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A Michigan couple were driving on the freeway in Dearborn, Mich., when they saw a kitten tossed from a speeding car. Ronald Haas and Niel Rishoi quickly stopped and picked up the kitten, who surprisingly was OK other than being “scared and panicked.” The couple then adopted her and named her Dora.

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A man says he was bitten by a rattlesnake at a Wal-Mart in eastern Washington state. The man was in the outdoor gardening area and said he bent down to pick up a stick, but it turned out to be a rattlesnake. The snake wasn’t happy about being picked up and so bit the man, who was rushed to a hospital. The man survived but might have permanent damage to his hand.

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Coventry Township might soon participate in the same waste-hauling program as the city of New Franklin.
New Franklin City Council members passed a resolution May 2 to permit Coventry to participate in their contract with Republic Services of Ohio Hauling.
“On behalf of the board, I want to first of all thank you,” Coventry Board of Trustees Chairman Tom Seese said at the meeting. “We’re six months late. We took advantage of everything you all worked real hard for. Thank you very much. We appreciate it.”

New Franklin City Council members passed the resolution to approve city-wide trash aggregation last August. Republic was the lowest bidder among four refuse companies that submitted bids for the project.

UP NEXT Council will meet next at 7 p.m.  May 16.

A man who wishes to remain anonymous won a $1 million Powerball prize six times. He purchased six tickets using the same number and won the second prize of $1 million each time.

In the halls of Nolley Elementary School, Stewart is greeted by every student he passes. Teachers are tolerant of students even stepping out of line to say hello. Stewart comes to the school every Tuesday and Thursday mornings to encourage reading.

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A Pressler Road man said his wife grabbed him by the arm and refused to let him go, and then punched him in the eye. He went to the hospital before reporting the incident to police. He also said his wife and her current boyfriend threatened to cut his throat while he was sleeping.

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Pasta maker Barilla is making Guinness World Record boxes of pasta for people in Turkey. The giant pasta boxes will be almost 5 feet tall and weigh half a metric ton. If someone buys one of these boxes – for $560 – it will be delivered because of its weight.

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Manchester Schools Superintendent Sam Reynolds has been inducted into the Barberton Schools Academic Hall of Fame.

Reynolds, who has led the Manchester district since 2004, graduated from Barberton in 1965.

The award is given to Barberton High School graduates who have excelled in their profession and through community service.

Reynolds holds a bachelor’s degree in education from Kent State University and a master’s in education from the University of Akron.

He began his education career teaching sixth grade at St. Augustine, then taught at Manchester elementary and high schools, before being named the district’s director of curriculum. He is a three-time Manchester educator of the year.

During Reynolds’ time as Manchester’s superintendent, Reynolds led an effort to raise the district’s state report card rating from effective to excellent.

A story that landed on reputable websites and broadcasts around the country – including CNN, MSNBC and Yahoo News – was deemed a hoax after a reporter looked into the story. The tale was that a dentist pulled all the teeth out of her ex-boyfriend’s mouth after he cheated on her. The reporter couldn’t verify any of the information, however, and it was ruled a hoax.

The event benefits  homeless animals in Summit County, including pets that are abused, neglected, abandoned or injured, along with assisting the humane officers in investigating cases of animal cruelty and help in providing important educational and outreach programs to the community.

The annual Bark in the Park event will take place at 11 a.m. May 12 at  Springfield Lake. The annual pledge walk and pet exposition benefits both the Pawsibilities organization and the Humane Society.

Don't miss out on a day at the lake with man's best friends. For more information on Bark at the Park and the Humane Society, visit www.summithumane.org and search for the Bark in the Park link under the events tab.

It’s hard to imagine how far the Portage Lakes Career Center has come since the 1970s. Now in its 35th year, the PLCC has grown in many ways, through changing technologies and economic climates.

Founders of the area vocational school took on a major responsibility in August of 1974, when Coventry, Green and Manchester residents approved a levy that would fund the building of a school to provide technical training to area students. The early days of the school, which was originally called Portage Lakes Joint Vocational School, are looked upon with fond memories by all who helped to build it, literally, from the ground up.

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