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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Community office hours on June 22
If you follow any of our papers on Facebook, you may already know I have set community office hours for tomorrow, June 22.
From 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Kofenya Coffee on West High Street in Oxford.
If you have a story idea or just want to say, “Hi,” just come by.
The reason I’m doing the community office hours is twofold — one, it’s a chance for me to get out in the communities to get to know them, and two, I can be more accessible to readers.
But if you can’t make it, you can always email me at mpitman@coxohio.com or call me at 513-820-2175).
Soon, I will be doing a week-long community office hours to be held at one location and for a longer window.
If you know of any good WiFi locations where I can hold my monthly, or my upcoming week-long community office hours, let me know.
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TweetMemorial highways bill photos
Here are a few photos from the bill signing by Gov. John Kasich that renamed 31 state roadways after fallen Ohioans,most of whom are military personnel killed in action. They were supplied by Rep. Courtney Combs’ office today, June 21.
The young girl in between the Governor and Courtney is Mallory Crabtree, the daughter of Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Crabtree, who died in action and will have Ohio 619 in Hartville (which is in Stark County) named for him.
There are two photos with the father and step mother of Lance Cpl. Taylor Prazynski, John and Carol Prazynski.
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TweetHazardous waste conviction stands
Two men who was convicted following a 2010 jury trial is still guilty of several charges related to dumping hazardous waste in West Chester Twp., according to a 12th District Court of Appeals opinion issued Monday.
Attorneys for John Grinstead and Larry Lough — former executives of the now defunct company Tri E Technologies, formerly located at 100 Security Drive in Fairfield — claimed “the trial court erred in upholding the convictions” against their clients because “they were not supported by sufficient evidence and were against the weight of the evidence.”
They also said their trial court attorney, David Washington Jr., didn’t do his job.
According to the opinion written by Judge Robert Ringland, no evidence of errors were found during the jury trial, and disagreed Grinstead and Lough received “ineffective assistance” from Washington.
Judges Robert Hendrickson and Rachel Hutzel concurred in the opinion.
Washington represented the men during a four-day jury court. The law firm Sirkin, Kinsley and Nazzarine represented the men in appellate court.
On May 20, 2009, the Butler County grand jury indicted Grinstead and Lough for failing to prepare a hazardous waste manifest, the illegal transportation, disposal and storage of hazardous waste, and criminal endangering. According to the charges, Grinstead and Lough were accused of transporting and disposing of more than 100 tones of cathode ray tube glass — a component used in television and computer monitors that contain led — on a West Chester Twp. property owned by Ray Skinner.
Then on Dec. 16, 2009, Grinstead and Lough were indicted on similar charges for abandoning more than 9,000 pounds of hazardous materials in their Fairfield facility following their eviction. Lough was also indicted on pollution charges for ordering a former employee to dump several hundred gallons of acidic materials into a storm drain that flowed into a local pond.
They were found guilty by the jury trial and each sentenced to five years community control. Lough was fined $21,000, but $2,500 could be paid to MetroParks. Grinstead was fined $25,000. Both men were each ordered to pay more than $25,500 in restitution.
Additionally, both were ordered to split the fines levied against Tri E Technologies, which total $31,000.
They also have 100 hours of environmentally related community service that must be completed by next month, and have three years from sentencing to pay the fines and restitution.
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