Don't get the wrong idea if you see school buses at The Pump. "I don't know if you've gotten any calls on this - it's kind of unusual,' Sandusky Schools transportation supervisor Ted Peters told school board members. The bus drivers aren't going into the bar, Peters said, just using the parking lot as a rendezvous point.

The city demolished his Madison Street home years ago. But Jack Huber, the homeowner, still owed $27,000 in back taxes. So the city offered him a deal: Give the property to the city's land bank program, and in return, his taxes will be forgiven. Huber seemed interested. He signed a document giving Sandusky workers permission to survey his property.

Ohio Bike Week will once again roar into town June 4. But it's been the quiet, persistent support by the business community that's helped make this year's event viable. And Ohio Bike Week's chief organizer, Steve Ernst, says he's confident it will return in 2011.