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Published on Thursday, Sep 03, 2009
AKRON
Men battle robbers
AKRON: Four college students and a landscaper turned the tables on three men who burst into a Timber Top apartment Wednesday morning, displayed a weapon and demanded money, police said.
During a struggle, one of the men inside the Rocky Brook Drive apartment realized that an intruder's gun fired pellets, not bullets. That's when the group went on the offensive, police said.
The men struck at least one of the robbers with a golf club, and ripped off their masks.
The intruders fled.
No arrests had been made.
EMS treated one resident for minor injuries.
Police described the robbers as three black males in their 20s, about 5-foot-9 to 6-foot-3, wearing dark clothing. Two of the invaders were bald.
Anyone with information is asked to call Akron police detectives at 330-375-2490.
Service for soldier
AKRON: A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 11 for an Akron native who died of an apparent heart attack while serving in Iraq.
The service for U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rodney Allen Jarvis, 34, who died July 13, will be at the Celebration Church, 688 Dan St., Akron.
Pastor Jeff Wade and the church have donated their facility and services for the program, Jarvis' sister Robin Bacola said.
Jarvis and his wife, Fashion Jarvis, are the parents of two daughters.
Jarvis, a 1993 Ellet High School graduate, was on his third tour in Iraq when he died. He was assigned to the 46th Engineer Battalion, 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade based at Fort Polk, La.
He was buried in July in Bon Wier, Texas.
For information about the service, call 330-762-7458.
BATH TWP.
Sign request denied
BATH TWP.: Trustees voted 2-1 Monday to deny a request by West Market Plaza to list additional stores on its signs.
Township zoning code allows only the name of the center not a listing of multiple tenants.
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Case moves ahead
AKRON: The Ohio Elections Commission found probable cause Wednesday on a complaint filed by an Akron councilwoman.
Kelli Crawford of Ward 10 filed a complaint against Jay Moore, who is challenging her in Tuesday's primary, for an incorrect statement he made in a radio interview.
Moore has said he received incorrect information that Crawford ''double dipped'' by holding two government jobs at once.
The commission will hold a hearing on the matter, as well as seven other complaints Crawford filed against Moore, in late September or early October, said Phil Richter, a commission spokesman.
NORTHEAST OHIO
Post offices at risk
The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday that 413 retail stations and offices remain under consideration for closing or consolidation.
The Postal Service said in July it was reviewing more than 3,000 locations to address a projected loss of more than $6 billion this year. None of the seven locations in the Akron-Canton area on the original review list was removed from additional scrutiny.
They are: Chapel Hill station, 200 Brittain Road; downtown Akron station, 209 S. Main St.; Maple Valley station, 1518 Copley Road; East Akron station, 1763 Goodyear Blvd.; Dueber Station, 220 Dueber Ave. SW in Canton; East Canton Station, 117 Nassau St. W.; and North Industry Station, 4724 Cleveland Ave. SE.
Final action is expected in October.
STARK COUNTY
Building to be razed
CANTON: Stark County commissioners have agreed to demolish a building the county owns at 220 Tuscarawas St. E. and create a parking lot on the site.
The cost is estimated at $371,550, including removal of asbestos and other hazards.
The county originally bought the property for a consolidated site for the Department of Job and Family Services.
SUMMIT COUNTY
Power out at board
AKRON: Anyone who showed up to vote absentee at the Summit County elections board Wednesday afternoon was disappointed.
The board was unable to process ballots because of a power outage.
The outage, which hit about 1:50 p.m., was caused by a problem with an underground cable. It left about 66 FirstEnergy customers powerless for several hours in the mainly commercial area on Grant Street from Wheeler to McCoy streets in Akron.
WADSWORTH
Project to be funded
WADSWORTH: The City Council Tuesday agreed to issue $18,935,000 in bonds to pay for a new community center.
A community center is one part of the complex including a new high school to be built at 625 Broad St., immediately south of the current high school. In addition to the center and school, the complex is planned to include a senior center, studios for WCTV and branches of Summa Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital and the local library.
The bonds are to funded through the city's 1.3 percent income tax.
In other action, city employees will have to pay higher premiums for Medical Mutual health care under an ordinance council adopted.
Employees will pay $15 per pay period for single coverage and $30 for family up from the $10 and $20 now being paid.
The council also agreed to accept a $76,387 grant from federal stimulus funds to hire an information technology officer for the police department and to purchase automatic fingerprinting and license scanning equipment.
According to Safety Director Matt Hiscock, the grant runs for 17 months and requires a 25 percent match by the city.
Councilman resigns
WADSWORTH: At-large Council-man Eugene Kovack, 75, has resigned, effective Aug. 31.
He cited health reasons.
In a letter to Mayor Robin Laubaugh, Kovack stated that ''due to my recent heart bypass surgery, which will require extensive rehab, I have decided to resign because it will be impossible to carry out my duties as councilman at large.''
Kovack, whose two-year term ends Dec. 31, also served as Ward 2 councilman in 1995 and 1996. He is a retired supervisor at Babcock & Wilcox Co.
The Medina County Demo-cratic Party Central Committee will meet to fill the vacancy at 6 p.m. Wednesday in City Council chambers.
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