The Lima News from Lima, Ohio (2024)

October 8, 2013

Publication:

The Lima Newsi

Location:

Lima, Ohio

Issue Date:

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Page:

9

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fall SECTION ia THE LIMA NEWS llmaohlocom 4 i a Tuesday October 8 2013 PAGE 1B REGION WATCH Kids on the Block RAVENNA A train struck an SUV driven by a 15 year old girl who recent ly received her permit killing the teen and injuring her four sisters and father near their northeast Ohio home Portage County authorities said No lights gates or special signals mark the crossing where the southbound train struck the SUV on Sunday evening in Ravenna roughly 35 miles southeast of Cleveland The teenager who died RAVENNA Train strikes SUV Ohio teen dies Tn Anril tn cn Jm 41 IV MV lyCUlJlU AH U1V year police recommended object ing to the renewal of Hideaway liquor permit In April council learned Hideaway on Cable Road had 152 calls 38 objectionable in the past year owner and police offi cials disagreed about what kind of communication had happened between the two in the past year and council decided to not object to the renewal to give the bar a chance to address the issues rom March through August Hideway had 21 total calls for service including nine columbus: 3 area counties get infrastructure grants Three local counties will receive a combined $900000 in grant money to fix streets bridges and to make other neighborhood improvements Auglaize County will get $300000 through a Neighborhood Revitalization grant to improve streets sidewalks park facilities and storm water drains in the village of Waynesfield benefiting 787 residents Mercer County will get $300000 through a Critical Infrastructure grant to improve streets in the vil lage of Mendon benefiting 656 residents Van Wert County will get a $300000 Neighborhood Revitalization grant to improve streets a fire sta tion and flood and drain age facilities The project will benefit 583 residents The grant money is through the Ohio Development Services Agency and has been awarded to 23 communities to assist with infrastruc ture improvements There is more than $8 million awarded to Ohio communi ties Safety Services Committee Derrv Glenn nut the issue Council wants to know if the Police Department would recom mend objecting to the renewal of a liquor permit for any of the estab lishments on the list Councilors also said they want police to docu ment communication between the department and bar so that in six months when the city objects to a permit renewal on strong grounds to do so The police six month review came from the request leievam cans including assault disturbance in progress and loud music In 2012 the council voted 6 1 to object to the liquor license of the Brownstone on the recommenda tion of the police An investigation by The Lima News followed showing other bars with far more calls for police service Police since have said they were concerned about the kinds of issues at the bar not the number But it was the number of calls police provided to the council in a recommendation to object to the renewal Cify Council will study Jn his committee a six iiiomn review ot ponce cans to places that sell alcohol as it put a police report and the issue into the Safety Services Committee Monday Lima Police Chief Kevin Martin submitted to the council a six month review of police calls from March through August with the total number of calls and also what Martin labeled calls for service such as assaults fights domestic violence drug incidents Marimofs" Mark and Maqr Sreelian with her puppet Jinx perform for kindergartners at Liberty Arts rtaJXrc In th ch Wlth the aim of understanding similarities between all people able bodied and disabled alike All the characters in the show speak directly to the pupils to ask and answer questions during the program buunui puts liquor perminssue in committee A 1 1 i 1 iV loud music and shots fired in April to" do so Earlier in the relevant mik nruujjmanewsxoni: Th ids On WtSalrat IT 1 i 7 1C 'i £7 II Lik 'V 1 I rs 'll tlfV "II 1 I X7 I irr HKlb' 7 1 The man who calls himself Bobby Thompson right talks with defense attorney Joseph Patituce during opening arguments in court in Cleveland Monday Thompson 67 who authorities have Iden tified as John Donald Cody is charged with masterminding a $100 million multistate fraud under the guise of helping Navy veterans Officials unveil website to market Allen County GREG S0WINSKI gsowmskilimanewscom LIMA The number is astonishing 80 percent of decisions by a company looking to open its doors in a community are made before it ever contacts local officials Anyone whose job it is to attract business to Allen County knows it means finding a way to reach the leaders of companies never knew were looking really have much control in that deci 1 VflUf nn I 1 TL 7 rVOL tfhl iWljur 1331 rasa tirara XSS39 HJ332OHSE33HB tnn to make Allen County come said Christine Pleva executive director for Lima Allen County Convention