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Akron Beacon Journal BeaconJournal.com INFORMING. ENGAGING. ESSENTIAL. Friday, February 21, 2020 B5 By Rick Armon Beacon Journal R. Shea Brewing owns Art Ale.

Owns it. The Akron brewery has won the Choice award three years in a row at the tasting, which returns March 28 to the Akron Art Museum. Brewmaster and co-founder Ron Shea knows that the pres- sure is on for a four-peat. going to be he said. a lot of good beer out The 13th annual Art Ale will showcase more than 20 breweries this year.

The museum released the brewery rundown this week: 3 Floyds Akronym Brewing Alaskan Canton Crazy Mountain Eighty-Three Fat Goose Island Headtrip Heineken 0.0 Frog Jackie Leinenkugel Spritzen Lexington Madcap Mucky Duck Ohio Platform R. Shea Rhinegeist Rockmill Saucy Shiner Spider Monkey Thirsty Dog Brewing Co. Bryan de Boer, museum director of advancement, noted that the Heineken 0.0, is being provided for desig- nated drivers and is a new offering this year. Eighty- Three Brewery also is new to the tasting. In addition to the beer, the event will feature food from Acme Fresh Market, Pizza, Hartville Potato Chips, Old Carolina Barbecue Co.

and Swensons. Meadery Crafted Artisan, Akron Coffee Roasters and soda company NORKA also will serve beverages. Art Ale is being held later in March this year than in the past. The later date means it conflict with the Ohio Craft Brewers annual Winter Warmer Fest in Cleveland (which is on March 7) or St. Day.

There are two sessions available: 2 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are on sale now. General admission tick- ets are $55 (or $40 for museum members). VIP tickets, which include special beers, food and a swag bag, are $75.

Art Ale also serves as the kickoff event for the Summit Brew Path, an Akron-based brewery trail that reaches into Medina, Portage and Stark counties. Shea came dressed last year in a outfit, complete with red gloves, showing that he was ready to defend his Choice title. Perhaps most impressive about the streak is that R. Shea has won for a different beer each year. It took home the honor for Orange Mango Citra Shandy, Fluffernutter and Shandy Isles.

Shea said the brewery is this year in an effort to secure the four-peat. especially fond of the first gose, a cherry key lime version. In addition to the Choice award, there is a judged Choice award. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout took home the top prize in the blind, judged tasting last year. For more details or to buy tickets, go to: www.eventbrite.com/e/ the-13th-annual-art-ale- tickets-83652377513.

Art Ale to return to Akron museum By Samantha Ickes The Independent A judge ruled Wednesday that a Stark County man accused of killing two family members is compe- tent to stand trial. Jacob T. Stockdale, 27, of Bethlehem Township, faces two counts of murder with a firearm specification in the shooting deaths of his mother and brother in June 2017. After the shootings, Stockdale turned the gun on himself, resulting in severe brain injuries that required extensive medical treatment and delayed his judicial process, authori- ties said. Defense attorney Wayne Graham filed a motion to determine competency on Oct.

9, 2018. Stockdale and other family members were part of a popular bluegrass band that played throughout the region and appeared in a 2008 episode of "Wife Swap." Stockdale was admitted to Heartland Behavioral Healthcare May 31 for treatment and restora- tion after one psychologist deemed him competent and a second determined he mentally fit to stand trial. According to court docu- ments, Stockdale pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity April 5. After eight months at Heartland, James Pontau, the psychologist assigned to treatment team, submitted a report to Stark County Common Pleas Court on Jan. 24 that concludes Stockdale is competent.

During his time at the facility, Stockdale partici- a i restoration activities, including mock trials and a group session in which attendees learned about court-related information, according to report. Pontau cited several rea- sons for why he determined Stockdale to be competent, including his capacity to understand the plea bar- gaining and trial process, his ability to reply with organized and relevant responses and his adequate working relationship with his attorney. Judge Frank Forchione ruled Stockdale will con- tinue his treatment at Heartland. A pretrial hearing to dis- cuss the sanity evaluation has been scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday.

