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From the 5/15/07 DDN: Passengers boarding at Dayton Airport up By Staff reports Tuesday, May 15, 2007 DAYTON — The number of passengers boarding planes at Dayton International Airport is up by 7 percent for the year so far, according to the airport's latest report Monday. This year's total through March — the latest month available — is 321,003 passengers, compared with 300,190 a year ago. Delta Air Lines and its affiliated regional carriers, including Comair, led the way with 73,516 passenger boardings through March, a 10 percent increase from 66,976 a year ago. AirTran Airways had 62,150 boardings, up by 6 percent from 58,765. US Airways and its affiliated regional carriers were No. 3 at Dayton with 52,626 boardings, up by 7 percent from last year's 49,232. Full article at http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/05/14/ddn051507daytonairport.html

From the 5/8/07 DDN: Dayton International Airport fights to compete By John Nolan, Staff Writer Tuesday, May 08, 2007 DAYTON — On the job six months, the city's director of aviation is reducing Dayton International Airport's work force and hopes to sharply cut operating costs for airlines which do business there. Iftikhar Ahmad says those things — and more — must happen if Dayton is to compete with the surrounding airports, retain the flight service it has and try to attract new service. Ahmad's top priorities include reducing the operating costs for Dayton's airlines, to match lower costs at the Indianapolis, Columbus and Cincinnati airports, and cutting the airport's own operating costs. The closeness of those airports makes it easy for the region's residents to choose to fly from there if fares are more affordable, Ahmad said. His goals include reducing the Dayton airport's $35 million budget by at least $7 million this year— to offset revenues lost when United Parcel Service closed its freight hub — and increasing revenues from non-airline sources including concessions and parking. Ahmad said he has reduced the airport's work force from 201 employees last year to 174 at present, with a target of 155 by year's end. The airport increased parking rates in March, more than doubling the short-term rates. Full article at http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/05/08/ddn050807airport.html

From the 4/30/07 Dayton Business Journal: Director seeks airport resurgence Planning for return of international flights Dayton Business Journal - April 27, 2007 by Joe Cogliano II, DBJ Contributor Iftikhar Ahmad is looking international. As the new director of the city-owned Dayton International Airport, Ahmad is taking steps to bring back international flights, which ceased about seven years ago when U.S. Air stopped offering service to Canada. Attracting flights to places like Canada and the Caribbean is just one part of Ahmad's plan to draw more than 2.8 million travelers annually -- more than double current numbers -- within a decade and turn the Dayton Airport into a stronger regional player. On another front, Ahmad wants to lower costs to the airlines in order to retain existing service and lure more low-cost carriers. Now, it costs airlines about $14 per passenger for things like ticket counter space, offices, gate fees and landing fees. By eliminating overtime and new hires and trimming the payroll through attrition, Ahmad expects the airlines to start seeing lower charges by summer. "When we cut their costs, it will stimulate the market," he said. "It's a low-fare market out there." More than 1.3 million passengers boarded flights at Dayton International Airport last year, a 7 percent increase over 2005 numbers. This year also started off with a bang as January boardings were up more than 10 percent over same month last year. The numbers are welcome news after passenger counts dipped more than 15 percent in 2005. Full article at http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/04/30/story1.html

From the 6/13/07 Enquirer: New restaurant in old Pacific Moon spot BY POLLY CAMPBELL | [email protected] A new restaurant will open soon in the Marketplace of Montgomery. Allure will be a contemporary American restaurant, taking the space that was Pacific Moon. Click here for article: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070613/LIFE/306130049/1079/rss04

From the 6/14/07 News-Herald: HOLA urges Brown, Voinovich to continue work for immigration reform Group leader says immigration system badly broken John Arthur Hutchison/[email protected] 06/14/2007 A Lake and Ashtabula County Latino-based organization hopes that Ohio's two U.S. senators will continue to work for immigration reform. HOLA (Hispañas Organizadas de Lake y Ashtabula) delivered about 800 postcards Wednesday to the Cleveland offices of U.S. Sens. George V. Voinovich, a Republican, and Sherrod Brown, a Democrat. Until recently, legislation that seeks to reform immigration laws was under debate in the U.S. Senate. It remains to be seen if lawmakers will pick up the discussion. MORE: http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18472127&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6

