Flooding There was little chance for anyone, except perhaps a duck, to use the Metroparks after the Rocky River rose following the recent rains and snow melt. (Photo by Larry Bennet)

Court says Springvale
records are confidential
NORTH OLMSTED — City officials and Mayor Norman T. Musial still disagree over the documents sought by the mayor on the Springvale ethics investigation even though a court ruling has been made on the matter saying the records are confidential law enforcement records.

Survival story
Son of former Bay superintendent survives Indian Ocean tsunami
Jeff Woods and his girlfriend, Kristen Foord, recount through e-mail messages their dramatic survival of last month's tsunami
while vacationing in Thailand.

Time passes, but CWRU Sci-fi marathon
still going strong after 30 years
In certain twisted circles it has become legendary, a yearly post- holidays tradition that draws visitors from all over the country, literally, for more than 24 hours of nonstop movie mutants and mutant movies at the Cleveland technical college at University Circle. It's the Case Sci-fi movie marathon.