NcB4 Metro The Plain Dealer Breaking news: cleveland.com Sunday, April 14, 2013 A AN .4. Around Town Community Events 3 To promote your event with a guaranteed listing, go to plaindealer.com/aroundtown Berea Earth Day Coalition presents EarthFest 2013 Sunday, April 21 -10 am -5 pm Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds. Over 200 exciting exhibits: Advanced Renewable Energy, Local and Sustainable Food, Clean Transporation, Family Fun, plus biodiesel-powered amusem*nt park music, farm animals, pony rides, and more. Info: www.earthdaycoalition.org or call (216) 281-6468 Akron Rubberstamp Scrapbook Expo 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
John S. Knight Center, 77 E. Mill Akron, 44308. Demos, Make and Takes. Door Prizes.
Advance $6 One- Day, $10 Two day. At the door $7 a day, 12 and under free. www.adventuresinstamping.com Call 330-468-9825 North Ridgeville Lake Ridge Academy Easy Culture at Fest 11:00 a.m. Lake Ridge Academy, 37501 Center Affordable Ridge Road. Traditional celebration of cultures exhibited through performances, food international Effective crafts.
Free. 440-327-1175. 1. d. wit 4 24270 Lorain Road Bay Village I Love Jazz pm Bay Village Public Library, 502 Cahoon Road.
Enjoy live jazz music, marches, blues popular songs from the 1920s. Registration required: 440.871.6392. Fairview Park Songs of Bob Dylan pm Fairview Park Branch Library, 21255 Lorain Road. Blending rich vocal harmonies with guitar, bass harmonica, "Muscle and Bone" interpret the music of Bob Dylan. Registration: 440.333.4700.
North Olmsted Jam Night with the Cleveland Music Club pm Doc Louie's Bar Grille 1 GLOBAL VILLAGE Spelman College president to speak at alumnae benefit SUN NEWS POLICE BLOTTER The following excerpt is from the Sun News Police Blotter. Read the full Blotter every Thursday in the Sun Post Herald or the Sun Post, or online at cleveland.com/sun/ policeblotter. everly Daniel of Tatu, Spelman president College, the nation's oldest black college for women, will speak at a luncheon in Westlake MiCHAEL today, marking the O'MALLEY founding of the school 132 years ago' in Atlanta. The luncheon is a fundraiser for the school's Cleveland alumnae chapter, which gives out scholarships to Cleveland-area Spelman students, helping them with the costs of textbooks, tuition and studying abroad. No more reservations are available for the luncheon, but anyone who wants' to donate to the local alumnae chapter can email Alison Graves at Brooklyn Fraud, Ira Avenue: A man reported April 4 that he was a victim of fraud.
He posted furniture for sale on Craigslist. A buyer agreed to a purchase price of $8,400. The seller received a check for that amount but was notified by his bank that the check was fraudulent. Theft, Biddulph Road: A woman reported her cellphone was stolen while she was shopping at Giant Eagle on April 2. She said she accidentally left the phone on the pharmacy counter.
When she returned to get it, she was told by an employee that another woman had claimed the phone. Store security videotape of the incident will be reviewed. Fraud, Westbrook Drive: A Brooklyn woman reported April .1 that someone had claimed her daughter as a dependent on a tax return. The IRS advised her to file a police report. Breaking and entering, Brookpark Road: The owner of A-One Auto Repair called police when a security alarm went off April 5.
Arriving at the scene, of- com or call her at 216-816-6676. Celebrate Israel's independence: The Jewish Federation of Cleveland, in partnership with dozens of local Jewish groups, is celebrating Israel's Independence Day on Monday at Executive Caterers at Landerhaven, 6111 Landerhaven Drive, Mayfield Heights. The event, which marks the founding of Israel 65 years ago, begins with a memorial service at 5:45 p.m., followed by festivities at 6 p.m. The celebration features live music and traditional food and spirits. A marketplace of vendors will offer Fairview Park ficers found the side door was kicked in and the office door was severely damaged.
No property or vehicles were missing. Security videotape is being reviewed. Fairview Park Theft, Westgate: Police apprehended two men who fled the Westgate shopping center April 4 after a Kohl's loss prevention agent reported the men shoplifted from the store. Theft, Westgate: A Marshall's clerk reported detaining a woman in the store April 4 for attempting to steal $63 worth of merchandise. Police transported the 46-year-old North Olmsted woman to Fairview Park Jail.
She will face theft charges in court next week. Theft, Lorain Road: Police arrested two Fairview Park youths at their homes after witnesses saw them steal a motorized scooter from the bicycle rack at Fairview Park Regional branch of the Cuyahoga County Library on April 4. Disorderly conduct, Lorain Road: Police cited a 20-year-old North Olmsted woman for disorderly conduct while intoxicated just before 2 a.m. April 4 after patrons at a bar reported she was stumbling in the road but refused assistance. She was transported to'a nearby hospital.