From the 6/14/07 Zanesville Times Recorder: Area health departments get smoking complaints By BRIAN GADD Staff Writer ZANESVILLE - Health departments in Muskingum and Perry counties have been busy in the past month investigating violations of Ohio's indoor smoking ban. Since May 3, when the state began enforcement of the law via local health departments, the Zanesville-Muskingum County Health Department has received 46 complaints, according to Public Information Officer Jennifer Hiestand. The Perry County Health Department has received 43 reports of smoking violations. The numbers are according to a database compiled by the Times Recorder's sister paper, the Cincinnati Enquirer, which includes information from the Ohio Department of Health for the period May 3 to June 5. Under the law, which was voted in last fall by ballot measure and was effective Dec. 7, the Ohio Department of Health receives complaints through e-mail and a toll-free number, and then are forwarded to the local agencies to investigate. Of those in Muskingum, 27 of the complaints have been closed or dismissed, with the other 19 still open or pending follow-up visits to the establishments, Hiestand said. Violations have included smoking in prohibited areas and having ashtrays present, she said. "Some of the complaints have said there were no signs or inadequate signage, as well as infiltration of smoke into the prohibited areas," Hiestand said. Letters notifying the businesses of a complaint are first sent out, and then a health sanitarian does a field inspection. Read more: http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070614/NEWS01/706140302/1002/rss01 From the 6/14/07 Coshocton Tribune: Local smoking complaints investigated By BRIAN GADD Staff Writer COSHOCTON - The local health departments haven't been quite as busy as their neighbors in Muskingum County when it comes to following up on complaints stemming from Ohio's indoor smoking ban. The city health department received 13 complaints in the past month, while Coshocton County Director of Environmental Health Steve Lonsinger received and investigated one complaint. Under the law, which was voted in last fall by ballot measure and took effect on Dec. 7, the Ohio Department of Health receives complaints which are forwarded to the local agencies to investigate. Enforcement activities began May 3. The county's one complaint investigation centered on Bluck & Sons in West Lafayette. According to a database compiled by the Tribune's sister paper, the Cincinnati Enquirer, the alleged violation occurred May 20 and was reported the next day. Read more: http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070614/NEWS01/706140303/1002/rss01 From the 6/14/07 Record-Courier: Smoking violations may start costing businesses By Mike Hixenbaugh Record-Courier staff writer It's either butts out or pay the price in the next couple weeks for a few area bars and restaurants, according to state officials. A month after Ohio began enforcing the smoking ban at most public places, health officials have received 56 complaints about smoking violations at Portage County businesses. The number is considerably lower than more populated neighboring areas like Summit County, where 374 complaints were filed as of June 6. However, in the case of Portage County, many of the reported violations have occurred at the same few businesses -- and that might lead to fines, said Kristopher Weiss, a spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Health. Read more: http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/2127161

From the 6/14/07 Ashtabula Star Beacon: PHOTO: THE CIVIC Development Corp. has lost interest in the Carlisle building located in Ashtabula. BILL WEST / The Star Beacon Deterioration halts plans for old Carlisle building BUILDINGS IN DISREPAIR ... TOO FAR GONE? SHELLEY TERRY Star Beacon ASHTABULA - - An uncooperative owner, skyrocketing repair costs and a building with serious deterioration problems have squashed the efforts of two civic organizations to acquire the former Carlisle's building... http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_165072330 Voters may decide Bradley land fate West Life, 6/13/07 City Council took the first step Thursday to place the fate of 42 acres of undeveloped land owned by the Westlake City Schools before the city voters this November...

