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Published on Thursday, Jun 19, 2008
AKRON
Man sentenced
to prison term
AKRON: An Akron man was sentenced to 18 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the 2007 death of a Cuyahoga Falls man.
Phillip G. Capeluck, 41, had pleaded guilty in Summit County Common Pleas Court to one count each of murder, kidnapping, aggravated robbery and tampering with evidence. He was originally charged with aggravated murder.
Capeluck is one of three people charged in the September 2007 death of Donald Meisel, 62, of Ninth Street, Cuyahoga Falls. Meisel's body was found in a wooded area near 275 Forge St. Police say Meisel was robbed and murdered at an Akron house Capeluck shared with Keith Lee Bass.
Judge Tom Teodosio sentenced Capeluck to 15 years on the murder charge and three years on the robbery charge. He is to concurrently serve three years for the kidnapping charge and one year on the tampering charge.
Teodosio will sentence Bass, 19, and Misty D. Hays, 24, both of Akron, at 2 p.m. Monday.
CANTON
Temple Israel to sell
19 acres to Malone
CANTON: An agreement was reached to allow Malone College to purchase 19 acres from Canton's Temple Israel and the Canton Jewish Community Center.
The sale allows the Jewish community to move forward with its plan to bring together two synagogues, the community center and the planning body of the Jewish Federation into one building. An architectural study determined that Shaaray Torah Synagogue's building, 30th Street and Harvard Avenue, was best suited for the concept.
Renovations at the synagogue call for two worship spaces for Temple Israel, a reform congregation, and Shaaray Torah, a conservative congregation. The plan also includes a reception area, library, coffee bar, shared administration, classrooms for religious education and wellness and youth programming facilities.
Construction could begin as early as spring 2009.
The area's Orthodox congregation, Agudas Achim, will continue its operation at 25th Street and Market Avenue North. Jewish Family Services will be housed in the new building. Community Center programs, including Center Care, preschool, recreation and adult programming, will continue operations at the current site through 2010.
Malone officials are expected to begin meeting with architects to determine the best use for the land, bordered by Yale Avenue, Harvard Avenue, state Route 62 and 25th Street Northwest. The property is expected to help meet the growth demands of the college.
No details of the purchase agreement were released.
GREEN
Commission passes
preliminary lot plan
GREEN: A preliminary plan for a five-lot residential subdivision on Thursby Road south of Koons Road has been approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
The plan, presented by property owner Dennis Plummer who also lives on the street, calls for five 1.17-acre lots on a 6.17-acre tract on the east side of Thursby. The development will leave 41.3 acres of wooded land going south toward the Summit-Stark County line.
The lots are to have septic systems and wells, according to Planning Director Wayne Wiethe.
— George W. Davis
KENT
No injuries caused
by chlorine gas leak
KENT: A chlorine gas leak Wednesday morning at the Kent Water Treatment Plant was caused by a leaky seal on the valve of a chlorine tank.
The chlorine gas concentration was low and contained to one area of the building, Fire Chief James Williams said.
No one was hurt in the incident. The leak was not a threat to others in the area, he said.
The Portage County Hazmat Team was called in to help isolate the leak and ventilate the building, which took about two hours, he said.
The plant is on Hodgeman Lane in Portage County's Franklin Township. The fire department received a report of the leak at 11:19 a.m.
NORTH CANTON
Council OKs transfer
of money to CIC fund
NORTH CANTON: City council has authorized the transfer of $143,000 to the city's Community Improvement Corp.
The money will be used to help Myers Controlled Power relocate from Massillon to the former Hoover Co. complex.
The transfer, combined with $200,000 already in the CIC account and $100,000 the agency is scheduled to receive this month, will be used to purchase and install three cranes in the Hoover plant. The city will own the cranes and lease them to Myers for $1 a year.
The company is expected to sign a 10-year lease with Maple Street Commerce, the partnership that bought the Hoover complex in January.
The move, along with modifications to 144,000 square feet of plant and office space, is expected to be completed by Oct. 1.
The CIC is a not-for-profit organization funded by the city to help spur economic development.
