ODDLY ENOUGH | Cleveland gets back stolen Superman marker

ODDLY ENOUGH

Cleveland gets back stolen Superman marker

CLEVELAND

Thieves have returned to a Cleveland neighborhood a historical marker that stood near the house where two high school classmates created the Superman character in 1933.

The executive director of the Glenville neighborhood’s development corporation, Tracey Kirksey, tells The Plain Dealer the undamaged marker was left outside a city fire station and found by police Monday morning. The marker honors Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

A saw was used to remove the aluminum plaque from atop a pole last month. Kirksey suspects thieves thought it was bronze and planned to sell it as scrap metal.

She says it will be stored until it can be remounted.

The city installed the plaque eight years ago, on the 65th anniversary of the 1938 release of “Action Comics” No. 1, in which Superman made his debut.

Police: Md. men pilfer antlers from Pa. NRA event

PITTSBURGH

Police are pointing at two exhibition workers in the theft of two massive sets of elk antlers after the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Pittsburgh.

Investigators say 46-year-old Gary Felts and 44-year-old Stephen Lee stole the antlers Sunday night while a vendor at the convention center waited to load a truck.

Police say the vendor reported the theft, and the men were detained on a sidewalk outside with the antlers, valued at more than $500,000.

Felts, of Joppa, Md., and Lee, of Cumberland, Md., were charged with theft and conspiracy and released on $5,000 bail. Phone listings for both men are disconnected. Police say they work for a Maryland-based expo company.

The antlers were returned to the Rexburg, Idaho-based exhibitor.

Pa. school district seeks a partner for the prom

GREENSBORO, Pa.

Wanted: A partner to share its prom.

A school district in the southwest corner of Pennsylvania fears it will have to cancel its prom plans because only 15 couples have signed up for the annual event. The Southeastern Greene School Board has decided to let its students attend the prom being sponsored by the nearby Carmichaels School District rather than charging a high price tag for its own prom at the Lakeview Resort in Morgantown, W.Va.

But the Herald-Standard of Uniontown is reporting that some students and their parents are not so certain their prom should be shared, even though it would mean paying less.

Instead, they think students should dance the night away at a less-fancy prom at a local fire hall.

Associated Press