From the 6/14/07 Enquirer: Catholic college moving to OTR BY QUAN TRUONG | [email protected] OVER-THE-RHINE - A Catholic college will move one of its two campuses here from North Fairmount, in hopes of bringing higher education to those who need it most. Chatfield College officially opens its campus here Friday near Findlay Market. "I'm so happy to have them," said Walter Reinhaus, president of the neighborhood's community council. "We have so many people in the neighborhood who need additional education and need to be around the environment of careful and higher thinking that academia offers - to have them come here, it almost brings me to tears." http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070614/NEWS0102/706140318/

From the 6/14/07 DDN: Bethany Village expansion project gets started By Katherine Ullmer Staff Writer Thursday, June 14, 2007 CENTERVILLE — The $35 million Bethany Village expansion project has begun. Those traveling down Far Hills Avenue can't miss seeing the tall chain link fence recently erected around an area at the northeast end of the complex. But that's a staging area for construction trailers and construction parking. Six of the 30 new villas will be constructed west of that area, with most of the rest along the new lake road in the middle of the complex. Construction of the villas is slated to begin in late summer, with completion of the first 22 in late summer 2008, said Bill Serr, president and CEO of Graceworks Lutheran Services. The master plan expansion, approved by Centerville City Council at the beginning of the year, will include a Village Center, 30 independent-living apartments with a two-story parking garage and a new 56-unit memory support center for people with Alzheimer's and other memory loss. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/neighbors/2007/06/14/ddn061407z2bethany.html From same: Residents, Troy developers settle court battle By Nancy Bowman Staff Writer Thursday, June 14, 2007 TROY — After months of heated court filings followed by negotiations in the past week, Troy developers and eight area residents who targeted the Summerfield housing project with a successful 2005 referendum signed a settlement Wednesday. Judge Jeffrey Welbaum of Miami County Common Pleas Court confirmed the agreement by asking representatives of Troy Land Development and the residents to say in court that they understood the agreement and would follow its provisions. As part of the agreement, a plan for the 57 acres south of Ohio 718 will be filed with the city soon. The residents have had input on that plan and agreed not to oppose it as it moves through the zoning process, said Jose Lopez, lawyer for the residents, and Jessica Minesinger, developer representing Troy Land Development. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/14/ddn061407refersuit.html Architect's plans for Groby's site questioned Dayton Daily News, 6/14/07 A public hearing June 4 on plans for Charlotte Gardens, the former Groby's site on Far Hills Avenue, left the commissioners with more questions than answers. James Alt, an architect representing the owner, shared renderings of "softer, friendlier" street furnishings, such as lamp poles and benches. He showed photos of streets in Ann Arbor, Mich., which have sidewalk cafes and said that Charlotte Gardens would have similar seating along Far Hills among the seven buildings planned for the site. He showed a drawing of a building of a planned headquarters for First Financial Bank. Commissioner Dale Kress indicated that he was not pleased with the presentation. Elder-Beerman coming down in Kettering Dayton Daily News, 6/13/07 Demolition of the former Elder-Beerman department store in Kettering is expected to begin today as the site's owner moves forward with plans to redevelop the property. Beerman Realty Co. is planning to replace the two-story vacant building with a retail development. The local firm has signed as its first tenant O'Reilly Automotive — a Springfield, Mo.-based retailer of auto parts and tools. O'Reilly also plans to open its first local store on Needmore Road in mid-July, said David Turney, a spokesman for the company. Since recently opening a distribution center in Indianapolis, O'Reilly has been making a steady push into surrounding markets, Turney said. "I would expect more stores to open in the Dayton area, once we get ourselves established," he said. "It all depends on the competition and the market demand."

