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C2 Akron Beacon Journal bd. Thursday, July 17, 1986 Wadsworth bar sued in liquor death Good Afternoon Fran Murphcy Hospital and died at 8:45, the coroner's report said. The case was investigated by Wadsworth police and reviewed by the Medina County prosecutor's office. No criminal charges were filed, but the bar was cited in December 1985 by the Ohio Liquor Control Commission on three charges arising from the incident allowing drunkenness on the premises, permitting sales to intoxicated persons, and improper conduct leading to the death of a patron. The last charge was later dropped by the Ohio Liquor Control Commission.

Gromofsky paid a fine of $2,800 in lieu of a 28-day suspension of the bar's liquor license. Gromofsky could not be reached for comment on the suit. It was assigned to Judge Neil Whitfield. gave intoxicating liquors in large amounts" to Preston when he reportedly engaged in a drinking contest with his father on Nov. 6, 1984, the suit alleges.

According to Medina County Coroner Andrew Karson, Preston died of alcohol poisoning after consuming at least 20 shots of whiskey and an undetermined number of beers and mixed drinks. Karson said witnesses reported that Preston began drinking in the bar about noon and that he became ill and began vomiting about 5:30 p.m. He was taken to a relative's home where the vomiting continued until he stopped breathing about 7:30 p.m.; he was revived, rushed to Wadsworth-Rittman By Bob Downing Beacon Journal staff writer A Wadsworth bar, its owner and an employee have been sued for more than $1.3 million over the 1984 death of a Wadsworth man who died of alcohol poisoning. Named defendants were the Rainbow Tavern, 346 Main owner Robert Gromofsky of Wadsworth and employee Rebecca Davis of Wadsworth. The suit, charging negligence in the death of Kenneth F.

Preston, 21, was filed in Medina County Common Pleas Court by Preston's mother, Patricia Dye, and his adoptive mother, Maeretta Preston, both of Medina. The bar "unlawfully sold and Barberton library brings art indoors Never fear, those enamels representing Barberton industries will be back at the newly remodeled Barberton Public Library. The plaques once decorated an exterior brick wall. Now, they will be restored and remounted on an interior brick wall of the library's atrium. Akron ceramicist Mary Ellen McDernwtt designed the eight plaques representing Yoder Brothers a greenhouse operation; bun Kuouer u.t which manufactured toys; Rockwell Man-ufacturing pump makers; Babcock Wilcox, boilermakers, and four firms whose names reveal what they made Columbia-Southern Chemical Ohio Brass Diamond Match Co.

and Sei-berling Rubber Co. The artwork represents changing times. Some of the concerns are gone and others have acquired different names. The library will be rededicated Sept. 7.

Patrons may now view a set of stained glass windows from the O.C. Barber man- Free computer data offered in Cleveland EQUIPPED, NOT AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE 1987 OMNIHORIZON Yoder's plaqae Son Robber design sion in the history room. They are In new oak frames and illuminated from behind. Phyllis Taylor, who works in the history room on the lower level, is seeking pictures and information about the old Park Theater for files at the library and the Children's Theatre, which now occupies the building. "The original date has do with medication, prescriptions and side effects," he said.

He then began modifying the system to allow greater public access. "It worked so well that we received funding from to expand and develop the concept." 1 In addition to the $50,000 from another $75,000 has been donated from other sources, he said. "Right now, we're looking good," he said of the project's financial condition. "We're on solid ground for the next three years." The next step for Grundner is to open up Free-Net to the rest of the nation. He said he will lease the Free-Net software to any qualified community for $1 a year.

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B-4f been suggested to be 1917," the librarian reported. "We are missing Barberton city directories between 1916 and 1922. Akron-Summit County Public Library has 1919 and 6klps to 1922. The theater is not in the '19 book and is in '22." Names make news The descendants of Daniel, Patrick and Stephen Dougherty, Irish immigrants in southern Ohio, will reunite July 26 at the Monroe County Fairgrounds in Woodsfield. The schedule calls for a visit to the Parry Museum and its genealogy library at 9 a.m.

and a covered-dish dinner at 1 p.m. Further information on the Daugh-erty-Dougherty clan may be obtained from Rath Hogue, 162 Andover Road, Woodsfield 43793. The annual North End Stop 35 Reunion is set for 1 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Northfield Veterans of Foreign Wars grounds, 8584 Olde 8 Road.

