Roundup: Aug. 27, 2008
The Chronicle-Telegram Staff
Teens slice each other with knives
ELYRIA — Two teenagers were each sliced with knives during an altercation Monday afternoon.
An 18-year-old received the worst of it — a gash more than an inch in length and half-an-inch deep — when he went to an Oberlin Road apartment around 5 p.m. and demanded his cell phone charger from a 13-year-old boy.
The stories differed, but the 18-year-old told police the 13-year-old began striking him, and although he attempted to defend himself, the boy sliced him along his left shoulder blade, according to the report.
The 13-year-old — who had already had an outstanding warrant issued through the Lorain County Detention Home and was entered as a runaway — told police the 18-year-old punched him when he answered the door and a fight ensued, the report said.
During the fight, the 18-year-old sliced him with a pocket knife before the two were broken apart by the 13-year-old boy’s grandfather.
The 13-year-old was arrested on his previous warrant but was later charged with felonious assault and turned over to the detention home.
The 18-year-old was treated at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria for his injury.
Shots fired after drug-deal theft
ELYRIA — A drug deal gone bad resulted in multiple gunshots being fired Monday night on Middle Avenue.
A 24-year-old man told police a man was supposed to sell him a pound of marijuana for $800, but when he showed up with the money the man put a gun to his head and stole his money instead.
The man gave up the $800, but after he got back to his home, he decided he would chase the robber.
He said he found and chased the robber, who opened fire on him, according to the police report.
He even observed several of those shots striking near his feet, the report said.
The gunman wasn’t caught, but the 24-year-old man agreed to sign charges against him of aggravated robbery and felonious assault.
LCCAA to hold town hall meetings
The Lorain County Community Action Agency is holding town hall meetings across the county in September and October.
The open meetings will include discussion of the LCCAA’s newly approved 2008-2011 strategic plan and how it will impact low-income families, as well as the results of the LCCAA’s comprehensive community assessment survey of low-income individuals and families, which was completed this summer.
Dates and locations of the town hall meetings are:
n 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at the South Lorain Public Library, 2121 Homewood Drive, Lorain.
n 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Oberlin Public Library community room, 65 S. Main St., Oberlin.
n 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 1 at the Willard Memorial Town Square Hall, second-floor south meeting room, Wellington.
n 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Elyria Public Library West River Branch Miller Room, 1194 West River Road N., Elyria.
Rape Crisis Center to train volunteers
LORAIN — The Lorain County Rape Crisis Center volunteer training program will be held Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30 to 9 p.m. between Sept. 8 and Oct. 14.
Volunteer opportunities include the position of Outreach Advocate, who supports survivors through a nurse’s interview, forensic exam and police interview; and Hotline Advocate, who returns calls received by the 24-hour Nord Center Emergency Hotline and helps survivors over the phone.
No previous experience is necessary, but the 40-hour training course is required. Volunteers must also commit to one or more shifts per month. Hotline volunteers must have access to phones during their shifts.
Attendance at quarterly review meetings is also mandatory for all volunteers.
For more information, call the Rape Crisis Center volunteer liaison at (440) 282-2296 or (440) 282-2315, or e-mail lcrc@nordcenter.org.
Scholarship offered for PR students
CLEVELAND — College students studying public relations have a chance at winning one of two $1,000 scholarships from the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.
One college junior and one college senior each will be awarded the scholarship Nov. 7 at the chapter’s annual Student Day event at Cleveland State University’s Wolstein Center.
To be eligible, students must either be residents of Northeastern Ohio or attend a college or university in the region. The award is open to students majoring in public relations, communications or a related field, and the deadline to apply is Oct. 17.
Students must possess a minimum 3.0 grade point average, submit writing samples, two letters of recommendations and complete a 500-word essay to be considered. This year’s essay topics focus on ethics in public relations and use of social media in a public relations campaign.
Scholarship applications may be found at www.prsacleveland.org or visit the Greater Cleveland chapter’s Facebook site.
Case art group taking submissions
CLEVELAND — The Case Western Reserve University Art History Association invites art students from the area’s colleges and universities to submit work for presentation at a student slideshow, which will be 6 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland.
Monetary prizes will be given to the top three artists as selected by a jury of Cleveland curators and gallerists. For detailed submission guidelines, visit www.slideshowatmoca.com.
Selected participants will give five-minute Powerpoint presentations featuring eight to 10 slides of their work.
Submissions must be e-mailed to slideshowatmoca@gmail.com by Sept. 22. All selected participants must present the submitted work unless specific arrangements are made otherwise. Selected participants must provide a print-out of their current schedule as proof of enrollment.
Veterans to be honored by VA
Veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and other global anti-terror operations will be honored Sept. 14 at a “Welcome Home Celebration” by the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA.
The event will be held noon to 6 p.m. at Falls River Square, located in the River Front Centre in Cuyahoga Falls.
Active duty military, reservists, National Guard members and veterans and their families will be honored. For more information, call (440) 526-3030 ext. 7500.
State launches insurance series
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Insurance has launched a program called “Take Charge,” a free educational series providing insurance tips and information to the state’s senior community.
At 1 p.m. Sept. 19, the series will visit Partners in Prime, formerly Senior Citizens Inc., 140 Ross Ave., Hamilton. There will be presentations on Medicare Advantage predatory sales practices, Stranger Oriented Life Insurance and long-term care planning.
To make reservations, call (513) 867-1998, ext. 244.
Alzheimer’s support group meeting
LORAIN — The Alzheimer’s Support Group is held at 6:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month at Hearthstone Assisted Living, 3290 Cooper Foster Park Road. For more information, call (440) 960-2813.
Center offering free hearing screenings
ELYRIA — Avada Hearing Care Center is offering free hearing screenings in September to help senior citizens.
Statistics from The Better Hearing Institute indicate that 18 percent of baby boomers ages 45 to 604 have hearing loss, and 29 percent of people over 65 have hearing loss.
For more information about local free screenings, call Avada of Elyria at (440) 324-6999 or Avada of Westlake at (440) 808-9870.
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