From the 6/14/07 Enquirer: $12M expansion for church BY MIKE BOYER | [email protected] SPRINGDALE - The Vineyard Community Church is planning a $12 million expansion, into an industrial warehouse adjacent to its church and separate resource center on East Century Circle, south of Kemper Road. The nondenominational church, famous for feeding parking meters and handing out free soft drinks as part of its ministry, has acquired the 106,000 square-foot former SPS Packaging building at 11345 W. Century Circle for a new “Healing Center” and expansion of its Student Ministries for grades 6 to 12. The church, which raised about $12.8 million in a capital campaign this year earlier, paid $3.15 million for the building and surrounding five acres. CB Richard Ellis represented the seller, Neyer Properties. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070614/BIZ01/306140030 Symmes Twp: Loveland Trace Building Cincinnati, 6/8/07 Site plan McKinney Developers/Ray Murphy Homes are starting a 16-lot subdivision called Loveland Trace. The subdivision, on a cul-de-sac off of McKinney Road/West Loveland Avenue, will feature upscale housing at around $600,000 and up. (To be honest, I'm not exactly sure just where this will be located. I'm thinking just west of Glen Lake Road by Hidden Creek Park.) Two homes are currently listed: 3 Loveland Trace Ct, $699,900 16 Loveland Trace Ct, $589,900 Ray Murphy Homes project website WINDOWS LIVE BIRD'S EYE VIEW GOOGLE AERIAL MAP http://buildingcincinnati.blogspot.com/2007/06/symmes-twp-loveland-trace.html Park proposal heads to council Middletown Journal, 6/14/07 Although no 2nd Ward residents showed up for a public meeting Wednesday on the proposed revitalization of Douglass Park, the committee proposing improvements decided to move forward. Verlena Stewart, the city's community services director, said the Douglass Park Matters committee met with various community organizations and has received either written or verbal endorsements for the project. Plans include an all-accessible playground, an amphitheater, renovated basketball and tennis courts and re-engineered football, baseball and soccer fields. She said the park proposal will be presented Tuesday to Middletown City Council. "I'm enthusiastic about the project," Stewart said. Neighborhood honors activist Cincinnati Enquirer, 6/14/07 A neighborhood playground at Hatmaker and Burns streets will be officially renamed this morning to honor a neighborhood activist. The Oyler Playground will be renamed Ron Yocum Memorial Playground during an 11 a.m. dedication ceremony. Yocum grew up in Lower Price Hill, where he played baseball on the playground, worked with a community assistance organization and with the Cincinnati Recreation Commission. He was a Cincinnati firefighter. Yocum retired as a District Fire Chief in 2000 after a 25-year career. He was killed in a motorcycle crash in 2005 at age 53. Neighborhood residents requested that the playground be renamed in Yocum’s honor and the request was unanimously approved by the recreation commission, District Fire Chief Gary Scott said this morning.

From the 6/14/07 PD: Drug arrests focus on 2 dangerous street gangs Thursday, June 14, 2007 Mike Tobin Plain Dealer Reporter Federal and city officials are halfway through their Top 10 list of the most dangerous street gangs in Cleveland after police rounded up members of two more gangs Wednesday. "We're focusing on the most violent, dangerous gangs and going after them," said Special Agent Christopher Sadowski of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. ... To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: [email protected], 216-999-4128 http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1181810430292680.xml&coll=2

Link contains photos. From the 6/13/07 Blade: ACCUSED IN DETECTIVE'S SLAYING Jobe being held separately from adult prisoners Policy isolates juvenile inmates By CHRISTINA HALL BLADE STAFF WRITER Robert Jobe will be tried as an adult in the fatal shooting of a Toledo police vice detective, but the 15-year-old won't be spending time with the adult inmates in the Lucas County jail. And if he's convicted, he won't be with adult inmates in a state prison until he's 18 and maybe not until he's 21. The North Toledoan was booked into the county jail Monday after retired Lucas County Juvenile Court Judge James Ray ruled that the youth should be tried as an adult for aggravated murder in the Feb. 21 death of Detective Keith Dressel. ... More at: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070613/NEWS02/706130432

Skeptical alumni criticize trustees, pledge fight to keep campus open By Stephanie Irwin Gottschlich Staff Writer Thursday, June 14, 2007 YELLOW SPRINGS — Alumni of Antioch College were sad, skeptical and befuddled Wednesday following the news that their "mothership" was closing for at least four years because of financial problems. "It felt like one of those dreaded calls in the middle of the night when your worst fear about a beloved relative comes true," said Kenneth Sher, a professor in psychological sciences at University of Missouri and a 1975 graduate. The private liberal arts college announced Tuesday it will close in July 2008 due to lack of money and will try to find enough funds to reopen four years later. A small, $30 million endowment and heavy dependence on tuition revenue amid declining enrollment forced Antioch University trustees to close the college, trustees said. Amid the shock that rippled through alumni across the country came criticism of trustees' stewardship of the Antioch University system's flagship institution. Full story at http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/14/ddn061407antiochfolo.html

