The Akron Beacon Journal from Akron, Ohio • Page B002

B2 Friday, September 14, 2012 AKRON Canal cleanup AKRON: The Cascade Locks Park Association is seeking volunteers to help clean up the Ohio Erie Canal and the Little Cuyahoga River from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Volunteers are requested to meet at the historic Mustill Store off West North Street near downtown Akron Plastic bags and gloves will be provided. Muffins and coffee will be served in the morning.

AKRON SCHOOLS Buchtel book sale AKRON: Buchtel High annual Barnes Noble Book- fair will be held Saturday and Sunday at the store, 4015 Medina Road, Bath Township. A portion of sales will be directed to Buchtel if patrons inform the clerk at checkout. BERLIN RESERVOIR Help needed The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking volunteers to help Saturday in marking National Public Lands Day. Help is needed from 8 a.m.

to noon to build bat boxes, spruce up campsites, paint bathrooms, maintain a nature trail, pick up litter and sort recyclables. Volunteers and groups should contact Cara Calai at 330-547-3781 or cara.calai@ usace.army.mil. Volunteers also are needed from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 29 at Michael J.

Kirwan Dam and Reservoir east of Ravenna at West Branch State Park. Contact Julie Stone at 330358-2622 or julie.r.stone@usace. army.mil. CAMPAIGN TRAIL Town hall gathering STRONGSVILLE: Participants are needed for a town hall meeting Saturday in Strongsville. The event is part of a national bus tour headlined by former U.S.

Comptroller General David Walker that is aimed at highlighting the need to address the federal debt and other economic issues. Organizers are trying to attract a demographically and politically representative 300 voters from the 16th Congressional District and the surrounding area. Participants will listen to a panel discussion on financial issues facing the country, be given potential solutions and use hand-held devices to vote on which steps they think should be taken. U.S. Reps.

Jim Renacci, R- Wadsworth, and Betty Sutton, D-Copley Township, are battling for the seat. The town hall meeting will be from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Organizers will release the exact location only to those participating. Voters who are interested can apply at www.

keepingamericagreat.org/ or call 330-836-9507. CANTON Kick-off event CANTON: A group aimed at preserving Social Security and Medicare will kick off a national education campaign with an event at 5:30 p.m. Friday in Canton. The event will feature Jon Bauman, better known as Bowzer from the Rock Revival and the television show Sha-Na-Na. It will be at in the North Plaza at Market Avenue North and Tuscarawas Street East.

The event will be among several across the country that will kick off the tour of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare on Friday. The group will encourage voters to support candidates who will preserve Social Security and Medicare for current and future generations. The campaign will continue through this month and next and will include voter education sessions, a six-figure media campaign including radio, online and mobile billboard advertising, door-to-door canvassing, polling, and tele-town halls, according to a release. KENT No. 2 spot KENT: Kent State has reclaimed the spot as the second-largest tax-supported university statewide.

This enrollment of 42,513 at all eight campuses tops perennial rival the University of Cincinnati, whose enrollment was down 1.1 percent to 41,970. Both KSU and Cincinnati reported their official 15-day enrollments to the Ohio Board of Regents this week. Neither is within striking distance of Ohio State, which is always the largest university in Ohio and traditionally one of the largest nationwide. OSU has yet to hit the 15-day reporting mark because students there started classes later than at most other state universities, but last head count was 64,429. NORTHEAST OHIO Top cities HUDSON: Two local communities have been named among Promise 100 Best Communities for Young People, presented by ING Hudson for the third time and Medina for the first.

The national award was given to Hudson to recognize outstanding and innovative work in addressing the high school dropout crisis and for programs and services that make it an outstanding place for youth to live, learn and grow. Medina was noted for its efforts to prepare students for life after graduation, in-school nutrition and physical activity classes and encouraging youth to bike to school. 100 Best winners are doing outstanding work delivering the Five Promises that create the conditions for all young people to have the best chance for said John Gomperts, Promise Alliance president and chief executive. hope the example set by these communities provides inspiration for others to take The winners receive a $2,500 grant, signage identifying the community as one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People, and access to Promise community development resources. PLAIN TOWNSHIP Purchase approved PLAIN Trustees on Tuesday approved the purchase of a Bobcat loader for the township road department from Leppo Equipment for $32,893.

They also approved repairs to the fire Engine No. 5. Superior Spring Co. will do the work for $3,500. STARK COUNTY Park award PERRY The Stark County Park District is a winner for its educational videoconferencing programs.

The district won its third Pinnacle Award from the Indiana-based Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration. The programming is broadcast from the Distance Learning Lab at the Exploration Gateway at Sippo Lake Park. Last year, the park district presented 70 programs via videoconferencing that reached 2,500 students as far away as California, Texas and Florida. Topics included Ohio animals, wildlife rehabilitation, endangered species and the Ohio Erie Canal. SUMMIT COUNTY Center to close STOW: Summit Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Center will close for the season Sept.

