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Published on Thursday, Nov 05, 2009
AKRON
Neighbor stabbed
AKRON: A Kenmore resident was charged with stabbing a man during a quarrel over loud music.
Fabian A. Ferguson, 37, of Kenmore Boulevard, was taken into custody about 11 a.m. Tuesday at Peckham Street and Wildwood Avenue. He was charged with aggravated burglary and felonious assault.
Ferguson is accused of kicking in a neighbor's door Monday evening and stabbing a resident in a dispute over loud music. The U.S. Marshals Office Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force made the arrest.
Fugitive arrested
AKRON: Columbus police arrested an Akron man who was wanted on felonious assault and drug charges.
Nathan A. Lewis, 27, whose last known address was on Roscoe Street, was arrested without incident Tuesday on East 12th Street in Columbus.
Lewis was wanted in an assault at a restaurant in the 500 block of White Pond Drive where he was employed.
A woman told police that she confronted Lewis about overcharging customers. Lewis is accused of punching the woman in the face and fleeing.
He was also wanted on a drug abuse marijuana offense.
Lewis was in Franklin County Jail awaiting extradition to Summit County.
Fire at vacant house
AKRON: Akron firefighters responded to an early morning fire in a vacant house just south of downtown.
The fire, in the 600 block of Corice Street, was called in to the department about 5:45 a.m. Tuesday.
Damage to the $40,000 structure was estimated at $25,000, fire officials said.
The fire began near a rear door and extended to the first and second floors.
No injuries were reported.
Firefighters cleared the scene shortly after 8:30 a.m.
Summa CEO saluted
AKRON: Thomas Strauss, president and chief executive of Summa Health System, will receive the fifth annual Salvation Army Community Medal Award.
Strauss will be honored by the Summit County Salvation Army at a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 12 at Akron City Centre Hotel in downtown Akron.
Tickets are $75 or $500 for a table of eight. The luncheon is the annual kickoff of the Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign.
For tickets or information about the Salvation Army, call 330-434-7310. Literacy grants
AKRON: Leadership Akron Class XXVI is offering grants of up to $10,000 to organizations focusing on early literacy, with special consideration given to programs concentrating on children in third grade or younger.
Interested nonprofit groups, faith-based organizations and tax-supported educational institutions should submit a letter of interest by Dec. 1.
Include the group's name and mission, a brief description of the program or project to be funded, and contact information. The letter should be no longer than a single page.
Letters should be addressed to Leadership Akron Class XXVI Philanthropy Project, 1 Cascade Plaza, 17th Floor, Akron, OH 44308-1192.
Genealogy workshop
AKRON: A free workshop exploring Appalachian family history will be presented at the Akron-Summit County Public Library, 60 S. High St.
The event will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The program, Discovering Your Appalachian Ancestors, is sponsored by the library's Special Collections Division and the Summit County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Speakers include Mari-Lynn Evans, producer of the documentary The Appalachians, and certified genealogists Barbara Vines Little and Jana Sloan Broglin. To sign up, call 330-643-9030, e-mail speccollections@akronlibrary.org or go to http://www.akronlibrary.org/main-sc.html.
Veteran deal at zoo
AKRON: Veterans and military personnel and their immediate families will be able to visit the Akron Zoo from Saturday to Nov. 13 for half-price.
In honor of Veterans Day Nov. 11, the zoo has teamed up with the United Service Organization (USO) Northern Ohio Chapter to offer the same discount to anyone who brings in a health and wellness item.
The USO is asking for toothbrushes, batteries, magazines, toilet paper, shaving supplies and food and snack items such as small canned goods, tea, coffee and fruit snacks.
Winter hours are 11 a.m to 4 p.m.
Admission is $6 person and parking is $2.
CUYAHOGA FALLS
Benefit for hunger
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Comedians and musicians will raise money for the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank's Harvest for Hunger campaign at 7 p.m. Monday.
The second annual Friends of the Folkatorium Folk-n-Comedy Benefit will be held at the Funny Stop Comedy Club, 1767 State Road, Cuyahoga Falls.
Scott's Folkatorium owner and founder Scott Fetterolf was killed in an automobile accident in November 2007 and the benefit is being held to honor him, said Don Henson, president of the Summit County Songwriters Circle, co-sponsor of the program.
Tickets are $5.
For information, call 330-923-4700.
JACKSON SCHOOLS
Student wins post
JACKSON TWP.: Administrators in the Jackson school district will have to answer to a high school senior elected to the school board.
Unofficial results from Stark County show Kathryn Knowles has won a four-year term to one of three available board seats in the Jackson Local district. The 18-year-old voted for the first time in Tuesday's election and attends Jackson High School.
Knowles said she wanted to help her school and the district. She called the experience of the campaign ''phenomenal.''
— Associated PressNORTHEAST OHIO
Applicants sought
CANTON: The Roofers Joint Apprenticeship Committee will accept applications for apprenticeship training in 16 counties, including Summit, Portage, Medina, Stark and Wayne.
Applications will be accepted from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 9-13.
Apply at Roofers Local Union No. 88, 618 High Ave. NW., Room 4. The $10 nonrefundable processing fee may be paid with cash, a money order or a certified check only and made payable to the Roofers Local Union No. 88 J.A.C.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old; a U.S. citizen or have a declaration of intention; be a high school graduate or the equivalent and must furnish a transcript of grades at the time of interview; be physically capable of performing the work; and have personal interviews by the committee.
Women are encouraged to apply.
STARK COUNTY
Tax break approved
CANTON: Increasing demand for windmill parts is driving the expansion of a Canton Township company that will receive a tax break.
On Wednesday, Stark County commissioners approved tax abatement for Foundation Systems and Anchors, which plans to expand manufacturing capacity at its plant at 2300 Allen Ave. SE.
The company will receive a 60 percent discount for 10 years on the addition to its plant. Construction is expected to total 21,000 square feet and cost $710,000 to $900,000, according to Anthony Codispoti, company president.
The firm expects to hire three to 12 people.
Codispoti said the company's traditional products are large bolts that anchor utility poles and highway signs. It has expanded into providing the rings and bolts that hold the shaft of a wind turbine to its base.
Also Wednesday, commissioners agreed to spend $30,000 in capital improvement funds to dredge Cook's Lagoon in Canton. The Stark County Park District is in charge of the work.
WATERLOO SCHOOLS
EPA to fund lab
RANDOLPH TWP.: A $9,571 Ohio Environmental Protection Agency grant will help the township establish an outdoor laboratory for students and educators in Waterloo schools.
The grant from the EPA's Environmental Education Fund, along with matching local funds, will create an outdoor classroom and laboratory for the school district and local youth groups.
The classroom will be on the 11-acre Randolph School Park.
The township zoning inspector and project director will design the classroom and secure the needed permits.
The construction will be handled by the AmeriCorps VISTA and Portage County residents.
The EPA grants are derived from fines paid by polluters.
Randolph Township was one of 10 grant winners selected by the EPA.
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