Saturday, July 31, 2010
Laid-off Cleveland teachers to be recalled
CLEVELAND
Teachers in Cleveland have ratified a new contract that will allow the district to recall many of the roughly 650 union members who were laid off last month.
The three-year deal won 82 percent approval in voting that ended Wednesday. It reflects an estimated $17 million in concessions, including the elimination of paid training days and higher out-of-pocket costs for health care.
The recalls are expected to begin in mid-August.
The contract could be revisited in the second or third years if the school system projects a deficit of more than $5 million or receives more than $5 million in new money that could go toward teacher wages and benefits.
Ex-Rep. Netzley dies
DAYTON
Former state Rep. Robert Netzley, who served 40 years in the Ohio House, has died. He was 87.
Netzley, of Laura, was elected in 1960 and served until 2000 — what the House says is longer than any other member in its history.
House GOP leader William G. Batchelder, R-Medina, says Ohio has lost one its greatest legislators in Netzley.
Batchelder says Netzley was a courageous leader who was dedicated to the conservative philosophy.
Teen missing after diving off cliff
DRUMORE, Pa.
The search has resumed for a teenager who went missing after diving off a cliff and into the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania State Police say the teenager was diving off a cliff with friends in southern Lancaster County around 6 p.m. Thursday. Officials say he never resurfaced.
Dive teams were called in to search the water, and canines were searching on the ground Thursday.
The search resumed around noon Friday.
The incident happened at a popular gathering spot near the Ferncliff Wildflower and Wildlife Preserve, where the 20- to 30-foot cliffs offer dramatic views of the river.
Pa. man guilty 3rd time for ’97 killing of rival
CLEARFIELD, Pa.
A central Pennsylvania man has been convicted for a third time of killing his teenage romantic rival in 1997.
A Clearfield County judge immediately sentenced 28-year-old Andrew Callahan to life in prison after Thursday’s verdict.
The Pennsylvania Superior Court had overturned Callahan’s two previous convictions in the killing of 16-year-old Micah Pollock on Nov. 5, 1997. The appeals court cited improper jury instructions in both decisions.
Callahan and Pollock were classmates at Glendale High School in Flinton, about 90 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
Callahan has claimed a gun accidentally discharged while the two were hunting. But prosecutors say Callahan killed Pollock over jealousy that Pollock was dating Callahan’s ex-girlfriend.
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