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North Royalion 440 237 1500. 9050 Rittman Road. Wadaworth 330.334.6900 Westlake Fantastic Family Fun Day 11:00 am 3:00 pm Achievement Centers for Children, 24211 Center Ridge Rd. Rides, activities, refreshments, Flower Clown, Bubble Lady, bounce houses, arts crafts, Euclid Beach Rocket Rides more! $15 per family. Info: 216.292.9700, ext 248.
Fairview Park Garden Club Spring Luncheon 11 a.m. -3 p.m. Gemini Center, 21225 Lorain Road. Featuring a catered luncheon, style show by Chico's, raffles, door prizes more. Tickets $28.
Go to: fairviewparkgardenclub.org jewelry, spices and handmade crafts for sale. For more information, visit jewishcleveland.org/events. International symposium: "A Look at Emerging Economies," a symposium on international business, economics and politics, will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Friday in Cleveland State University's Student Center 311. Speakers include Nate Ward, director of the International Trade Assistance Center at CSU; Kimberly Kirkendall, president of International Resource Development and Raj Aggarwal, professor of international business and finance at the University of Akron.
The symposium is free. For more information contact rain Road: A 60-year-old Cleveland man will face traffic violation and felony drug possession charges after he was stopped for driving erratically April 7. The man had no driver's license and police found crack cocaine and $4,688 in cash and money orders on him. His 46-year-old female passenger was arrested on a warrant for a parole violation. Police found she was in possession of a crack pipe while she was being booked.
Lakewood Complaint, Interstate 90 West: At approximately 10:18 a.m. on April 4, a complaint was received about a woman walking along the side of the highway. The woman's car had run out of gas, and she was walking to a gas station. Theft, Webb Road: A resident reported tools and swords missing from his basem*nt at approximately 12:05 p.m. on April 4.
Trespassing, Madison Avenue: Shortly before 3:30 p.m. on April 4 a complaint was received regarding a man panhandling in front of a store. The caller said the man was walking up to vehicles and opening the vehicle doors, The man was cited for criminal trespassing and advised not to return. Noise disturbance, Detroit Avenue: A woman was warned at approximately 1'1 p.m. on April 4 to keep the noise down and was told that if officers had to return she would be cited.
Disturbance, Lakewood Avenue: A woman told officers at approximately 2:35 a.m. on April 5 two girls tried to get her niece to come outside and smoke marijuana with them. Officers were unable to locate the juveniles. Bay Village Pancake Breakfast 8:00 am 12:30 pm Bay Middle School, 27725 Wolf Road. Bay Village Kiwanis Bay High Key Club.
Pancakes, sausage, milk, juice coffee. $5 advance; $6 at the door; children 6 younger, free. Call 440-871-9162 or 4 Westlake Taste of Westlake at 6:30 pm LaCentre Conference and Banquet Center, 25777 Detroit Road. Featuring samples of hearty fare from more than 24 Westlake restaurants. $30 per person.
Info: Heather Coyne at h.coyne@ csuohio.edu. Impact of mass media in Poland: The Polish Studies Initiative at Cleveland State University is wrapping up its 2012-13 lecture series on Thursday. The featured speaker is Edward Horowitz, associate professor of communications at CSU and director of the Polish studies program. Horowitz lived in Warsaw during the mid-1990s. Last year, he presented a paper at an international communication conference in Gdansk, Poland.
His talk Thursday at 4 p.m. in the CSU Student Center, Room 315, will focus on how mass media affect how young adults in Poland think about their country's economy and the world- COURT WATCH DONNA J. MILLER Plain Dealer Reporter These are some of the cases that moved last week through Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. James Marquand, 31, of Flint, Sentenced Monday by Judge Nancy McDonnell to five years in prison for posting an advertisem*nt on Craigslist seeking sex with girls and traveling to meet them. An investigator with the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force replied to the ad Dec.
12 posing as the father of 12- and 14-year-old girls. Marquand made plans to meet the "girls" Dec. 14 at a hotel and was arrested. A jury found him guilty of attempted rape, attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and possessing criminal tools. He is classified as a sexual predator who must register his home and work addresses with a sheriff's office every three months for life.
Timothy Byrne, 48, of Garfield Heights: Arraigned Mon- day on rape and kidnapping charges. Bail was set at $100,000. Hc's, accused of abducting a 28-year-old woman on Jan. 6, 1990, on Rockside Road in Garfield Heights, then driving her to a secluded area and raping her. A DNA match was recently made, prosecutors said.
Byrne was brought back to Cleveland from a Tennessee prison, where he is serving 20 years for raping a 9-year-old girl. Jennifer Sternbach, 20, of Euclid: A bench trial ended Tuesday on charges of felonious assault and child endangering. Judge Lance Mason will issue ReStore COME CHECK OUT OUR- HUGE INVENTORY SELECTION -purchase, Furniture Featuring: Used Construction Cabinets Goods Appllances AND Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity 2110 W. 110th St. Cleveland, OH 44102 (216) 429-1299 ext.
