Pentagon proposes sweeping military base closings
The Pentagon unveils a plan to close 33 major facilities in 22 states and reconfigure hundreds more to save money and boost inter service cooperation. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the aim is greater combat readiness and affordability through leaner, more unified armed forces.
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Ohio sees winners, losers in proposal
Whitehall gains as the Pentagon seeks to keep open a center that generates almost half the city income tax and supplies submarine parts while Cleveland foresees 1,000 finance jobs cut and 100 more moved. The plan preserves 6,100 jobs at the Defense Supply Center Command near Columbus and Whitehall and adds 1,700 posts in base realignment.
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Hunter Parents Rally as School Closure Sways Board
More than 150 parents gathered at Franklin Township Park as the Hunter Elementary closing loomed. The Franklin Board of Education voted 3-2 to close Hunter, tying the decision to a planned August levy passage and noting Hunter’s prime real estate value at over 1.255 million dollars.
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Fairfield High grad remembered for dedication sacrifice
Fairfield welcomed home Lance Cpl. Taylor Prazynski 20, a Fairfield High School 2003 graduate, killed by an explosion in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. A Friday procession drew hundreds along Gilmore Road to Avance Funeral Home as locals mourned and praised his sacrifice and impact.
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Benedict XVI fast tracks John Paul II to sainthood and names Levada
Pope Benedict XVI authorized start of John Paul II’s sainthood process, waiving the usual five year wait and marking a rapid beatification path. He also named Archbishop William Levada, longtime doctrinal chief, as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a powerful Vatican post. Levada, 68, is an American conservative theologian and former archbishop of San Francisco. The announcement was made at St. John Lateran in Latin, amid the clergy, on the anniversary of an attempted 1981 assassination in St. Peter’s Square.
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