Slaying suspect ruled fit for trial Bluegrass performer accused of killing mother and brother in 2017 Stockdale By Jordan Laird Ashland Times-Gazette Ashland police and the Ashland County Humane Society assisted the Ashland County dog warden with seiz- ing 46 dogs from an Ashland home Wednesday evening, Capt. Dave Lay said. The dogs, ranging from puppies to adults, were taken from 242 W. Main Lay said. The animals are in the care of the Ashland County Humane Society, Board President Rhonda Hofer said.

She said most of the dogs are underweight and some have other health issues. The animals are being cared for at Claremont Veterinary Clinic in Ashland. Dr. Kristine LaFever assessed the dogs Wednesday. Hofer said the Humane Society is in desperate need of monetary donations as well as sheets and towels for these dogs.

Sheets and towels can be dropped off at Claremont Veterinary Clinic at 1826 Claremont Ave. For more information, call 419-289-0999. Nearly 50 dogs seized from home This underweight pooch is one of 46 dogs taken from a home Wednesday at a home in Ashland. E. TIMES The Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.

Hair Club for Men founder Sy Sperling, famous for the TV commercials where he proclaimed not only the Hair Club president but I'm also a died in Florida. He was 78. Sperling died Wednesday in Boca Raton after a lengthy illness, spokeswoman Terri Lynn said Thursday. In the late 1960s, Sperling was a balding New York City swimming pool sales- man who was growing frustrated with toupees. you're dating and going to be having special moments, how do you explain, got to take my hair off he said.

Using a weaving technique he learned from his hair styl- ist, Sperling took $10,000 in credit card debt to open his own salon on Madison Avenue where he perfected a system where a nylon mesh cap was glued to the scalp. The client's remain- ing hair would grow through it and then hair purchased from women that matched the color was woven into the mesh. The clients would then come in several times a year for adjustments. Business took off but by the late 1970s had stag- nated. Word of mouth was unreliable as many clients weren't eager to tell their friends they were using a hair-replacement system.

He began advertising on television and in 1982, he went national with com- mercials running 400 times daily on late-night TV. Hair Club for Men founder dies at 78 Sy Sperling in shown in one of his old commercials for Hair Club for Men. efforts, we know there are still people struggling with food insecurity and hunger right here in our Flowers said. Some of the early fund- ing came from an in-kind donation from the Fisher family, which operated Fishers Foods at the Cherry Avenue Northeast site until late January 2018. Canton i i Development Block Grant a a Community Foundation i i i a study on food insecu- rity gave its largest-ever grant.

The J.M. Smucker Goodyear Tire Rubber Co. and the Timken Co. volunteered their industry connections and expertise for the facility plans. Beaver Constructors whose a i i a a a $100,000 or more, is the general contractor for the project.

Several other investors were recognized Thursday at the kickoff event attended by city officials and community leaders. i i a i Huntington Bank and Janelle Lee of the Manufacturing A a a Network (MAGNET) are co- chairs of the Growing for Good capital campaign. Flowers said the food bank aims to break ground in the coming months and open the new spaces in summer of 2021. Initially, about three to six new hires will work at the Canton site along with some transferred employees. Flowers said he expects to hire 20 to 25 new employees within five years.

The food bank has operated out of the Akron warehouse at 350 Opportunity Parkway for 12 years. Flowers said the expansion there will be on the south side of the building. Both locations will have community spaces. The Canton facility will have a community kitchen, collab- orative office space and an on-site pantry. The extra space will allow the nonprofit to serve more people through its menu of Flowers said.

GOAL From Page B1 Daniel Flowers, president and chief executive officer of the Akron- Canton Regional Foodbank, speaks to a crowd gathered for the Growing for Good campaign kickoff at The Canton Repository. CANTON A rendering shows the proposed Akron- Canton Regional Foodbank facility on Cherry Avenue Northeast in Canton. CANTON REGIONAL.