The Other Paper – Columbus

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1. How employees of a union strike . . . a union? - On Tuesday, Michele Prater, spokeswoman for the Ohio Education Association, was in a strange predicament: She couldn’t speak for the management.
2. Hostel takeover on Indiana Avenue - It’s an unassuming red duplex on Indiana Avenue. Walk by, and you might not be able to tell the difference between it and the neighboring single-family homes and student rentals. But since opening Aug. 6, with virtually no marketing, the Wayfaring Buckeye Hostel has been booked almost every night with visitors from France, Holland, Turkey, Japan, Brazil … you name it.
3. ‘Joe the Architect’ stimulated by Congress, not Obama
4. 11,000-mile bicyclist meets Columbus
5. Prolific gourd fest survives latest drama - Anonymous tipsters worried about a Village of Obetz Zucchinifest power grab can rest assured: The festival is still going on, and it will be bigger and better than ever this weekend.
6. Disappearing bike racks: Update from J. Gumbo's - For one reader, the case of the disappearing bike racks near Broad and High Streets began years ago. At first, he said in a letter to The Other Paper, he noticed that bike racks around Columbus were disappearing a few at a time, little by little. But as the years wore on, it started to become a disturbing trend, he said. And now, the most recent victim is Pearl Alley, near Broad Street, where one very large bike rack “vanished,” said the reader. Seemingly, without a trace.
7. Courage Express finds an ironic home - Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner may have lost her Senate primary to Democrat Lee Fisher, but her rusty ol' campaign sidekick is still making headlines.