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Blogs:
Akron Docs in Haiti:
Almost home
First Bell - On Education:
21st Century Skills and Akron’s new middle school
Pets:
Lost Mini Schnauzer around Cascade Valley Park
The Heldenfiles:
Fess Parker, R.I.P.
Akron Zips:
Is it time to go after transfers?
Tribe Matters:
Wood sidelined at least six weeks
Cleveland Browns:
Yates latest to re-sign
Balanced Ledger:
How times have changed?
Kent State Sports:
Flashes fall in WNIT
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Gameblog: Cavs at Chicago Bulls (Green Mascot and All)
Buckeye Blogging:
Bucks High Seed – Turner High Praise
Varsity Letters:
Jackson advances to Division I state semifinal
All Da King's Men:
ObamaCare To Reduce Premiums By 3000% ?
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Pathetic GOP Nullification Attempts
Akron Law Café:
More on Shaming Corporate Criminals
Car Chase:
2010 CONCOURS SEASON IS UPON US
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Deals in Miami?!.
Sound Check:
Willie Nelson & Family coming to the Akron Civic Theatre May 11
See Jane Style:
Who Wore What – The Oscars
HRLite House:
Horses of Courses
Akron Gamer:
Video: Gamers expected to 'reach' for new 'Halo'
Published on Sunday, Sep 14, 2008
AKRON
Attack investigated
AKRON: Police are still investigating the assault of a teacher at Ellet High School Thursday morning.
Police said a 17-year-old special education student ran up behind the 41-year-old educator and knocked her to the floor of the gymnasium. The teacher struck her head on the floor and was taken to Akron City Hospital.
Walk is Saturday
AKRON: The Cleveland Area Pulmonary Hypertension Support Group is working with the Cleveland Clinic to host a six-minute charity walk Saturday. It will begin at 11 a.m. at the Sand Run Metro Park's Wadsworth Shelter, 1400 Sand Run Road.
The walk will raise money for pulmonary hypertension, a chronic condition characterized by continuous high blood pressure in the pulmonary artery leading to the lungs. Symptoms can include shortness of breath, chest pain, swelling and fatigue.
Registration for the event is $10 per individual or $25 per family. To register, send a check and the shirt sizes of all in your group to one of these two addresses:
• Pulmonary Hypertension Association, Attention Deirdre Farrell, Roeder Road, Suite 400, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
• Zahi M. Kakish, 443 Merriman Road, Akron, OH 44303.
You can also register online at http://www.firstgiving.com/PHAssociation.
/> BARBERTON
Mum Fest to bloom
BARBERTON: The 18th annual Mum Fest at Lake Anna Park on Sept. 20-21 will display 20,000 chrysanthemums in a rainbow of color.
The festival will also include free family entertainment, historic views of Barberton, arts and crafts and gardening tips.
There will be water ski shows, featuring the Chippewa Lake Water Ski Show Team, at noon, 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Saturday and noon and 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Other activities include canoe races, strolling entertainers, the ETC Children's Choir, the University of Akron Steel Drum Band, food vendors, sand sculpting and mural painting.
The new Lake Anna YMCA will be open for tours from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. At 1 p.m. Saturday, the public is invited to the unveiling of a monument in memory of late Barberton High School basketball coach K. Jack Greynolds.
BRIMFIELD TWP.
See governor's chat
BRIMFIELD TWP.: State Rep. Stephen Dyer, D-Green, will host a ''watch party'' for Gov. Ted Strickland's Conversation on Education at 4:30 p.m. Monday at Field High School, 2900 State Route 43.
The public is invited to view a video link of the event televised from Mansfield. Field Superintendent David Brobeck will attend. A discussion of educational issues will follow.
GREEN
Building on agenda
GREEN: A community meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Green Community Center at 4224 Massillon Road will discuss a proposed 132-unit apartment complex on Moore Road.
WADSWORTH
Council seat filled
WADSWORTH: Republican James Riley was elected unanimously Saturday to an at-large vacancy on City Council.
Wadsworth representatives on the Medina County Central Committee chose Riley from three candidates seeking to succeed Tom Baldwin, who resigned Sept. 1 because he moved out of the city. The term runs through 2009.
Riley retired from the Akron Police Department in 1996 after more than 27 years. He also volunteered for more than 15 years with the Wadsworth Fire Department.
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Fundraiser for Cole
PENINSULA: Randy Cole, the Republican candidate for the 41st Ohio House seat, will hold a fundraiser from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at Fisher's Cafe, 1607 Main St.
In honor of Cole's 41st birthday, he's asking for $41 donations. For information call 330-867-4151 or visit http://www.electrandycole.com.
Group to talk issues
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Progressive Democrats of America of Ohio will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Hunters Lake clubhouse, 1207 Hunters Lake Drive W.
Representatives from Sen. Barack Obama and U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton's campaigns will attend, as well as Mike Moran, who is running for the 42nd Ohio House District. Michael Moore's health-care documentary Sicko will be shown. Call Mary Nichols-Rhodes at 330-928-5347.
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