Winkerbean breast cancer arc earns praise nationwide
In the Funky Winkerbean storyline by Tom Batiuk, Lisa Moore, a young newlywed in her 20s, is treated for breast cancer over a six month arc. The creator emphasizes emotional impact and accuracy, drawing praise from breast cancer groups and survivors for its portrayal of the patient’s inward journey and its effects on her partner and friends.
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Medina
Tom Batiuk
Lisa Moore
Batiuk
Lisa
Funky Winkerbean
Midview High School
Kendal at Oberlin draws retirees to college campuses
Retired teachers Jane Buell and Art and Libby Steele praise Kendal at Oberlin for culture and on site medical care. The complex opened in 1993 near Oberlin College and conservatory, part of a Kendal Corp expansion near Dartmouth, Cornell, and Washington and Lee. The Quaker group may build a facility at Granville near Denison University.
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Oberlin
Jane Buell
Kendal
Buell
Oberlin College
Conservatory of Music
Art Steele
Libby
University of Toledo
Steele
Florida
Phoenix
Kendal Corp
Philadelphia
Dartmouth
Hanover
N.H
Cornell University
Ithaca
Lexington
Washington and Lee University
Virginia Military Institute
Religious Society of Friends
The
Quakers
Granville
Ohio
Denison University
Art
Libby Steele
Clemency Pleas Flood Ohio Governor Taft Over Berry Execution
In Columbus Gov. Bob Taft faces a flood of clemency requests from lawmakers religious leaders and the public to halt Wilford Berry s Friday execution The 36 year old Cleveland man was convicted of killing baker Charles Mitroff during a 1989 robbery Nearly 3 000 letters and 700 calls urge clemency while 70 letters and 49 calls favor execution Mitroff s sister Eleanor Bowler and her husband Rich Bowler voiced their opposition to the radio program and urged the governor to consider the victims family remarks.
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Columbus
Bob Taft
Wilford Berry
Cleveland
Berry
Taft
Baker Charles Mitroff
Pope John Paul I
Ohio
Eleanor
Richard Bowler
Garfield Heights
Bowler
Mitroff
Y2K survival show draws anxious crowds in Berea
About 1,200 people lined up for supplies and lectures at the Y2K Millennium Survival Show at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds. Carol Hill, 67, stockpiled food water generators and essentials, saying fear of a 30 month societal disruption could lead to cannibalism while vendors sold wheat purifiers bullets and medical supplies.
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Carol Hill
Akron
Hill
Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds
Mike Dave
Tom Fagan
Festa Food Co
Cleveland
Mildred Braxton
Twinsburg
Guard union weighs in against private prisons
In Columbus AP report union officials push for laws banning private prisons as lawmakers weigh expansion and regulation measures. After July escapes at Northeast Ohio Correctional Center and linked stabbings at Youngstown facility, bills seek outright bans or tighter controls on privately run prisons.
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Columbus
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center
Corrections Corp. of America
Youngstown
Kevin Coughlin
Akron
Bruce Johnson
Republican House
JoAnn Davidson
Correctional Institution Inspection Committee
Robert F. Hagan
Grafton
Conneaut
Shari Kerner
Weather turn-around keeps officers busy
Dozens of accidents on slick highways kept Ohio police busy this weekend as 2.2 inches of snow fell from Friday to Saturday after a 72 degree high on Thursday. Crystal Wengstrom, 18, of Homerville, died Friday near Eaton Township in a Route 83 crash. drivers Dei dra Getz and Tonya Getz of Litchfield were involved.
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Elyria
Ohio Highway Patrol
Greg Westover
Ray Diederich
National Weather Service
North Ridgeville
Crystal Wengstrom
Homerville
Eaton Township
Grafton
Wengstrom
Paul Matuis
Brook Park
Westover
Deidra Getz
Tonya Getz
Litchfield
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