Feb. 25, 2009: News Sports Insights
 













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Published February 25, 2009
News

BREAKING NEWS:
Suspected bank robber shot dead in gun battle with police
Fairview Park police officer shot in foot
WEB POSTED 5:45 PM FRI. FEB. 27, 2009
A suspected bank robber died of gunshot wounds suffered in a shootout with police in Westlake Friday afternoon, officials from several Westshore cities said.

A Fairview Park police officer was shot in the foot and taken to Fairview Hospital. His injuries are not life threatening, numerous municipal sources said.

The suspect allegedly held up the National City Bank on Lorain Road in North Olmsted Friday afternoon around 3.

Police from North Olmsted, Fairview Park and Westlake pursued the suspect's car and cornered it near the intersection of Columbia and Westwood roads in Westlake where the shooting occurred. Law enforcement officials were processing the scene for evidence late Friday afternoon.

Officials have not released the names of the dead suspect or the injured officer.

Championship
Westlake sophomore Kalpana Beach takes her turn cutting down the net after the Demons defeated Amherst, 55-38, to win the Southwestern Conference girls basketball championship last Wednesday. Read more about the team's successful season in the published edition of West Life, on newsstands now. (West Life photo by Larry Bennet)
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Rockport says bye-bye Best Buy
ROCKY RIVER — Because of the economy and layoffs at the corporate office, Best Buy is reconsidering its plans to open a store at the Rockport shopping plaza, according to Kory Koran, the city's director of economic and community development.
Credit crunch delays Center Ridge apartment project
WESTLAKE — The Indianapolis-based developer that planned to build a 240-unit complex west of Porter Library still hopes to complete the project, even though its option to purchase the property has expired.
photoStudents get firehouse feast for helping out
NORTH OLMSTED — After students in Amanda Jamieson’s junior English class raised more than $2,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, they got to pick their prize — breakfast and tour at Fire Station 1.
Sports
Pirates overcome slow start to get past Holy Name
photoThings looked bleak for Rocky River's hockey team after falling behind 3-1 after one period. But the Pirates scored three unanswered goals in the second period and fought off a Holy Name rally early in the third to come away with a 7-4 win last Saturday afternoon at the Brooklyn Sectional/District Tournament.
Insights

Roasted salmon, a shrimp club sandwich and more
Just in time for Lent, West Life food writer Betty Lou Marek has four seafood recipes. The fresh roasted salmon is an easy oven dish, and her simple shrimp club sandwich can be a light supper with soup or a quick lunch.

 


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