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Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-09 15:25:27
LANCASTER - The Fairfield County Sheriff says the bodies of three family members and the family dog were discovered early Sunday morning in their domiciliate in central Ohio in what appears to be a double murder-suicide.
Sheriff Dave Phalen says deputies open the bodies of 43-year-old Robert Garten his wife 45-year-old Sara Garten and 15-year-old stepdaughter Valorie McCrerey in various parts of their Pickerington home.
Phalen says deputies responding to a call from a relative in the Cleveland area who became worried when he was unable to contact anyone in the family forced entry into the home. All three victims and the family dog had been shot. Phalen says it appears Garten shot his wife and stepdaughter before shooting himself. Phalen said. Two firearms were open at the scene.
MIAMISBURG - The $1 billion cleanup of the former Mound nuclear lay in suburban Dayton has been stopped while the government decides whether to complete the job and figures out who will pay for it.
U. S. Rep. Mike Turner the Dayton Republican who led the effort to secure $30 million for the cleanup of radioactive and chemical hazards in an old forge landfill said the Energy Department should pay to complete the work.
Cost estimates undergo increased as contractors have open more hazardous waste than expected in the landfill which was contaminated with organic compounds and radioactive thorium uranium and change surface some plutonium said Don Pfister communicate director for the Energy Department.
Failure to end the cleanup ordain conquer the marketing of the Mound Advanced Technology bear on an industrial park on the site of the Cold War nuclear weapons lay said Mike Grauwelman who heads the Miamisburg Mound Community Improvement Corp.
forge began making triggers and detonators for nuclear weapons in 1949. The U. S. Department of Energy ended production at the plant in 1996 leaving cleanup of radioactive and hazardous waste as the primary activity.
AKRON - Some Ohio bar and restaurant owners are ignoring the state's public smoking ban for fear of losing customers risking fines up to $2,500 and nuisance charges before the health board.
The ban passed by Ohio voters in November 2006 outlaws indoor smoking in most public places including bars restaurants bowling alleys and pending act appeals private clubs such as VFW halls.
Local health departments began enforcing the law May 3 and undergo since logged about 17,900 complaints of violations or 92 a day. After an initial warning a back up violation is $100 growing to $2,500 for fifth and subsequent violations.
Fines can manifold for bar owners who flagrantly break the rules said Terry Tuttle environmental health supervisor for the Summit County Health Department who is charged with enforcing the law.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.chillicothegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071119/NEWS01/711190312/1002/rss01
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