and Visitors Bureau Local officials had kicked 81OOM charity fraud case opened THOMAS SHEERAN Thmmaro and money disappeared Associated Press Thmmaro said that the defendant shift A mysterious one ed the money among various accounts I1 hitive chaiged with running a paid fundraising costs and a small staff $100 million multistate Navy charity and that the rest disappeared in ATM fraud was portrayed at his trial Monday cash withdrawals and through checks by prosecutors as a lying thief and by his made out to the defendant or to cash defense as a law abiding fundraiser Patituce told jurors the prosecution Assistant Ohio Attorney General Brad lacked proof of the charges and hinted Tammaro told the jury that the defen again that the defense would claim the dant who calls himself Bobby Thompson defendant was involved in a secret gov but has been identified by authorities eminent project as Harvard trained lawyer John Donald To buttress the argument Patituce Cody 67 was the mastermind of the displayed a photograph of the defendant alleged scam with former President George Bush But Joseph Patituce the court appoint His client will testily in his own behalf ed defense attorney said the Patituce said work was legal and followed federal tax Using a white board Patituce detailed regulations governing charities the organizational structure of The defendant who sat passively and ity and said it was authorized to make took notes at the trial has been charged political contributions and had done so with defrauding donors to a reputed legally chanty the United States Navy Veterans Jeff Testerman the retired Tampa Bay Association based in Tampa la Times' reporter who broke stories defendant was responsible for helped uncover the alleged fraud was the taking millions of dollars out of Ohio first witness and testified that he said He was a Uuef unable to reach people identified by the charity as teffthe truth Thmmaro said its accountant or internal auditor Nearly $3 million was donated by peo D' pie in Ohio to the charity according to See RAUD CASE 1 3B sion said Jeff Sprague president and CEO of Allen Economic Development Group But changing On Monday Sprague and other local economic devel opment officials unveiled a website aimed at marketing Lima Allen County and the smaller towns in the com munity The website provides a wealth of information on the community along with educational videos high lighting the strengths website focused on economic development business development and tourism This is to put a face on our said Jed Metzger presi dent and CEO of Lima Allen County Chamber of Commerce Officials showed videos including one titled Three: A5 Little i Retail Therapy" that touts nearby towns such as Bluffton and its unique stores i we' were doing i the video we wanted to try 8 around the idea for the website but it gain traction until a former Lima man Brian Wrasman who runs a company aces and Places approached them with a well organized plan business focuses on building web sites to market communi ties and his work is sought throughout the country officials said Companies looking to locate in Allen County have questions about the work force educational oppor tunities quality of life and even entertainment Sprague said This website at www WieAreLimaAllenCountv com addresses the ques tions The website is nart of a joint venture by the Lima Allen County Chamber of Commerce Allen Economic Development Group and the Lima Allen County Convention and Visitors Bureau Various local companies sponsor the website that See WEBSITE 1 3B at the scene had recently received her per mit to begin driving and officials from the Portage County office said they think she panicked as the train approached Her 41 year old father and her sisters were taken to hospitals Authorities release information about their conditions or about the extent of their injuries The injuries appeared min'dr according to The Record Courier which employs him as a newspaper carrier The younger sisters are ages 9 10 12 and 13 according to the office which said it is not releasing the names of the driver or her family mem bers The teen had been driv ing on the street where her family lives Neighbors told the newspaper that trains frequently pass the crossing and use loud horns to alert nearby drivers It clear whether that happened before the Sunday collision An autopsy was planned Monday a inves tigator told The Record Courier Calls to the coro ner were not answered TOLEDO 4th inmate killed at Ohio prison Authorities say investigating the fourth fatal attack in little over a year at a northern Ohio prison The State Highway Patrol says an inmate died Monday after being attacked in his cell a day earlier at the Toledo Correctional Institution our inmates have been killed at the Toledo prison by other inmates since September 2012 Records show violence has been on the rise since the prison started doubling up inmates in the same cell to deal with overcrowding.

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