Independent Weekender, The (Newspaper) - April 21, 2007, Massillon, Ohio PROUD GRANDMA On Grandparents Day at Whittier Elementary she visits five grandchildren LEARNING B1 SERVICE TO GOD Pastor at Faith Lutheran Church in Massillon to preach his last sermon FAITH VALUES B6 dependent PLAYOFFS Cavaliers face Wizards in playoffs Sunday SPORTS E1 EKENDER Saturday 750 MASSILLON OHIO Tigers tearing up turf By CHRIS EASTERLING Say goodbye to the old cial turf at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium Workers are expected to be gin the removal of the almost turf at the stadi um on Monday It is being re placed with a Field Turf sur face which is similar to those used at Fawcett Stadium the Rubber Bowl and what will be installed at Ohio Stadium Its as close to real grass as you can said Dave Pape construction manager for Mas sillon City Schools You can wear normal cleats Theres ap proximately two inches of fill with a mixture of sand and rub ber that mixes together for a base Another advantage espe with a drainage system already in place from the previ turf is that water will drain through the According to Pape the new turf will cost in the neighbor hood of A large por tion of the money will come 9 Please see TURF PHOTO BY KEVIN INDEPENDENT The old turf at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium is coming up on Monday 3 more teens charged in Edison bomb threat Freshmen at school admitted to helping with the wording of VT No By MATTHEW RINK Three Edison Junior High Students allegedly helped Branch formulate the bomb threat that forced the evacuation of some 800 stu dents and teachers Thursday Perry police charged Nicholas 15 7610 Roni St Jarod Anthony 15 3107 St and Johnathan Burckhart 16 328 Westland Ave with complicity to induce panic a Friday All three students are freshmen They were re leased to their parents They were right there when the note was being Perry Township po lice Chief Timothy Escola said They gave statements and admitted to this They ad mitted to being a part of it They helped Branch in for what was said on it but not actually writing Police evacuated the school shortly after noon on Thurs day when a note that read VT No 2 was found in the school The note made reference to Mondays shooting rampage on the campus of Virginia Tech in which 32 students were gunned down by 21 yearold English major Se Cho The gunman committed suicide following the attacks which took place in a dormitory and in class rooms on campus A Please see TEENS PHOTO BY GLENN 8 INDEPENDENT Concerned neighbors inquire about the evacuation and police search at Edison Junior High on Thursday after a bomb threat Teen who wrote note denied release into custody By MATTHEW RINK A Stark County Family Court magistrate said re leasing Branch to his family would not be in the best interest of a community that is in a heightened state of alarm in the wake of Mondays shooting massacre at Vir ginia Tech Instead the at Edison Ju High will remain an in mate at the Juvenile Attention Center where he was booked on a charge of inducing panic after threatening VT No Branch 308 Westland Ave is accused of passing a note to a classmate at the Perry Local school Thurs day indicating that three bombs were placed in lock ers throughout the school He entered a plea of not true the juvenile equivalent of not guilty Three other students were charged with playing a role in the incident Friday The Perry Township po lice searched the school with a dog but found nothing They lat er searched his home with the permission of his moth er but also came up empty handed Please see BRANCH Page A3 PHOTO BV MATTHEW INDEPENDENT Edison Junior High Branch 16 sits handcuffed in Stark County Family Court Church members say theyve been harassed for being noisy PHOTO BY STEPHEN INDEPENDENT The Worshipers of Christ the Warrior King 1133 10th St Massillon By STEPHEN HUBA Stephen Huba The Worshipers of Christ the Warrior King say all they want to do is make a joyful noise to the Lord But neigh bors say the church has brought anything but joy to their quiet neighborhood The church 1133 10th St has been open for a year and during that time mem bers have been harassed and even threatened by neighbors church leaders say Were in here not bother ing them but theyre both ered because were said Associate Pastor Cop eland Its so Copeland acknowledged that the churchs style of worship is exuberant Were not going to whisper in our she said Were not going to do Church leaders believe the uncivil treatment is racially motivated the church is located in a predominantly white neighborhood It sits cattycorner from Whittier Elementary School 9 Please see CHURCH mm TODAY Business Classifieds Comics Crossword Editorial Education B3 Local A2 A3 Living B8 A5 Sports A4 Television B12 Weather I I SIMES In todays edition theres good news about Langtey Coffins of Massillon Kati Robinson of Massillon Howard Marotto of Jackson Township Stephanie Baker of Massillon and Destin Heastey of Massillon OBITUARIES A2 Anna Marie Rypien ON A2 parents Hopeless helpless and lost WHS alum at Va Tech Campus is like a tomb By MATTHEW RINK Had Cho taken a left after his march through the drill field at Virginia Tech Mon r day he very well could have found Dr James E Lit office The office of the market ing professor and Massillon native is on the opposite side of Norris Hall where the gunman carried out the most deadly shoot ing rampage in history He came from the south campus toward the admin building which is Burruss Hall and came across the drill field and took a Please see TECH Page A3 Man tries to hang self at city jail He was arrested for stabbing the husband of his girlfriend after Girls Gone Wild event By VILLELLA An alert Massillon Police of ficer thwarted a suicide at tempt by a lovesick man shortly after noon Thursday in the Massillon Jail James Greg Fuller who was in jail on a felonious assault charge stemming from an I HA HMD incident that ed at the Girls Gone wife at the Wild event center of the day evening at the altercation Whiskey Ranch was saved from his suicide attempt by Patrolman Please see WILD Page A3 Pleasant Showers