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Cat-loving chihuahua suckles seven abandoned kittens
The Heldenfiles:
Friday Night Notebook
Patrick McManamon:
Browns vs. Lions live …
Akron Zips:
Hitchens leads Zips in second-half comeback
Tribe Matters:
Seven players added to Tribe’s 40-man roster
Cleveland Browns:
Robiskie, Harrison inactive
Kent State Sports:
Kent State blown out in second half, loses to Temple 47-13
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Gameblog: Cavs vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Buckeye Blogging:
OSU – Michigan college football rivals meet in Baghdad
Varsity Letters:
Four area football teams play tonight
All Da King's Men:
The Sunday Sanity Challenge
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Will Health Care Reform Pass?
Akron Law Café:
Health Care Financing Reform: (69) The Brookings Institute Study on "Bending the Curve" – Four General Strategies
See Jane Style:
Vintage Chic
Car Chase:
TIME TO GET YOUR COLLECTOR CARS WINTERIZED
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Silverdome Potentially SOLD!
Ohio Travels with Betty:
George is looking for a Thanksgiving buffet in Akron.
Sound Check:
Steely Dan Plays "The Royal Scam" at E.J. Thomas Hall
HRLite House:
A Random Rant on Testing
Akron Gamer:
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
Published on Sunday, Mar 23, 2008
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Police probe death
of Rittman man, 29
RITTMAN: Police are investigating the Friday death of a 29-year-old local man.
The body of Joshua Rogers was spotted by a CSX railroad train engineer along the railroad tracks just west of the Main Street crossing at about 5:30 p.m. Friday.
After railroad security notified police, Rittman officers located the body. Wayne County Coroner Amy Jolliff pronounced Rogers dead at 6:45 p.m.
Cause of death is undetermined, police said.
Jolliff believes Rogers died less than two hours before police were called, police said.
An autopsy was scheduled for Saturday. Results were not available.
Man to go to prison
for nonpayment
AKRON: An Akron man was sentenced to two years in prison for two counts of criminal nonsupport, the Summit County prosecutor's office said.
Roland M. Williams, 28, of Andrus Street, was sentenced Friday by Summit Common Pleas Judge Patricia Cosgrove. He owes $36,678 in child support for three children ages 12, 10 and 6, the prosecutor's office said.
Williams pleaded guilty to two counts of nonsupport in August 2006 and was sentenced to two years' probation.
In July 2007, Williams pleaded guilty to violating his probation. Cosgrove sentenced him to one year on each count, to run consecutively, officials said.
Williams also served 10 days in jail in 2004 for nonsupport.
Park volunteer, 91,
honored for service
BOSTON HEIGHTS: The Cuyahoga Valley National Park has honored one of its most-dedicated volunteers,
Janet B. Hutchinson, 91, of Oberlin, was saluted by the National Park Service and the U.S. Department of the Interior with the Presidential Award for 22,150 hours of volunteer service to the federal park.
Superintendent John P. Debo Jr. said: ''Janet's contribution to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park has been nothing short of phenomenal. . . . Janet has achieved the gold standard of citizen commitment to the national park ideal.''
She has worked in cartography, graphic artistry and a 10-year compilation of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park's legislative history that was completed last year.
She was involved through the Cleveland League of Women Voters in establishing the park in 1974. Former Superintendent Lew Albert once said that Hutchinson was one of the park's founders.
''It's been a joy for me to volunteer at the park for the last 40 years,'' she said.
She said she intends to continue her park volunteering.
Bridge construction
to reduce I-77 traffic
COPLEY TWP.: Traffic on Interstate 77 will be reduced to one lane each way at the Ridgewood Road bridge in Copley Township on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
The reduction will begin at 8 p.m. each night and go until 6 a.m. the next morning.
The reduction will allow crews to work on the underside of the bridge, which is being rebuilt.
Earth Day banquet
to honor Akron Zoo
BATH TWP.: The Sierra Club will honor the Akron Zoo at its annual Earth Day banquet on Saturday.
The zoo will receive the John F. Seiberling Distinguished Achievement Award in recognition of its conservation programs, especially the Komodo Kingdom, an environmentally friendly green building.
The dinner will be at 6 p.m. at the Mustard Seed Market. There will be a silent auction and awards for environmental activism.
Proceeds will benefit the Seiberling Scholarship Fund at the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and local conservation programs of the Sierra Club.
Tickets are $55 a person.
For reservations or more information, contact Neal Broida at 330-869-9604.
Red Cross sponsors
dinner and auction
WADSWORTH: The American Red Cross will have a spaghetti dinner and silent auction from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Wadsworth High School cafeteria.
Tickets can be purchased at the Red Cross office from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1 Park Centre, Suite 14, Wadsworth.
Tickets are $6 in advance; $7 at the door; $3 for children under 12; free for children under 4.
For more information, call 330-334-1983.
Crime watch walk
at community center
CANTON: The Monroe Community Center will hold a Neighborhood Crime Watch Walk for Belden Avenue, Monroe Street and Third Street Northeast at noon Saturday
The center will hold the walk in conjunction with the city and Stark County Prosecutor's Office.
It will be an opportunity for the public to meet and speak with local government and law enforcement officials.
For more information, call Joyce Sumlin at the Monroe Community Center at 330-471-9958 or crime prevention specialist James Knight at the prosecutor's office at 330-451-7888.
Group that opposes sewer sale to meet
AKRON: A group opposed to Mayor Don Plusquellic's proposal to sell the city's sewer system to raise money for college scholarships for public school students will meet Tuesday.
Guest speakers and members of the East Akron United Block Clubs will discuss the proposal and offer reasons the sale should not go through. Opponents say the sale will result in higher sewer bills.
Guests include former mayoral candidate Joe Finley, Ward 2 Councilman Bruce Kilby and John Wagner of the Tri-County Regional Labor Council.
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the East Akron Community House, 550 S. Arlington St.
For information, call Willie Smith at 330-434-5058.
Plusquellic announced his proposal on Feb. 7 during his State of the City speech this year. No buyers have been identified.
EarthFest 2008
is April 20 at zoo
CLEVELAND: The Earth Day Coalition will sponsor EarthFest 2008 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 20 at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo on Cleveland's West Side.
The theme is Climate Change Solutions.
More than 100 exhibitors will be on hand.
Admission is $7 for adults and $4 for children 2 to 11.
Admission is free for those who take buses from Cleveland's Public Square to the zoo or participate in bike rides and walks to the event.
For information, call the coalition at 216-281-6468 or check out http://www.earthdaycoalition.org.
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