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AVON LAKE When it comes to disaster relieffor the earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan,every little bit helps.
To that end, the members of Lake Shore UnitedMethodist Church, 33119 Electric Blvd., Avon Lake,are in the process of assembling health kits to besent to the survivors of the March 11 disaster.
The United Methodist Committee on Relief isasking United Methodists to provide the health kits.
Lake Shore is part of the Methodist system.
They are asking for our help during disasters likethe devastation in Japan, said Linda Below, direc-tor of Christian Education for Lake Shore UMC.
As a church, we feel we need to do somethinglocally. This is one way the kids can help, with asimple project, and feel that theyre making a dif-ference with the folks in Japan, said Below.
The kits, using sealed, one-gallon plastic bags,contain items such as towels and washcloths tosterile bandages and bar soap. They will be distrib-
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LORAIN Much to the elation of city offi-cials, Lorain saw a 13 percent drop in theoverall number of serious crimes in 2010.
In almost all categories were down, and al-most all are down double digits, said LorainSafety Director Phil Dore.
In the statistics from the police departmentprovided by Dore, the city had seven murders
in 2009 and only three in 2010. In that two-yearperiod, rapes decreased from 69 to 57, robber-ies from 165 to 147, felonious assault from 157to 145, burglaries from 1,076 to 778, auto theftsfrom 169 to 145, and larcenies dropped from1,532 to 1,485.
Dore credited the drop in crime to the drugand gang sweeps conducted by Lorain policebeginning in Feb. 2010.
Were tying in a lot of these decreases in
crime to the crackdown, he said. If you lookat a lot of these categories, a lot of those thingswe think are related to gang and drug activi-ties.
When you start to reduce your criminals intown, your related crimes are going to start de-creasing, he added.
Dore said an important method has been togo after repeat offenders.
Were keyed in on getting a lot of these guys
behind bars and off the streets, he said.He added he is constantly impressed as po-
lice are able to quickly identify key criminals intown, and therefore have an easier time findingevidence against them.
I am absolutely amazed by the knowledgethe police department and the detectives have,he said. They know wh o the key players are. Its
Crime decreases in LorainBy ADAM MAWSON
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SANDUSKY A former Perkins school districtteacher filed a $1.2 million lawsuit against PerkinsSuperintendent James Gunner and school boardmembers alleging harassment and discrimination
because of her age and her medical condition.Carol Smith, 72, began working with the Perkins
Local School District as a business teacher in thehigh school in September 1976. She was also ateacher at Briar Middle School. She was awardedtenure in 1980, the suit stated. During her time with
the district until Gunner had been hired in 2008,she had been an exemplary teacher and neverfaced disciplinary action, according to the suit.
In 1992, she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
Former Perkins teacher suing over loss of jobBy KeLLY MetZ
LORAIN A man accused ofmurder was returned to LorainThursday and po-lice are lookingfor a fourth manbelieved to be in-volved in thecrime.
Donzelle Cros-by, 20, of Lorain,was extraditedfrom the IndianaCounty, Pa. jail, to
Lorain City Jailwhere he wasbooked in on warrants for aggra-vated murder and aggravatedrobbery.
The warrants for Crosbys arrestwere issued after the March 1 shoot-ing death of Jason Smith, 28.
Smith was found by police in thedriveway near 511 W. 17th St., wherehe had been shot after a robbery, ac-cording to Lorain police DetectiveBuddy Sivert. Smith was taken toMercy Regional Medical Centerwhere he died.
Jeremy Brown, 21, of Lorain wasarrested shortly after Smiths deathat a Lorain Drive home. His bondwas set at $500,000 and he remainsat Lorain County jail on charges ofaggravated robbery and aggravated
murder, according to court records.Aaron Rodriguez, 20, of Lorain,turned himself in to police the fol-lowing day, but has not beencharged. Sivert said he remains un-der investigation by police.
After the shooting, Crosby fled thearea until being arrested by Penn-sylvania State Police March 11 nearBlairsville, Pa. Police received a tipthat led them to Crosby, according
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