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50 cents iANCASTER AZET EfflLE UPCOMING CONCERTS Lancaster Chorale and youth choir to perform in the coming months. Page 10. I GAME OF THE WEEK Preview of Canal Winchester TE Cemetery records shed light on tombstone's history up in couple's basement remains a mvsterv How headstone ended BY MICHELLE GEORGE Eagle-Gazette Staff mgeorgenncogannett.com LANCASTER A local couple are learning more about a 2-year-old girl whose tombstone mysteriously ended up inside the wall of their home. On Sept. 16, Lancaster resident Jim Good was cleaning out the basement of his 108-year-old home when he came across the tombstone of Louisa H.

Claspill, lies in an unmarked grave at Forest Rose Cemetery. Dave Hiner-man, maintenance supervisor for Forest Rose, said people are buried in the cemetery with the last name of Claspill but none by the name of Robert or Louisa. It also is unknown how the tombstone ended up in Anderson's house, which is located about a mile away from the cemetery. Smith said she's trying to find TOMBSTONE, 2A "This type of plane has flown in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Bay of Pigs. It's the only World War II plane of this size that we have here at the airport.

You don't see many of them around anymore." TOM PALMER Historical Aircraft Squadron volunteer J' leaiy for teltetff I J.ri-.i If-' J. J. who died in 1841. Good discovered the tombstone as he was cleaning out the stone wall, which had been damaged by a water leak. Good and his girlfriend Rita Anderson, who bought the Union Street home five years ago, have no idea how the tombstone ended up in the wall.

But with the help of local historians and residents, they're slowly beginning to unravel the mystery. glas B-26B, which volunteers have been diligently restoring at the airport since 1998. The plane flew once before May but Saturday's flight will officially mark the culmination of the 11 -year project. For the men who clocked in more than 12,000 hours restoring the plane to its original state, Saturday will be a special day as they watch the plane they restored soar through the sky. "This type of plane has flown inWorldWar II, Korea, Vietnam, the Bay of Pigs," Historical Aircraft Squadron volunteer Tom Palmer said.

two years to assess broadband reach into various areas of the state gave Ohio's applicants added ammunition. Internet access remains a problem in urban neighborhoods crippled by poverty and lack of education, isolated rural counties, and mountainous areas where rugged terrain and sparse populations make laying cable expensive, he said. "We've got data that a lot of other states do not have that can allow applicants to show need de-mographically and geographical KATICJiiWCRLD Read the biggest headlines of the day, Including updates on health care reform and the economy. The tombstone, which is missing its bottom portion, contains the words "In memory of Louisa daughter of Robbert O. and Ruth Ann Claspill, who died March 18, 1841, aged 2 years, 6 months." Karen Smith, office manager for the Fairfield Heritage Association, contacted Anderson when she heard about the tombstone.

She said local cemetery records show the Claspill toddler was buried in WHEN TO WATCH The Douglas 6-26B bomber will take to the skies around 10 a.m. Saturday, weather permitting. The flight will be rescheduled if it rains. plane of this size that we have here at the airport. You don't see many of them around anymore." The massive bomber, whose wingspan measures 70 feet, was built in 1944 and showcased at an airplane museum in Forbes, Kansas, following World War II.

Ohio, which has given us a sense about what communities feel is their highest priority." Connect Ohio, a publicprivate entity that grew out of Gov. Ted Strickland's creation of a statewide broadband initiative in 2007, has applied for two sums: $4.5 million to equip a network of public computing centers and $7.5 million for an outreach program to reach the 4.3 million Ohioans who don't subscribe to in-home Internet service. Fritz said it's important to the state's economic future to get res WALK WITH A COP Pickerlngton police take time to walk children to school Wednesday. PAG3Jk I the Old City Burial Ground and Old Methodist Cemetery a graveyard at the corner of High and Chestnut streets, where Fire-house Park now is located. Her father, Robert Claspill, was buried beside her when he died three years later.

But "in 1907, they moved that cemetery and everyone who was buried there went to either Elm-wood or Forest Rose cemeteries," Smith said. It is not known whether the infant's body was moved and now Cuyahoga County Airport in 1992 in the hope that it could be flown at local air shows, said Historical Aircraft Squadron volunteer Branson Rutherford. But "the plane had engine problems and there were no qualified people there to fix it," Rutherford said. In 1998, the plane was disassembled and shipped to the volunteers at the Fairfield County Airport who had the means to restore it. Thus, the process to bring the plane back to its original state began.

