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Published August 9, 2006
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Taking Flight
Maya Bauer, 8, enjoys her Styrofoam glider on a beautiful August day at Clague Park. (Photo by Larry Bennet)

Last call for Krobar
photoNORTH OLMSTED — City Council approved tranferring the troubled bar's liquor license to a new restaurant specializing in Middle Eastern cuisine. And the Westlake businessman who had an option to purchase the establishment has dropped those plans.

photoBusiness rises from fire’s ashes
ROCKY RIVER — Owners of a local spa and other tenants of a Linda Street commercial complex are scrambling to recover from a Thursday morning fire which severely damaged their businesses. No one was injured in the fire.

photoFaith and family bring siblings home
ROCKY RIVER — A local brother and sister visiting family in Lebanon when war broke out tell of their perilous escape and evacuation by U.S. Marines.

Sports

Bay athletic director accepts position at Fairview
After budget cutbacks of teaching positions decimated the coaching ranks of their athletic teams, Fairview High School has moved towards stability by hiring Kevin Liptrap as athletic director and assistant principal.

photoCollege campus favorite moves into mainstream
The oddly named game of cornhole is slowly spreading across the U.S. So what's the attraction of the game, which consists of tossing corn bags into wooden platforms with a hole in the middle of them? Cornhole offers a friendly game with a comfortable environment.

happenings

Craig Callander finds Westshore’s weird and wacky
For 10 years now, the Rocky River resident has been a star in the most zoned-out twilight hours of college radio on Cleveland State University’s WCSB. Callander’s regulars range from overnight postal workers to Norton Furniture's Marc Brown, known for his odd latenight TV commercials.

 
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