President Barack Obama adds stop in Sandusky to two-day bus tour
President Barack Obama speaks at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany on May 8, 2012 in Albany, New York. Obama delivered an address that focused on the economy and job creation.
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Posted: 07/03/2012
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By: Connor Kiesel, newsnet5.com
SANDUSKY, Ohio - President Obama will be in another northeast Ohio city when his bus rolls through a couple of swing states Thursday and Friday.
The president has added a stop in Sandsuky to his trip that will also have an event in Parma.
Obama will be at an ice cream social in Sandusky at Washington Park, expected to begin at 3:40 p.m Thursday.
Campaign officials announced Monday that Obama would be speaking in Parma. He will be at James Day Park for an event with an expected start time of 7:15 p.m. Thursday.
The event in Parma is free and open to the public. Tickets are required and will be available at the Organizing for America field offices at 5734 Ridge Rd. in Parma and 13100 Shaker Sq. in Cleveland starting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.
His post-Fourth of July bus tour will begin in Maumee and finish in Pittsburgh with a Friday afternoon stop.
Obama spoke at Cuyahoga Community College on June 14, a major stop for his reelection campaign.
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