Mayor Kapszukiewicz Opened Ottawa Park Ice Rink and Announced Snowplow Naming Contest Winners

Mayor Kapszukiewicz ushered in the winter season with the opening of the Ottawa Park Ice Rink, the only open-air ice rink in NE Ohio and SE Michigan. Skaters and sled hockey team members were on hand to take a spin on the newly frozen ice.

“It's important for communities to have access to affordable and fun recreational activities, especially during the winter months,” Mayor Kapszukiewicz said.

The Mayor also thanked Tam-O-Shanter for their partnership in providing more fun on the ice.

“Skating and playing hockey is just the tip of the iceberg that Tam-O-Shanter will provide in expanding programming.” Mayor Kapszukiewicz said.

For more information please visit: toledo.oh.gov/ice-rink

In addition, the residents have spoken and out of over 900 submissions from 663 residents, the top six names have been chosen in the City of Toledo’s first annual snowplow naming contest.

Congratulations to the residents who submitted the winning names.

The following will be labeled on six of our snowplows this winter:

CTR SALT DELETE
Submitted by: Kandy Mitchell, Michelle Strack, Zack Thompson, Matt Clark, Chris Walker, and Beth Wiley

Sleet Happens
Submitted by: Ron Rasey

Betty White- Out
Submitted by: Ian Van Cleef, Stephanie Brown, Anna Vecchi, Zack Thompson, Chris Walker, Janice Flahiff, Beth Wiley, Kandy Mitchell, Brandon Rodriguez, Denise Remington, and Kelsey Kurek

Plowy McPlowFace
Submitted by: Ian Van Cleef, Anna Vecchi, Jacob Hodgson, Josh Randall, Melissa Crouch, Caitlyn Coddes, Emily Kimura, Owen Mickevicius, Rusty Shackelford, Travis Pohl, Peter Hagen, Angus Miller, Tabitha Ferguson, Chad Moll, Susan Chambers, and Eric Johnson

The Big Leplowski
Submitted by: Ian Van Cleef, Zack Thompson, Denise Remington, Stacey Hutka, Hanna Murray, Josh Mudse, Dennis Dixon, Ashley Dusseau, Zack Thompson, Matt Clark, Love Willis, Kevin Howe, Ryan Clevenger, Ann Poulson, and Andrew Kajfasz

And

Plowabunga
Submitted by: Kandy Mitchell, Jeff Weiser, Chris Ghesquiere, and Peggy Knowles

The City of Toledo announced an exciting new feature on their website that will allow residents to track City snowplows as they make their way down City streets this winter on a map, which will be live shortly.

Safety is our top priority, especially as residents travel on the roads during the winter.

This new tool will be helpful for residents to see when their street is expected to be cleared of snow so they can plan their travel accordingly.

To track City snowplows visit: toledo.oh.gov/plows

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