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Published September 9, 2009
News

Jury awards $675K to former St. Bernadette teachers
BREAKING NEWS: A Cuyahoga County Common Pleas jury Friday found in favor of three former St. Bernadette teachers in a defamation lawsuit against the Rev. Thomas Weber, the pastor of the Westlake Catholic parish. The jury awarded each teacher $225,000 in damages. An additional hearing has been scheduled for Monday to decide on any punative damages.

The former teachers — Judy Hudak, Diane Nameth and Mary Jo Keane — alleged their reputations were harmed by comments Weber made at a parish meeting and in letters regarding why their contracts to teach at the parish school were not renewed for the fall of 2006.
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Dozens of children start off in the half-mile Kids’ Fun Run at North Coast Challenge Saturday morning. Four divisions of children, up to age 13, raced on the fitness track at St. John West Shore Hospital. Read more about the adult portion of North Coast Challenge, which consisted of a 5-mile run and 3.4-mile walk, on page 18. (West Life photo by Kevin Kelley)
Ethiopian runners win
North Coast Challenge 5-mile race
WESTLAKE — Two Ethiopian natives who now live in New York won the male and female divisions of the 2009 North Coast Challenge, which organizers call “Ohio’s premiere 5-mile race.”
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Report: Police shooting justified
WESTSHORE — The prosecutor’s report concluded that the 21-year-old bank robbery suspect failed to comply with officers’ orders that he drop a gun that he pointed at one of the officers. The suspect, who was shot dead by police, also reportedly twice said to one of the officers, “Just shoot me.”
New schools issue likely in May
WESTLAKE — Still to be determined is the grade school configuration and whether the district will build the new schools all at once or in phases. The complete plan voters will be asked to approve should be in place by mid-December, Superintendent Dan Keenan said.
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photoWestlake’s St. Marie to compete in world triathlon
This Sunday, a Westlake High junior has to opportunity to establish himself on the world athletic stage when he competes for the United States in the International Triathlon Union Junior Elite World Championships in Gold Coast, Australia.
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Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’ closes summer on high note
photoThe acting in writer-director Quentin Tarantino’s latest film is an embarrassment of riches, writes West Life's Ben Saylor. Far from being a wall-to-wall Nazi-killing fest, “Basterds” is more of a sprawling epic in which long scenes of tension-filled dialogue are punctuated by fast, brutal violence.
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