From staff reports SANDUSKY With Ohio Bike Week on the horizon, local officials are reminding drivers to share the road with motorcyclists. The Sandusky Police Department joins federal, state and local organizations in proclaiming May as "Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month."

Sandusky's charter is due for its five-year tune-up, in terms of a review of its charter. We've enlisted 14 mechanics to form a charter review committee and get under the hood and fix what is wrong. Should we change engines and our form of government to a strong mayor?

According to the April 29 Sandusky Register, Perkins Schools is going to hire two curriculum directors. Paul Daugherty has been hired at a rate of $40 per hour to serve as curriculum director from grades 7-12. Dean Janitzki is being paid $94,155 to serve as curriculum director for grades K-5. It has been a one-person job in the system in the past.

Lake Erie community and area city councils, I ask we consider the options to revitalize our communities not only this summer, but throughout the year with outdoor viewings of independant cinema, symphony performances, live bands, opera, juried art shows, etc.

If you want to see just how big your "hometown" is, simply become famous.

By CORY FROLIK Former Huron County reporter for the Register The day I moved into my apartment in southeast Sandusky, I opened a cupboard in the kitchen where I found the biggest, most monstrous spider I've seen since the film "Arachnophobia." I immediately slammed the cupboard door shut. I never opened it again.

ERIE COUNTY SHERIFF WEDNESDAY MAY 12 7:55 a.m. -- Ehove Career Center, 17-year-old female, 2700 block Highland Drive, assault, delinquent child, after fought with another student. 11:37 a.m. -- 100 block E. Osborne St., Carol Sowards, 36, same, bench warrant.

The six shots that killed Keith Rodvold were planned, Huron County prosecutor Russ Leffler argued Thursday. But Steven Rodvold and his attorney maintain he acted in self defense while his father reached for a gun, threatening to kill him.

The Erie County Health Department will ask voters to renew a 0.5-mill operating levy in November. The levy generates about $1 million a year for the health department, accounting for roughly 15 percent of its $6.5 million operating budget. The owner of a $100,000 home pays about $13.74 a year for the levy.