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Published August 25, 2010
News
Live chat
Read the transcript of West Life's online chat with School Resource Officer Jim Carbone of the North Olmsted Police Department on back-to-school safety issues.
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Katrina Kristi receives her new netbook from Superintendent Brion Deitsch while Treasurer Ryan Ghizzoni looks on during a ceremony Aug. 18 at Fairview High School. (West Life photo by Larry Bennet)
Freshmen receive netbooks they’ll
use during high school careers

FAIRVIEW PARK —
The laptop distribution begins what school officials call the “one-to-one computer initiative.” District officials believe the program will increase the level of engagement among students and staff.
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Mayor’s assist aids police in arrests
NORTH OLMSTED — An assist from Mayor Kevin Kennedy after a family vehicle was entered early Aug. 17 helped lead to the arrest by North Olmsted police of three 15-year-old male suspects in thefts of various goods from between 30 to 40 vehicles in the city the last few weeks.
Ocean rower tells of trek,
photoneed for clean drinking water

WESTLAKE —
Twenty-two-year-old Katie Spotz' 2,817-mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean raised more than $70,000 for the Blue Planet Run Foundation, an organization that finances drinking water projects around the world.
Sports
KICK OFF!
Teams face challenges as grid season opens

The new season officially gets underway this Friday night, with Rocky River, the only local team to make the playoffs last year, starting with a tough road game with Highland. Bay, under first-year head coach Ryan Gorius, is also away at Orange, while Lutheran West heads down the road to Fairview in one of the Westshore’s traditional opening night games.
Insights

Award-winning vegetable garden offers culinary delights
photoEugene Roth, a winner in the vegetable class in the Westlake in Bloom contest, has more projects going on around his property than two full-time gardeners would be able to finish in a year, says gardening columnist Thea Steinmetz.

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