Holiday Portraits Across Studios This Season
Holiday portraits drive studio business as parents seek the perfect photo for albums and Christmas cards. The page mixes sports notes including the Cavaliers 86 82 defeat at Orlando with ejections, a Lumberjacks 3 2 win over Michigan Kings, and assorted features on culture, health, and gifts reflecting the season.
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CAVS
Orlando
Mike Fratello
Bob Sura
Lumberjacks
Brad Lauer
Michigan Kings
Spacewalk Called Too Risky For Shuttle Mission
NASA canceled all spacewalks for Columbia's Mission after engineers could not pin down why the hatch was jammed. Astronauts Tamara Jernigan and Thomas Jones faced a tight seal risk if they forced it open. NASA prioritized readiness for a possible emergency spacewalk and hatch operation, though such an event has never occurred in 15 years of shuttle flights.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Columbia
Tamara Jernigan
Thomas Jones
A cut above the rest for area Christmas trees
Wet spring and fall rains boosted tree growth and led to optimism for a strong season. Kay Pandy of Pandy's Garden Center in Elyria says Scotch pines look bigger and bushier, blue and white spruces and pines also favorable. Larry Sprague of Sprague Spruce Farms in Columbia Station reports strong customer demand and many calls as harvest conditions improve.
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Kay Pandy
Pandy
Garden’ Center
Elyria
Larry Sprague
Sprague Spruce Farms
Columbia Station
Mom
Dad
Junior
White House
Little Sister
Perfect Christmas Tree Dilemma Across Families
Families spend hours choosing in Ohio tree farms as members clash over trunk straightness size and needle comfort. Avery Wilcox II notes compromise usually favors the wife, while Pat Sell recalls customers lingering while scanning many options. Scotch Pines dominate Ohio sales, about half, followed by Scotch and White Pines and Blue Spruce.
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Avery Wilcox II
Wilcox Farms
LaGrange
Wilcox
Pat Sell
Alan
Sell Farm Enterprises
Wakeman
Ohio Christmas Tree Association
Ohio
Auction of seized items to raise funds for drug investigations
Elyria reports a February raid netted nearly 1,000 pounds of marijuana and loot including jewelry stage props a semi trailer cash and vehicles. After convictions police plan a 10 a m Saturday auction at the county garage off Oberlin Road with proceeds shared by agencies and the prosecutor's office.
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Elyria
Hector Bustamante
Bustamantes
Oberlin Road
Debbie Stanko
County Sheriff's Department
Stanko
Mexico
Theories faulted in TWA 860 center fuel tank blast
SMITHTOWN NY AP reports investigators weigh theories on the Kennedy crash that killed 230 after a Paris bound Boeing 747 exploded on takeoff. No definitive cause yet. NTSB may blame the fuel tank while probing ignition. FBI official vows an answer though uncertainty remains.
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Smithtown
TWA
Jeff
Aurelie Becker
St. Petersburg
Fla
Nat Rad
Rita Aguila
Red Cross
New York
Kennedy International Airport
National Transportation Safety Board
FBI
James Kallstrom
Salvi death renews insanity defense debate
In Boston, John C Salvi II died in his prison cell apparently by his own hand. His suicide revives questions about the insanity defense after a 1994 spree at two abortion clinics left two dead and five wounded, including Lee Ann Nichols of North Olmsted.
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Boston
John C. Salvi II
Salvia
Salvi Prison
Lee Ann Nichols
North Olmsted
Ruth Nichols
Salvi
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