— Dottie McGrew
PLAIN SCHOOLS
School to lease
space to hospital
PLAIN TWP.: The Plain school board voted Wednesday to lease 3,200 square feet at GlenOak High School to Mercy Medical Center.
The hospital will establish a clinic at the school, offering primary care, sports medicine, urgent care, and X-ray and laboratory services.
The center is expected to open by this fall.
The center will be in space now used for classrooms. The space was originally designed to become a child-care facility. It will be next to the Plain branch of the Stark County District Library.
The lease amount wasn't available Wednesday night.
The school board also gave Superintendent Christopher Smith, Assistant Superintendent Brent May and Business Manager Tom Brabson a five-year contract extension, each running from Aug. 1, 2009 to July 1, 2014.
The salaries weren't available Wednesday.
The board hired three principals: Mark Black, at GlenOak; Jody Ditcher, at Warstler Elementary; and Leigh Anne Kummer, at Glenwood Middle.
— Betty O'Neill-Roderick
PLAIN TWP.
19-year-old man shot at apartment
PLAIN TWP.: The Stark County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that occurred Wednesday in Plain Township.
Stephen Lewis, 19, told deputies that three men forced their way into his Edelweiss Drive apartment. He said he was shot during a struggle with one of the assailants.
Lewis was treated at an area hospital and released, the sheriff's office said.
Anyone with information about the incident should contact the sheriff's office at 330-430-3800.
STARK COUNTY
Council tables plan
for dispatch service
HARTVILLE: The Village Council has given the cold shoulder to the idea of countywide police and fire dispatching.
Five members agreed Tuesday to table legislation endorsing the project, proposed by the Stark Council of Governments.
Mayor Edsel Tucker said the village has no need to change because there is no problem with the system now used.
The village police department is tied into the Stark County sheriff's dispatch system. The fire department is dispatched by Nimishillen Township, which recently built a new communications center.
Councilman Scot Bohaychyk said he opposed a centralized system because of concern that a single center could be disabled by a catastrophic event.
Councilman Thomas Hough said he feared the potential for an additional tax.
Councilman Michael Sullivan was the lone legislative voice in favor of the proposal.
—Nancy MolnarSUMMIT COUNTY
Potential jurors warned of scam
AKRON: The Summit County Prosecutor's Office is renewing its warning to potential jurors of a scam that could lead to identity theft.
Earlier scams involved citizens being called at home and told they had failed to appear for jury duty and are now wanted by police.
With the current scam, individuals receive a failure-to-appear notice in the mail. Personal information is requested on an attached form.
Court officials said today that courts do not ask for Social Security and credit card numbers when notifying individuals they have failed to appear for jury duty.
Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh issued a news release with these tips:
• Do not give out confidential information, including your Social Security or credit card numbers if you suspect fraud.
• Look up the court telephone number and call to verify the legitimacy of a failure-to-appear notice.
Group to discuss
ex-meth lab homes
AKRON: The Summit County Methamphetamine Property Awareness Task Force will meet at 2 p.m. today in County Council chambers at the county office building, 175 S. Main St.
The group is studying how to better inform homeowners and renters about residences that were used as meth labs.
TWINSBURG
Appeal in slaying
rejected by court
TWINSBURG: The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to hear an appeal from a Twinsburg man convicted in the slaying of his former girlfriend, Charlene Puffenbarger, at her Twinsburg apartment in 1992.
The 9th District Court of Appeals rejected Willard S. McCarley's contention that a Summit County Common Pleas judge mishandled his second trial and sentence in January 2007.
He was convicted in 2005, but the appeals court granted him a new trial because of a complimentary remark that now retired Judge Marvin Shapiro made to a witness in front of a jury.
WADSWORTH
Meeting to discuss
airport master plan
WADSWORTH: A public meeting to discuss an update of the airport master plan is scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight.
The update, developed by the engineering firm of Baker and Associates, includes moving the airport runway farther south and west.
Also, the plan calls for the building of city-owned hangars west of state Route 57, which would provide some revenue for operation of the airport.
The meeting will be at City Hall, 120 Maple St.
— Beau Dusz
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