"For about two to three days a about how a monthly Internet outlay can return more money in time and efficiency. Strickland, who grew up in Ohio's Appalachian region, also has an appreciation for the difficulty of extending broadband access into the state's more isolated regions, Fritz said. "It's really expensive to lay a broadband network over mountains and hills and valleys and dales," he said. "It's heavy lifting without this (stimulus) money to get investment into those areas where investments don't make a INDEX Advice 2D Classified 1 C-8C Comics 3D LocalState 3A Altercare of Valley View Nursing Home, Inc. 51 85 Lithopolis Road Lancaster, OH 43130 1 19 Abigail S.

Fisher Eagle-Gazette TOP: Jim Baldwin, a volunteer working to restore a Douglas B-26B at the Fairfield County Airport, checks the cockpit controls inside the aircraft. The restored plane will take flight at the airport Saturday. ABOVE: The Douglas B-26B, a twin-engine attack bomber. After thousands of man hours, volunteers to see restored bomber soar across the sky Saturday Strickland touts manufacturing during D.C. visit BY PETER URBAN Gannett Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Although Ohio has shed 200,000 jobs in the past five years, Gov.

Ted Strickland sounded an optimistic note Wednesday about the future of the state's manufacturing sector. "I can't say when we will reach the tipping point where more jobs are gained than lost, but we certainly are headed in the right direction," Strickland said. A contingent of Ohioans, led by the governor and Sen. Sher-rod Brown, met Wednesday with Ron Bloom, whom President Barack Obama recently named his senior counselor for manufacturing policy. They emphasized the need to bolster manufacturing as a way out of the recession.

"Manufacturing is the ticket to the middle class," Brown said. The Ohio Democrat stressed the need for a national manufacturing policy that would boost funding for manufacturers to retool and take advantage of emerging technologies particularly alternative energy sources and so-called "clean jobs." "The Pew Foundation concluded that Ohio is No. 2 or 3 in new green-energy jobs. So we certainly are holding our own even at this time, and there are so many things in the pipeline, from wind farms on Lake Erie to solar panel producers in Toledo," Strickland said. Joining Strickland were Eric Burkland, president of the Ohio Manufacturers' Association; Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Ru-gola; Ohio Department of Development Director Lisa Patt-Mc-Daniel; and Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut.

Strickland said the group also met in the morning with Assistant Secretary of Commerce John Fernandez, with whom they discussed the development of "hub communities" such as the one begun in Dayton for "innovation and opportunity in aerospace." Patt-McDaniel said that more "hubs" are planned to empha size the strengths and assets of in tax revenues, Ohio cut funding to Connect Ohio and to Strickland's overall broadband initiative, Fritz said. So the organization is hopeful it can get some of that money back through stimulus funds. But Connect Ohio is among dozens of entities that affect the state and that are competing for the money. Some requests are small, such as the $37,990 the Ritter Public Library in Vermilion wants to BROADBAND, 2A Oganmett Obituaries 5A Opinion 4A Sports 1B-4B The Ohio Department of Aging's Family Satisfaction Survey ranks Altercare of Valley View as one of the top 25 facilities in the state. BY MICHELLE GEORGE 5 The Eagle-Gazette Staff mgeorgenncogannett.com LANCASTER When one takes a look at the Douglas B-26B, a World War II bomber parked on the grounds of the Fairfield County Airport, it's hard to believe the gleaming silver plane arrived at the site 11 years ago in pieces.

But volunteers with the local Historical Aircraft Squadron were determined to put those pieces back together and someday return the plane to the skies. Saturday will mark the day for the final test flight of the Dou- "It's the only World War II It was transferred later to the FLIGHT, 2A I various communities in Ohio. Rural, urban areas of Ohio seek stimulus money to improve broadband access BY JULIE CARR SMYTH the Connect Ohio broadband ini- ly," Fritz said. "We've also had dis- idents connected, and Connect lot offinancial business sense." Associated Press tiative. said efforts over the Dast cussions across everv countv in Ohio wants to SDread the word AsiteraDDledwithadowntun tiative, said efforts over the past cussions across every county in idents connected, and Connect Ohio wants to spread the word As it grappled with a downturn COLUMBUS State broadband planners say Ohio's unique mix of rural, Appalachian and poor urban communities gives it a strong chance of securing federal stimulus dollars to pay for better Internet access.

In the first round of bidding for $7.2 billion in grants, loans and loan guarantees, both in-state and out-of-state groups asked for millions to help underserved 1 populations in the state get con-nected. Word on the winners is expected in early November. Tom Fritz, executive director of NASCAR NEWS Get the latest news from the Sprint Cup as drivers continue their chase for the championship. IKSE3S- be. rzn rn After surgery or want therapy that works.

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