26. Residents can recycle used motor oil, batteries, oil-based paints, tires and other household chemicals at 1201 Graham Road. The center no longer accepts water-based paints. Hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Wednesdays. Waste from businesses, churches and schools is not accepted. Plans for the 2013 season have not been determined. For information, call 330374-0383 or go to www.saswma. org.

WAYNE COUNTY Fatal crash GREEN A 72-year-old Wooster man was killed after his motorcycle was hit by a car on state Route 585. Stuart Hartman died at the scene of the crash Wednesday afternoon in Green Township, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol. The driver of the car, 19-year-old Kaleb Duncan of Wooster, and his passenger, Kriston Kandel, were treated for injuries at Wooster Community Hospital. Troopers say Hartman was driving a 2009 Honda Rebel northeast on Route 585 near Blough Road at about 1:25 p.m. when Hyundai Accent car went left of center and struck the motorcycle, causing it to exit the roadway.

Hartman was wearing a helmet, troopers said. Duncan told troopers he took his eyes off the road at the time of the collision, according to a report released Thursday. The crash caused troopers to close the road for nearly three hours. No charges have been filed as the crash remains under investigation. The crash is Wayne 10th involving a fatality this year and the second involving a motorcyclist.

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For Ohio Lottery payout figures, visit www.ohiolottery.com. Beacon Journal staff report Summit County Republican Chairman Alex Arshinkoff was cited after being injured in a serious crash Wednesday afternoon on state Route 8 in Hudson. His injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, according to Joe Masich, the Republican director of the Summit County Board of Elections. Arshinkoff was in the intensive care unit of Summa Akron City Hospital on Thurs- day morning, according to a hospital spokeswoman. Tests were performed to assess his injuries and to come up with a plan to address them, Masich said.

The crash prevented Arshinkoff from attending an elections board meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Arshinkoff, 57, was returning to his home in Hudson after a meeting when the accident occurred, Masich said. According to Hudson police, Arshinkoff was cited for failure to control in the crash, which took place near the Seasons Road exit about 4:40 p.m. He was alone inside a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee when the vehicle veered from the right lane and struck a disabled car stopped on the side of the highway.

A 38-year-old Akron man inside the silver BMW 740IL was not injured, according to the report. His car sustained disabling damage, police said. The cell phone was not accepting messages Thursday afternoon. vehicle rolled over, trapping him inside. Rescue workers had to extricate him from his heavily damaged vehicle, the report shows.

Arshinkoff was wearing a seat belt and no alcohol use was detected by the investigating officer, authorities said. Arshinkoff conduct two or three more polls before the Nov. 6 election in the swing states of Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania, which the institute has been polling during the campaign. In the most recent poll that Quinnipiac released, Aug. 23, just before the political conventions, President Barack Obama was leading Mitt Romney, his GOP challenger, in Ohio, 50 percent to 44 percent.

people have an unfavorable view of Romney than said Brown, adding that he is an independent. shows the effectiveness of the Obama campaign Brown said the three upcoming presidential debates could sway views, as could a major problem, like the current unrest in the Middle East. polls are good for what the situation is currently and not next he said. rather be ahead than Austin and Weaver, who are the University of Bliss Institute of Applied Distinguished Chairs and teaching battleground Ohio course this fall, disagreed on the significance of the situation in the Middle East. Austin, a longtime Democratic political consultant, said only foreign affairs experience comes from at a French He said Romney made a mistake in his criticism of Obama after the attack in Libya that resulted in the death of a U.S.

ambassador. He said a candidate needs to win over the press corps, and the press was nearly unanimous that reaction was a mistake. Barack Obama and he approved this Weaver quipped, imitating the line candidates must say at the end of political ads. Weaver, who is attorney in Ohio, said Romney was what the silent majority and the press like it. spoke what the people Weaver said.

attacked on and Americans were upset about Brown answered several questions from the audience, including whether he thinks people are tired of negative campaigning. course, sick of it, but they respond to he said. say they like them believe them. They listen and they Brown returned to his observations about campaign portraying Romney in a negative light. an analyst, I admire what he said.

a semi-pariah to 45 percent of Americans. not Asked what he thought of the U.S. Senate race, Brown said the latest Quinnipiac poll showed U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Avon Lake, leading Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, his Republican opponent, by about 6 points.

He said the way for a challenger to move voters is through television ads. I were a betting man, say Brown is in better shape than some of his colleagues in the said Peter Brown, who related to the Ohio senator. the president were to carry Ohio, it would be even Bully had an 86 percent positive rating from reviews on the Rotten Tomatoes website. When it was in local theaters, I said it nag at any adult who sees it, dredging up memories of bullying experienced or witnessed, demanding that something be Dressed for Success. People new issue looks at celebrity fashion, and Gwyneth Paltrow is proclaimed best dressed Other women earning praise included Princess Kate (classic style), Emma Stone (red carpet style), Jennifer Lawrence (under- 25-years-old style) and Reese Witherspoon (pregnancy style).

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