Stop 35 refers to a boarding spot on the old street car line. The family picnic is for adults who have lived in Northfield, Macedonia, Sagamore Hills and Boston Heights before 1965. Reservations go to Virginia Green, at 662-6682; Ray Richardson, at 467-7767; and Peggy Hoyt, at 662-7990. Two University of Akron students, James Koutrodlmes and Marios Constantinou, have each been awarded $500 scholarships from the Akron Chapter of Order of AHEPA (American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association). The group elected Peter Cosmoglos of Akron as president; Paul Triffon, vice president; Gus Lagios, secretary; Chip Mardis, treasurer; and Geerge Jombert, board chairman.

Dr. Jon M. Walro becomes assistant professor of anatomy at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine at Roots-town this month. He had been teaching at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos and earlier at Ohio University In Athens. He brings with him a National Institute of Health grant of $106,700 for the study of the regenerative potential of muscle spindles after trauma.

The Akron YMCA's OASIS will have a bus tour July 30 to Pittsburgh. Reservations go to John Kephart at 923-8444. On (he downtown scene The old Centran Building at Main and Bowery streets has been renamed Society Building to match the changing bank scene. Remember when it was the Second National Building? For that matter, some of us can recall when the Society for Savings was the landmark bank on Cleveland's square. A pleasant ritual during a walk downtown is a stop at the John Davis Gallery at 161 S.

Main St. in the Society Building. The paintings and pastels of William Qnlnn will be up through Saturday. They are mainly landscapes. Quinn joined the faculty of Kent State University's School of Art in 1975 and has been director since 1984.

Carol Friedman is the gallery director. The city of Akron flag is now paired with the U.S. flag on Akron's Municipal Building. Both flags periodically get wrapped around the poles. (F(? mm Continued from page CI Western to handle linkups.

"One of the things we are high on is the potential it has for handicapped people," he said. "It opens up a whole new world for them to get Information." Grundner, who teaches in the medical school's department of family medicine, said the system that led to Free-Net began by accident. In the fall of 1974, he said, the medical school had its own computer communications system. "But the phone number to it got into the public domain and lay people started calling up and would leave medically related questions on that system in hopes that a physician would answer," he said. "So when I saw that, I started to wonder if I could create a computer that would intentionally encourage people to call up and leave those kind of questions." Grundner's idea eventually led to "St.

Silicon's Hospital and Information Dispensary" in the fall of 1984. St. Silicon's Hospital is a computerized medical information system that permits computer users to ask medical questions and receive answers from physicians. The range of questions were broad, Grundner said. "The most frequently asked questions had to Festival to feature a parade Continued from page CI ty, the New Generation Marching Band, Yogi's Ice Cream, Free Africa Cultural Experience and two Akron minority businesses, RJ Displays and DIN Enterprises.

Booths will feature such items as arts and crafts, books, handcrafted jewelry and original paintings. Also taking place both days will be a health fair sponsored by the Minorities Health Issue Task Force. Free blood-pressure and diabetes screening, sickle cell testing and cancer education will be offered. Groups participating in the health fair include the Black Nurses Association, the American Cancer Society, the United Way, the American Heart, Lung and Diabetes associations, and the Akron, Barberton and Summit County health departments. Also included will be the Ident-A-Kid program by the Summit County Sheriff's Department.

Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Festivities will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday and at 1:30 p.m. Sunday and will last until 8 p.m. both days.

Saturday's highlights include performances by the Flick Band and Sensations, two area singing groups; Tonie West and the Im-ani Dancers, an African dance troupe from Columbus; gospel choirs from the Akron community and Mount Olive Baptist Church of Twinsburg; and the Robinson Sisters of Cleveland. A parade will start at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the South Education Center, 1055 East Ave. The Rev. Elvin H.

Brown and his wife, Charlena Brown, are the grand marshals. Among those scheduled to appear in the parade are Akron Mayor Tom Sawyer, state Rep. Vernon Sykes, D-Akron; Akron Councilwoman Barbara Sykes, D-3; the Alliance Drillettes; and the New Generation Marching Band. The parade route travels southwest on East Avenue, south on Manchester Road, east on Thornton Street and north on Snyder Street to Lane Field. Sawyer is expected to deliver a proclamation after the parade.

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