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Geauga Lake to sell park memorabilia
AURORA: Memorabilia from the former Geauga Lake amusement park will be on sale Labor Day weekend at the park's Wildwater Kingdom, 1100 Squires Road, Aurora.
Items that did not sell during the June auction will be available from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday during the Labor Day Sidewalk Sale.
Admission to the park is not required and the parking fee will be refunded at the guest relations window with a receipt of an item purchased.
The amusement side of the park was closed about a year ago.
CANTON
Candidate will chat at Stark County Fair
CANTON: State Sen. John Boccieri, a candidate for the 16th Congressional district, will hold the first of a series of ''fairside chats'' today at the Stark County Fair.
Boccieri will discuss education at 5 p.m. today. He will talk about the economy at 6 p.m. Friday, health care on Saturday and an additional topic on Monday. He'll be there at about noon and after 5:30 Monday. A specific time hasn't been set for the Saturday chat.
All of the chats will be in the Stark County Democratic Party booth at the fairgrounds, 305 Wertz Ave. N.W. Information about Boccieri's policies will be available at the booth.
CLEVELAND
Man goes to prison for mailing threats
CLEVELAND: A man who wrote racially hateful letters to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and a high school athlete in Summit County was sentenced Tuesday to three years and 10 months in prison.
David Tuason apologized for his behavior in federal court, saying he was disgusted by his own actions and never meant to hurt anybody. He said he sent the threatening letters because a black man ''stole'' the girlfriend he planned to marry.
Tuason, 46, said he was overwhelmed with loneliness and despair because he didn't have a family.
Tuason, who is of Filipino descent, sent more than 200 hateful letters or e-mails over 20 years, many to black or mixed-race men seen with white women. The messages contained threats of violence based on racial hatred.
Hundreds of other letters were found in March when federal agents searched Tuason's bedroom at his parents' home in Pepper Pike.
Tuason had faced up to 10 years in prison. He pleaded guilty in May to six counts of mailing threatening communications and two counts of threatening interstate communications.
The FBI had long been trying to find the source of the letters. Authorities say agents found Tuason after he started sending messages via e-mail in January from a public library instead of U.S. mail.
His targets included former Cleveland Cavalier Larry Nance and his daughter, a senior at Revere High School; and players on the Kent State women's basketball team.
— Associated Press
COVENTRY SCHOOLS
Teachers accept two-year contract
COVENTRY TWP.: Teachers in the Coventry district have a new two-year contract calling for a 2.5 percent raise in each year, as well as health care givebacks.
Teachers will pay more for prescriptions, deductibles and premiums. Coventry Education Association President Judy Sinesky said teachers realize ''that times are hard not only for our school system, but also our parents.''
''We have a dedicated staff that is willing to make concessions to help the school and community,'' she said.
CEA represents about 150 employees in the district.
Teachers, as well as administrators and the school board, ''have all been working hard to trim the budget and stay off the ballot,'' Superintendent Russell Chaboudy said.
CEA members have voted to accept the contract and board members approved it at a special meeting.
CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK
Hours to change at visitor centers
CUYAHOGA VALLEY: The National Park Service has new fall operating hours at visitor centers in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, effective Sept. 1. The Boston Store in the hamlet of Boston will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays.
The Canal Visitor Center in Valley View will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
The Hunt Farm Visitor Center in Cuyahoga Falls will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends.
The Peninsula Depot Visitor Center will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in September and November and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays in October.
For more information, call 216-524-1497 or 800-445-9667. You can also go to the Web sites at http://www.nps.gov/cuva or http://www.dayinthevalley.com.
GREEN
After complaints, work on hill resumes
GREEN: Work has resumed to lower a hill for a phase of the Kings Ridge subdivision as neighbors, a contractor and the development try to address complaints about noise and dust.
Work on the hill at the development off East Caston Road had been shut down for several days after neighbors complained to city officials.
— George W. Davis
JACKSONON TWP.
Trustees to hold meeting today
JACKSON TWP.: The Jackson Township Board of Trustees has scheduled a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. today for the purpose of an executive session for police department personnel and to discuss general business. The meeting will be held at the Jackson Township Administration Building at 5735 Wales Ave. NW.
MACEDONIA
Chamber to sponsor forum on economy
MACEDONIA: Summit County and the Nordonia Hills Chamber of Commerce will hold an economic development forum at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 3.
The event will be at the Macedonia City Center, 9691 Valley View Road. The event will allow citizens to meet with public officials and participate in a discussion about economic development in Macedonia.
The event will feature County Executive Russ Pry, Mayor Donald Kuchta, County Council President Nick Kostandaras, state Treasurer Richard Cordray and county Community and Economic Development Director Connie Krauss. Also slated to attend will be Nordonia Hills chamber executive director Laura Sparano and Summit Workforce Solutions Executive Director Chuck Byrd. For more details or to make an advance reservation, call 330-643-7893.
NORTHEAST OHIO
Fire departments to get grant money
Two fire departments in the Akron area will get $136,000 in grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The recipients are the Macedonia Fire Department, $94,174; and Medina County's Erhart-York Township Fire Department, $42,397.
The grants were among six totaling $570,279 announced on Wednesday by U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio.
Geauga Lake to sell park memorabilia
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