From the 6/14/07 Dispatch: Division clears officers in 2 North Side shootings Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:40 AM Two Columbus officers who shot suspects in separate incidents last year acted within division policy, a police board has found. The findings in the cases of officers Stanford Speaks, 38, and Larry Whitman, 30, came after internal reviews by the Firearms Board of Inquiry. Whitman, who joined the force in 2004, fatally shot Trae Darson in the parking lot of the Sunshine International Food Mart, 5880 North Meadows Blvd. on the North Side, on the evening of Aug. 30. Police said Whitman had been investigating a shots-fired report in the area when the officer approached a stopped vehicle. Darson got out with a gun in his hand, police said. Full story at http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007/06/14/POLICESHOOT.ART_ART_06-14-07_B4_QS7118G.html

Link contains a photo. From the 6/13/07 Pickerington Times-Sun: Residents adamant development plan not be amended By DAVID S. OWEN In an "open house" style meeting Thursday night in the Pickerington Senior Center residents of the Spring Creek Subdivision made it loud and clear to developers and their attorney what they do not want built at the southeast corner of Refugee and Milnor Roads. The meeting, which lasted more than 2 1/2 hours, was scheduled as the result of a public hearing which took place at a Violet Township Board of Trustees meeting May 16. More than 200 residents of the Spring Creek Subdivision came to Thursday's meeting and at first, sat quietly while attorney Rick Ricketts, who is representing the developer, Ambassador Development LLC, explained the issues surrounding the project. Ricketts said the developer would like to revise and amend the Springcreek development plan, created in 1996. The revision would remove some development restrictions from the original agreement. Full story at http://www.snponline.com/NEWS6-13/6-13_pkopenhouse.htm

Link contains a photo. From CityBeat, 6/13/07: News: Collaborate Some More City and ACLU agree to extend reform deal BY Kevin Osborne | Posted 06/13/2007 Cincinnati officials are calling it a "transition period" but no matter how it's spun, the landmark five-year reform deal that ended a class-action racial profiling lawsuit against the city's Police Department is being extended for another year. The deal, known as the Collaborative Agreement, was set to expire in August, and many city council members had hoped federal court oversight of the department would end at that time. After private discussions with a federal judge, however, city leaders and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) this month agreed to a partial extension to allow more time to implement new policing tactics called Community Problem Oriented Policing (CPOP). http://citybeat.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=139677

From the 6/14/07 Boone Community Recorder: Homes proposed near Longbranch BY PAUL MCKIBBEN | [email protected] BURLINGTON - A Union developer wants to build 51 homes near Longbranch Road in central Boone County. The proposed Cooper Place subdivision would be located on the northeast corner of the Longbranch Road and Kroth Lane intersection and on the southeast corner of the Kroth and KDK lanes intersection. J.J. Miller of Miller Developers said the homes would cost $250,000 to $400,000. The subdivision would probably be developed over a four- to five-year period. He said the subdivision would enhance property values. Read more here: http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20070614/NEWS01/706140301/

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From the 6/14/07 Blade: PHOTO: Sarkis David, who owns a sub shop and deli across the street from the Hotel Royal, is a supporter of the hostel project. ( THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT ) PHOTO: An artist's conception of what the hostel would look like. Toledo hostel slowed, not stopped by lack of funding By JC REINDL BLADE STAFF WRITER Bolted to the long vacant Hotel Royal near downtown Toledo, a weathered pair of signs with faded red lettering announce the future site of a travelers' hostel. The signs are now seven years old, and the grimy brick building with boarded-up windows at 337 Broadway still looks more like a rundown flophouse than a bright and cheery welcome lodge. After a much publicized beginning in the late 1990s, the project to transform the old hotel into the Toledo International Hostel/Guesthouse has been experiencing a slowdown. The hostel had missed anticipated opening dates since its 2000 ribbon-cutting because much of the money its supporters were anticipating never materialized, said Jerry Gill, president of the Toledo International Hostel/Guesthouse Corp., a nonprofit group that has been coordinating the project and raising funds. Yet the project has not been at a complete standstill, and proponents say it continues to inch forward. The all-ages hostel is to have 40 beds at rates starting around $20, and also would offer a four-bedroom guesthouse. More at http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070614/NEWS16/706140353/-1/RSS10