238 www.clevelandrestore.org Shopping Hours: Tuesday Saturday 10 am-4 pm 4 Lakewood Gerry Keating Michael Leamon April 17 at 6:30 pm Waterbury Coach House 13333 Madison Avenue Broadway standards Oberlin The Laramie Project April 18, 19, 20 at 8 pm Oberlin College Hall Auditorium, 67 N. Main Street. Tickets: $11; $8, senior citizens; $5 students. Tickets available at Central Ticket Service in Hall Auditorium lobby. 440-775- 8169.
Tickets $3 more at the door. 1 Outdoor Activities Avon Lake Woodland Walks at 9 a.m. Lorain County Metro Parks, 32649 Electric Blvd. Moderate hike. wide economic crisis.
International music: A fourpiece folk band, Meszecsinka from Budapest, will perform at the Nighttown restaurant and bar in Cleveland Heights at 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 26. The ensemble, composed of vocal, guitar, percussion and bass, will feature folk music from Europe and the Middle East. The band also performs original compositions and jazz. Lead singer Annamari Olah has been recognized as an upand-coming talent in Hungary.
She sings in six languages: Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Finnish, English and Spanish. Admission is $20. Nighttown is at 12387 Cedar Road, at the top of Cedar Hill. For reserva- his verdict Wednesday. Sternbach is accused of striking two boys with her car on Aug.
14 at the Sunoco gas station on Lee Road in Cleveland Heights, where they had argued. Sternbach's 2-year-old daughter was in the car. Antonio Dulaney, 18, of Cleveland: Arraigned Tuesday on charges of murder, felonious assault, carrying a concealed weapon and having a deadly weapon near a school. Bail was set at $1 million. He's accused of fatally shooting 19-year-old Ja'Waun Greene as Greene walked with friends Nov.
16 along East 61st Street near the Cleveland School of the Arts. Tyree Gaines, 25, of Parma: Arraigned Tuesday and released on a $25,000 bond on charges of aggravated vehicular assault, failure to stop after a crash and driving under the influence of alcohol. He's accused of crashing into a chain-link fence around a basketball court March 10 and injuring a 19-year-old man at Stanfield and West Parkview drives in Parma. The car then drove through woods and crashed in a ravine, where it rolled over. The driver and his 23-year-old passenger ran off.
The injured man was treated for a facial cut and two broken teeth. Charles Harris, 30, of Cleveland: Pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter and aggravated robbery. He fatally beat 53-year-old Michael Morgan, of North Olmsted, about 10:30 p.m. July 16 on West 83rd Street. A jury found co-defendant Marvin Robinson, 44, of Cleveland, guilty of murder, aggravated robbery and felonious assault.
Sentencing for both is set for April 24. Keith Marks, 57, of Cleveland: Sentencing by Judge Steven Gall was postponed until April 25 for possessing and downloading child p*rnography last year from the Internet. Marks pleaded guilty to possessing criminal tools and 22 counts of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor. Steven Combs, 48, of land: Three judges sentenced him Thursday to life in prison without parole after he pleaded guilty last month to aggravattd tions and more information, call 216-795-0550. Chinese ethnic dances: A program, "Ethnic Dances: Colorful China," will be presented by the Confucius Institute at Cleveland State University at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 27, in the Main Classroom Auditorium. The program features folk dancing, martial arts, acrobatics and music by 20 performers from South Central University for Natonalities in China. The performance is free for students; for others, admission is $5. Registration is required by Friday. Visit www.csuohio.edu/ confucius or call 216-523-7127.
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: 216-999-4893 murder, aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, kidnapping, felonious assault and having a gun after a felony conviction. Combs faced the death penalty for cutting a screen at a Walton Avenue home on Aug. 2, 2011, entering a bedroom and fatally shooting and stabbing 40-year-old Jeffrey Mechling, who had argued with Combs' girlfriend. Mechling was shot twice in the head and stabbed more than 40 times with a machete. Sheldon Robinson, 39, of Cleveland: Sentenced Thurs- day by Judge Janet Burnside to four years in prison for hitting his 47-year-old cousin, Derrick Wallace, on the head with a wrench Oct.
5 during an argument at Wallace's home. Wallace died Oct. 7. Robinson pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and aggravated burglary. L'DDaryl Ellis, 22, of Lake- wood: Sentenced Friday by Judge Janet Burnside to 21 years in prison for his involvement in a gang-related shootout March 14 on East 89th and East 95th streets in Cleveland.
A stray bullet entered the home of 44-year-old Elissa Hereford, striking her in the leg. She died. The judge found Elis guilty of murder, involuntary manslaughter, aggravated rioting and shooting near a home. He is a member of the 86th Street Quincy Boys Gang. on charges of felonious assault, abduction and patient abuse was postponed until Wednesday.
The caretaker at the Koinonia Group Home in Broadview Heights is accused of assaulting and breaking the shoulder of a mentally disabled resident. Gary Bruno, 48, of Fairview Park: Trial postponed until July 31 on two counts of driving under the influence. He's accused of driving drunk Jan. 13 and crashing on Fowles Road at Big Creek, Parkway in Middleburg Ilcights. Bruno has six DUI convictions.
Aaron Sellers, 26, of University Heights: Ilis arraignment See their jail photographs at To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: 216-999-4852 44.
