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Blogs:
First Bell - On Education:
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Pets:
Pet telethon re-airs
The Heldenfiles:
Chipmunks "Squeakquel" on DVD/BD March 30
Akron Zips:
Late surge gives Zips ugly road win
Tribe Matters:
Blogmail response on Hafner
Cleveland Browns:
Stallworth's contract terminated
Balanced Ledger:
QB in Browns future: another mock draft
Kent State Sports:
KSU Notes – February 9
Cleveland Cavaliers:
NBA Power Rankings from Around the Internet
Buckeye Blogging:
Buckeyes grab 18 players on signing day
Varsity Letters:
Garfield at Buchtel basketball
All Da King's Men:
Palin At The Tea Party Convention
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Republican Pre-Conditions
Akron Law Café:
Citizens United v. F.E.C. (Part 4): Kennedy's and O'Connor's Basic Approaches to Constitutional Decisionmaking – Top Down and Bottom Up
Car Chase:
Collector Car Hobby Loses One of the Best—Jim Roll
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Decisions Decisions: Credit Cards or Your Mortgage?
Ohio Travels with Betty:
Loucile is looking for a Lake Erie getaway in June for three kids, ages 1, 3, and 5.
Sound Check:
Talk of the Town – Top entertainment picks for the weekend
HRLite House:
Track HR Research
Akron Gamer:
Makers of 'Castle Crashers' unveil 'BattleBlock Theater'
See Jane Style:
Do IT this week: Layering
Published on Thursday, Sep 17, 2009
AKRON
Achmoody honored
AKRON: Dottie Achmoody, chief executive of Opportunity Park Ecumenical Neighborhood Ministry (OPEN-M), will be presented the Marie Covington Outrageous Acts for Social Justice Award this month.
The Women's Endowment Fund of the Akron Community Foundation will make the presentation at the Outrageous Acts for Social Justice Party from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Happy Days Lodge located on state Route 303 in Boston Heights. Achmoody will be honored for outstanding leadership and service to the community.
Cost is $25 per person, which covers food, drinks and entertainment. Five dollars of each ticket is tax deductible.
The event is open to the public. Call 330-376-8522 by Monday for reservations.
Soldiers to return
AKRON: Two hundred Ohio National Guard soldiers who were sent to Egypt will be welcomed home in a ceremony at 7 tonight.
The event will be at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 198 Hill St., at the University of Akron.
The soldiers, with 1st-Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment, were deployed for about a year, including training, and were part of a multinational force. Later this month, 250 more soldiers will be returning and two additional ceremonies will be held.
The soldiers are based in armories in Stow, Cleveland, Wooster, Alliance and Newton Falls.
Elements of the 1-145th Armored Regiment previously were deployed to Iraq and for security missions in Ohio, Michigan and Kosovo.
Fundraising walk
AKRON: The Cleveland Area Pulmonary Hypertension Association will hold a Fun Walk for a cure and awareness of pulmonary hypertension at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Wadsworth Shelter at Sand Run Metro Park.
Registration is $15 for an individual and $25 for a family.
Participants in the Let's Walk and Roll will take a six-minute or longer walk. Some may need a walker, wheelchair or scooter.
Food and entertainment will be provided.
To register, go to http://www.firstgiving.com/PHAssociation or call 330-329-6163 or 724-458-5573.
For information, go to http://www.phassociation.org.
COLUMBUS
Rail improvements
COLUMBUS: Norfolk Southern Railway and Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway will install flashing lights and gates at grade crossings in Wayne and Medina counties.
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the construction this week.
Norfolk Southern will be improving the Willow Road grade crossing in Wayne County; Wheeling & Lake Erie's work will be at the Congress Road and the White Road grade crossings in Medina County.
The railroads must submit site plans and cost estimates by Dec. 14. Funding for this upgrade will be provided through federal funds. The railroads will be responsible for completing construction by Sept. 15, 2010.
COVENTRY TWP.
Seminar for teens
COVENTRY TWP.: A teen conference focusing on issues such as making good choices, relationships, friends, love, physical and emotional abuse, depression, alcohol and drug concerns will be held from 1 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Coventry High School, 3089 Manchester Road.
The event is free and includes motivational speakers, musicians, pizza, soft drinks and snacks. Prize drawings will be held throughout the day.
Those interested in attending should e-mail Jamie Slabaugh Wood at thisisyourtimeconference@yahoo.com.
CUYAHOGA FALLS
Route 8 project
CUYAHOGA FALLS: State Route 8 will be reduced to one lane in each direction from Portage Trail to Howe Avenue for bridge work from 7 p.m. Friday until 6 p.m. Sunday, the Ohio Department of Transportation said.
The work, which depends on the weather, is part of a $6 million project to resurface Route 8 from the Howe interchange to the Graham Road interchange.
PLAIN TWP.
Services set
PLAIN TWP.: Funeral services for the 20-year-old victim of a one-car crash will be at 11 a.m. today at the Reed Funeral Home, 801 Pittsburg Ave. NW, in North Canton.
Brian D. Beck, of Plain Township, was killed in the crash around 2 a.m. Saturday on state Route 550 in Barlow Township near Marietta in Washington County, the State Highway Patrol said.
The 2008 graduate of GlenOak High School was a passenger in a car driven by Rachelle E. Barr, 18, of Canton, that went off the side of the road, struck an embankment and went into the air before landing and overturning several times. The patrol said alcohol use is suspected in the crash.
REVERE SCHOOLS
Budget set
BATH TWP.: The Revere school board Tuesday unanimously approved its 2009-10 budget of $43,032,097, up from last year's total of $39 million.
Officials say the increase is the result of higher medical costs, expected increases in utilities and fuel costs, and some improvement projects in the works, including a new bus garage. The district has money set aside from previous years and also an influx of nearly $1.2 million in federal stimulus funds, said David Forrest, district chief financial officer and treasurer.
The board also approved 1.5 percent salary increases for district administrators.
The board set the salary of Assistant Superintendent Kathy Bearer at $98,000.
STARK COUNTY
County gas rates
CANTON: Stark County commissioners Wednesday struck a price for natural gas supplies under their customer aggregation program.
Customers served by Dominion East Ohio will pay $6.98 per 1,000 cubic feet. Columbia Gas customers will pay $7.14 per 1,000 cubic feet.
The rate will be available to residential and commercial customers in the unincorporated parts on the county who do not have a contract with a supplier.
The county's supplier will mail notices to qualifying residents and businesses who may choose to opt out of the program.
WADSWORTH
Bids for sewer work
WADSWORTH: The City Council on Tuesday approved the taking of bids to improve the Orchard Trunk sanitary sewer, which serves much of the western portion of the city.
Service Director Chris Easton said the expected cost of the project will be $250,000, paid through federal stimulus funds.
The council also approved the taking of bids to improve the instrumentation of four of the city's water wells which, Easton said, is estimated to be $182,000.
In other action, Democrat Patricia Haskins was sworn in as a member of the council by Law Director Norman Brague to fill an at-large vacancy left by the resignation of Eugene Kovack.
Haskins, on the November ballot as a candidate to represent Ward 1, will hold the at-large seat until the end of the year.
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