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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Free admission to CoCo Key with school supply donation
CoCo Key Water Resort is having a “Back to School Splash” on Tuesday, Aug. 11, to help children in need of school supplies.
CoCo Key guests who bring a new and unused school supply to Sheraton Cincinnati North on Tuesday will receive one free waterpark admission pass for each supply donated.
If you don’t mind heading farther out, the deal also applies to Cherry Valley Lodge in Licking County on Monday, Aug. 10.
Each free pass will be valid for one of four, three-hour swim periods: 9 a.m. to noon, noon to 3 p.m., 3 to 6 p.m., or 6 to 9 p.m. During each of these admission periods, a maximum of 600 passes will be given away.
Guests can bring school supplies from notebooks and crayons to boxes of pencils and markers. The collected items will be donated to Cincinnati and Columbus-area schools’ most needy students.
“Back to School Splash is a great way for kids to learn to help those less fortunate, while enjoying a great time with friends and family,” said CoCo Key Water Resort Marketing Director Beth Kelly. “We’re thrilled to help families give back to the community by offering them a visit to CoCo Key Water Resort.”
A special “Back to School Splash” room rate of just $99 also will be offered, based on availability.
The Sheraton Cincinnati North, which boasts 257 guest rooms, is just 39 miles south of downtown Dayton.
Cherry Valley Lodge is 108 miles from Dayton. The a 200-room resort is 25 miles east of Columbus.
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Marion’s Piazza to offer pizza for 80 cents
On Monday, Aug. 10, all seven Marion’s Piazza locations will be turning back the clock to 1965 in honor of the restaurant’s 44th anniversary.
From 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday, Marion’s will feature its original 1965 menu — complete with original prices.
For example, those prices will be:
Small cheese pizza: 80 cents
Large deluxe pizza: $2.50
Giant sandwich: 50 cents for half, $1 for whole
Spaghetti with sauce: 75 cents, $1 with meatballs
Italian salads: 25 cents
Beverages will be regular price.
There is a limit of one major menu item per customer — one pizza, sandwich or spaghetti — and the restaurant is not taking seating reservations or other discounts that day. They also can’t accept half-baked or uncooked orders.
It is dine-in (although seating is not guaranteed) or carry-out, but the restaurant is not taking advance orders.
You may recall Marion’s having a deal like this a few years back. The restaurant usually features their 1965 Menu Anniversary promotion every five years, and the last time was in 2005.
But, due to the economy, Marion’s owner Roger Glass said they decided to move the special up a year.
“It has been a tough year for people in Dayton, so we felt we had to do something — give something back,” said Glass, citing the exit of businesses including NCR and GM.
“People (of Dayton) have been mighty nice to us,” he added. “We wanted to show that we’re still here and we’re not going anywhere.”
Glass said, if previous anniversary sales are an indicator, that Monday will be extremely busy at the restaurants.
“We’re going to be jammed from the moment we open to the moment we close,” he said, “but we will have extra help. There are ex-employees who want to come back and help.”
Glass, who added that the restaurant will probably resume its regularly scheduled anniversary specials next year, said he will be at the Shroyer Road location on Monday.
If anyone wants to stop by and talk to him, he said, “They can just ask for Roger.”
Area restaurants are at 711 Shroyer Road, 50 E. Stroop Road, 241 N. Main St. in Centerville, 8991 Kingsridge Drive, 1320 N. Fairfield Road, 3443 N. Dixie Drive and 404 W. National Road in Englewood.
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