Monday, September 29, 2014
“I hope he will be remembered as someone who fought for his people and his community.”
Samantha Vecchione of Boardman, on the death of former U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. on Saturday
“He was colorful and grossly misunderstood because of his demeanor and gregariousness.”
Pam Richnafsky of New Lyme Township, on death of Traficant
“We have no choice because if we don’t destroy them first, we’re going to pay the price.”
U.S. Rep. John Boehner, D-Ohio, when asked on Sunday’s “ABC This Week” whether U.S. ground troops will be needed to fight terrorists in Syria and Iraq
“This will be our largest assembly plant thus far in employment, production capacity and area, a fact which bespeaks our confidence in northeastern Ohio as one of the nation’s expanding industrial and marketing areas.”
T.H. Keating, former General Motors manager about plans for constructing the Lordstown GM plant in 1956. Today marks the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking for the complex.
“The college community is pleased to report these improvements in enrollment, and we are especially pleased that the fall retention rate increased by 12 percent.”
Laura Meeks, Eastern Gateway Community College president, on news of a 9-percent increase in enrollment there this fall