The season’s busiest man Helper elves Molly Theiling and Shirley Langford, both 12, and lead elf Tori Hebert help Santa greet Maureen Cain, 5, at Rocky River Middle School. Santa was not only hearing the Christmas wishes of those who visited, he was raising money. Read about it in this week's published edition of West Life. (Photo by Larry Bennet)

NOMBL still on road as
Musial, Kucinich continue
to fight against RTA
NORTH OLMSTED — RTA's board approved a three-month extension of it contract with the municipal bus line, which was to expire Dec. 31. But the mayor and congressman continue to fight against a takeover of NOMBL.

Cameras could show start of
fire at Great Northern store
NORTH OLMSTED — Safety officials are hoping Sears surveillance tapes prove to be candid cameras and let them know who started a fire which destroyed more than $100,000 worth of merchandise the morning of Dec. 16.

Firemen make pre-Xmas delivery
WESTLAKE — Kara Leigh Fogarty is quick. So quick, in fact, that she wouldn’t wait until her mother got to the hospital to be born. She came within minutes of being born at home and entered this world Nov. 17 in an ambulance racing toward St. John West Shore Hospital.