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Foreclosures add to furntiure bank
By Joan Demirjian
Feed My Sheep, founded and directed by Joan Nemeth, of Russell, is in its sixth year distributing food to those in need all over Northeast Ohio.
With the current economic hardships, Mrs. Nemeth said the organization is feeding more people in need then ever before.
"People are losing their jobs and needing assistance," Mrs. Nemeth said.
Now, home foreclosures are creating a major impact as well on the organization's work.
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Photo by Tom Quesinberry
Wind wallops tree
The Chagrin Valley experienced a wild, winter weekend. On Saturday, temperatures hovered near a record in the upper 60s. Then on Sunday, warmer weather gave way to colder weather along with some wind gusts. A tree in front of Chagrin Falls High School on East Washington Street was no match for the gusts. The tree fell on some power lines and was eventually cut into firewood. |
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Sunroof escape saves driver
A towing company pulls a vehicle from the ice-covered pond at Chestwick Drive in Solon after the driver veered off Miles Road.
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Banquets becoming booming business
By Mike Klimko
The big day in 2010 for Solon resident Sarah Wasserman is well-known to family, friends and classmates who plan to join her at the Solon Community Center to celebrate her bat mitzvah.
Sarah's mother, Mary Beth Wasserman, beat the rush by booking a banquet room on May 8 for the special day, one of several reservations already accepted by the Solon Recreation Department for the community center in 2010.
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Home for the holidays
Murl Clemson has been decorating her house on Old State Road in the spirit of the season for four years. The front yard of her house features lights, a snowman, Santa Claus, candy canes, reindeer and a Nativity scene. The back yard is also decked out for the holiday, and Christmas music fills the air.
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Commercial rezoning staves off challenge
By Joseph Koziol Jr.
Hopes of challenging a Claridon Township rezoning were shot down recently by the Geauga County Board of Elections.
Arch Kimbrew, Geauga County Board of Elections director, said the referendum petitions submitted by resident Ann Larson-White were invalidated Dec. 12 after election officials reviewed the petitions.
Mr. Kimbrew said the petitions were invalidated because of insufficient signatures.
The petitions contained 104 signatures and needed 99 valid signatures for the issue to make it to the May ballot. However, Mr. Kimbrew said, only 97 of the signatures were deemed valid.
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Peter Moshier (from left), Thomas Fellowes, Berry Thompson and Zach Melvin broke the Orange High School record for the 200-yard freestyle relay. They broke the mark set two seasons ago by the relay team which included three of their brothers, Brad Moshier, Peter Fellowes and Dom Melvin.
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Orange swim records stay in the family
By Steve Novak
When officials at Orange High School post the school's new record for the swim team's 200-meter freestyle relay, they won't have to change too many words from the existing team record.
Here are the holders of the old freestyle record: B. Moshier, S. Paglio, D. Melvin and P. Fellows
The new record holders will be listed as follows: P. Moshier, Z. Melvin, T. Fellowes and B. Thompson.
More than anything else, the Orange freestyle relay record is a family thing. The old record of 1:29.53 was set in 2006 by Brad Moshier, Steve Paglio, Dom Melvin and Peter Fellowes.
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Chagrin Falls writer Janet Kuivila puts the spotlight on mean mothers and mean daughters in her third “Gamma Girls in
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Relational aggression delivers new chapter
By Sali McSherry
Some mothers want their daughters to be on the cheerleading squad no matter what it takes or whom it hurts.
Others might volunteer to be the coaches of the soccer team so their daughters will be on first string or plan the talent show at school to make sure their daughter is the one who shines like a star. Others may just like to make life difficult for other mothers and their daughters.
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