From the 6/14/07 Dayton Business Journal: Reports of Delphi deal surface Dayton Business Journal - 12:41 PM EDT Thursday, June 14, 2007 by Tracy Kershaw-Staley DBJ Staff Reporter News reports of a potential deal between Delphi Corp., General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers are circulating, but a local UAW leader said he hasn't heard anything. The Detroit News reported Thursday that the three parties are close to a deal that would provide a cash payout in exchange for lower hourly wages to bring Delphi out of bankruptcy. The program would be funded by GM (NYSE: GM), according to the report. Joe Buckley, president of UAW Local 696, which represents about 800 workers at Delphi's Needmore Road plant, said he hasn't been told anything about a potential deal. He expects that there's some truth in the report, but until he hears it from the UAW, he's not believing anything. ... E-mail tkershaw-staley@bizjournals. Call 528-4425. http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/06/11/daily19.html

From the 6/14/07 Lima News: Towering silos show progress at ethanol plant Bart Mills | [email protected] - 06.14.2007 PERRY TOWNSHIP — The landscape along Interstate 75 picked up its newest addition this week with the latest phase in the Greater Ohio Ethanol project. Crews have been working around the clock to build two, 150-foot silos that will be used to store grain used for the production of ethanol. Brian Holden, safety and health director on the project, said the crew was hired in from Minnesota to run the project. The job requires 65 workers a shift 24 hours a day to lay rebar and pour cement constantly. http://www.medina-gazette.com/Articles.asp?num=59806857

From the 6/14/07 Dispatch: GRAPHIC: Declining numbers Ohio quickly losing mortgage lenders New law, soft housing market the causes, experts say Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:43 AM By Mike Pramik THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH The number of licensed mortgage brokers and loan officers in Ohio has declined sharply since an anti-predatory-lending law went into effect in January. Last year, the Ohio General Assembly passed the Homebuyers' Protection Act to safeguard consumers against unscrupulous operators in the mortgage industry. The Ohio Department of Commerce said that since Jan. 1, the number of licensed loan officers in Ohio has dropped 18 percent to 7,302 and the number of mortgage brokerages has fallen 22 percent to 1,749. ... More at: http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/business/stories/2007/06/14/Mortgage_officers.ART_ART_06-14-07_C10_3O70VTA.html?type=rss&cat=7

From the 6/9/07 PD: Stores sell caps with East Side gang names New Era says they boost neighborhoods Saturday, June 09, 2007 Stan Donaldson Plain Dealer Reporter Community activists fighting to stop street violence see a new challenge in a line of baseball caps that carries names associated with neighborhoods, housing projects and gangs. Teens can buy the hats, made by New Era Cap, one of the nation's largest sports hat companies, in athletic stores such as The Finish Line at Richmond and Randall Park malls. ... To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: [email protected], 216-999-4885 http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/118137868857330.xml&coll=2

From the 6/5/07 PD: Community groups hope to quell gang violence Tuesday, June 05, 2007 Stan Donaldson Plain Dealer Reporter A brainstorming session between several inner-city community groups and police Monday could lead to a truce between rival street crews on the city's East Side. The gangs, such as the Trap Squad, Hough Harlem, D-Block, 7 Alls, Hough Heights and others in the St. Clair-Superior neighborhood, have been shooting at each other and robbing each other, leaving some residents uneasy. Representatives from Peace in the Hood Inc., a Partnership for a Safer Cleveland, the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority police and others met at the St. Clair-Superior Development Corp. building to figure out alternatives to stymie violent crimes. ... To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: [email protected] 216-999-4885 http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1181032626194430.xml&coll=2

From the 5/24/07 West Side Sun News: Extra eyes are watching Neighborhood programs help police keep area safe Thursday, May 24, 2007 By Carol Kovach West Side Sun News It's a warm spring evening. A few residents are taking a walk, while others are enjoying the cool breeze blowing through the open windows and doors. Suddenly, a car that sounds more like a jet roars down the street. Or, perhaps the quiet night is punctuated by the terrified screams of a frightened young woman. Maybe your neighbors returned from vacation to find someone broke into their home, or possibly an area church was vandalized. These are some instances in which a Neighborhood Watch program might prove useful, said Randy Dailey of the Cleveland Police Community Relations Unit. ... For more information on the June 12 meeting, call Hanna at (216) 664-6634. http://www.cleveland.com/sun/westsidesunnews/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1180025123256640.xml&coll=3