators will field questions and listen to opinions of
their sportsman constituents in an informal atmosphere.

“The 2007 Legislative Reception comes at an opportune time,” said Rob
Sexton, U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance vice president for government affairs. “A
new state budget will soon be proposed. In years past, state legislators
have tried to divert sportsmen’s dollars, which are reserved for
conservation purposes, to fund non-conservation programs. Sportsmen must
speak with their lawmakers to ensure that conservation funds are secure.”

Legislative co-hosts include Sen. Steve Buehrer, R-Delta, Sen. Joy Padgett,
R-Coshocton, and Rep. Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green. Each is an avid supporter
of hunters’ rights.

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