Ketzl got thru the small hole in the back fence where one board is down and stepped down into the neighbors' hard. Interesting. He was just sniffing around and I was able to pull, persuade him to come back up and someone was in the backyard and he kindly put the board back up during the day.
Zippy, who is a kangaroo and the mascot of the University of Akron, was named the Capitol One National Mascot of the Year for 2007, this according to the spring edition of Akron Magazine. In the final competition, Zippy was up against Goldy Gopher, from the University of Minnesota. I'm not sure exactly how the whole contest worked, but it involved a lot of community support from the city of Akron and UA alumni all around the country. Not bad for a Mid-America Conference school competing against the big guys. Linda always said that the city of Akron had a really strong sense of community.
Also in the Akron Magazine: You can stay in a silo! Quaker Square Inn was created from the silos of the Quaker Oats plant, and was purchased by the University in 2007. It was converted into a hotel about 30 years ago, and now 96 of the rooms have been turned into a dorm. Very cool! Quaker Square is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
