SECTION B, PAGE 2 THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO t SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2004 City off icials to visit Philadelphia stores B O R D E R L A N D Go alpost electrocution Toledo city officials are flying The city will reimburse both “ These stores would be of the tance to Far mer Jack to stay. i n d a n g e r o f b e i n g l o s t . case will be appealed to Philadelphia today to inspect for their $399 round-tr ip fare, size and quality of the Toledo Both market groups are owned Spending $400 to maybe br ing two stores operated by Food & M r . S e a t o n a n d M r . stores, par ticularly the one on by the Great Atlantic & Pacific A decision that dismissed the a million dollars back to Toledo remaining defendants in a Dr ug Basics, a chain that is Kapszukiewicz said. Two com- Cherr y [Street], which is our Tea Co. based in Montvale, N.J. is a pretty good tradeoff.” consider ing a $1 million invest- munity representatives — Kath- m o s t p re s s i n g c o n c e r n , ” M r. “ T h e r e i s a s u b s t a n t i a l wrongful-death lawsuit for an Two weeks ago, Far mer Jack ment in Toledo. leen Kovacs, executive director Seaton said. The stores that are amount of money at stake, and incident in 1999 in which two teenagers were killed at The discount food chain is of Neighbor hoods In Par tner- slated to close are at 2630 West they want the community to announced plans to conver t 10 Maumee High School has been consider ing taking over three s h i p c o m m u n i t y g r o u p, a n d Laskey Rd., 2150 South Byr ne w e l c o m e t h e m , ” M r. S e a t o n of 13 Far mer Jack Food Markets appealed to the Ohio 6th Dis- Far mer Jack Food Markets and W i l l i e W i l l i a m s o f Wa r r e n - Rd., and 1707 Cherr y. said. i n Mi c h i g a n t o Fo o d Ba s i c s tr ict Cour t of Appeals. already has obtained city per- Sher man Area Council — also Far mer Jack would not dis- Mr. Kapszukiewicz said: “ The stores by early Apr il. Attor neys representing the mits to switch the signs. will make the tr ip, with their close its plans for its stores in most impor tant goal here is to Food Basics says it offers a estate of Dominic Hess Steve Seaton, the director of fares to be picked up by Food & Holland, Perr ysburg, and Sylva- make sure the central city has va r i e t y o f f re s h , h i g h - q u a l i t y appealed the decision by Lucas e c o n o m i c a n d c o m m u n i t y Dr ug Basics. nia. access to a full-ser vice grocer y produce, meat, and poultr y, the County Common Pleas Cour t development, and City Coun- M r. S e a t o n s a i d t h e f o o d Mr. Seaton said there have store. That is my No. 1 pr ior ity m o s t p o p u l a r n a t i o n a l - b ra n d Judge Patr ick Foley. c i l m a n Wa d e K a p s z u k i e w i c z chain’s president, Earl Weisser t, b e e n n o d i s c u s s i o n s a b o u t being a par t of this tr ip.” Mr. Hess died of electr ical grocer ies, as well as seafood planned to spend about four wants to show city officials two incentives. Mayor Jack Ford on He d e f e n d e d t h e c i t y- p a i d shock in June, 1999, when he h o u r s i n P h i l a d e l p h i a a n d stores that are similar to the Jan. 15 said the city would con- tr ip. “ We’re talking about hun- and baked goods, with 100 per- and two other men, one of retur n in the after noon. three Far mer Jack stores. sider providing financial assis- dreds of jobs in our city that are cent self-ser vice. whom also was killed, moved a por table goal post and str uck electr ical lines at the high school. The goal post str uck a GRADING MICHIGAN SCHOOLS 7,200-volt wire, killing Mr. Hess Grades and Wesley Shook, both 19 and Under President Bush's 2002 No Child Left Behind Act, all public and charter schools must make "adequate yearly progress" by seasonal employees for the Continued from Page 1 meeting specific educational benchmarks or face sanctions that could eventually force a school to close. A school receives the school distr ict. designation if 95 percent or more of its students take the Michigan proficiency test, if elementary and middle schools have an 85 Judge Foley dismissed Ravlin. “ You need to peel away percent or higher attendance rate, and if they have an 80 percent or higher graduation rate. A school can fail if its test results in Howard K ing, who was the the layer that is the grade and math or English are below state standards. teenagers’ super visor, and then you look at where in there Mar ty Gilman, Inc., the manu- is the area that needs improve- In addition, Michigan gives a letter grade of A to F to all public and charter schools. Sixty-seven percent of a school's grade is facturer of the goal posts, as ment.” based on its students' proficiency test scores. The remainder of the grade is determined by 11 learning indicators including fami- defendants. The school distr ict, The Adequate Yearly Progress ly participation, continuous improvement, professional development, and student attendance. which also was named as a repor ts are a result of the No defendant in the complaint, Child Left Behind Act signed County District Name School Grade Make AYP? Why did not make AYP? AYP Phase was dismissed from the lawsuit into law by President Bush in Monroe Bedford Public Schools Douglas Road Elementary School A Yes 0 in September. 2002. To achieve a positive AYP Bedford Public Schools Jackman Road Elementary School B Yes 0 designation, schools must meet Bedford Public Schools Monroe Road Elementary School No Grade Yes 0 Robbery suspect charged target goals in each of 10 sub- Bedford Public Schools Smith Road Elementary School C Yes 0 with attempted murder groups that are based on race, Bedford Public Schools Temperance Road Elementary School A Yes 0 disabilities, and wealth. If one Bedford Public Schools Bedford Junior High School B Yes 0 A Toledo man was charged s t u d e n t s u b g r o u p d o e s n o t Bedford Public Schools Bedford Senior High School B Yes 0 yesterday with one count each m e e t i t s g o a l , t h e e n t i r e Dundee Community Schools Dundee Middle School C Yes 0 of attempted murder, felonious building is considered as not Dundee Community Schools Dundee Community High School C Yes 0 assault, and aggravated robber y making AYP. Ida Public School District Ida Elementary School C Yes 0 following a bungled robber y A school also will not achieve Ida Public School District Ida Middle School B No One or more sub-group failed 0 dur ing which a store clerk was the federal rating if at least 95 Ida Public School District Ida High School C Yes 0 wounded in the ear and neck by a bullet. percent of the students do not Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe) Mason Central Elementary School C No One or more sub-group failed 2 Raymond Toda, 30, of 1079 t a k e t h e s t a t e’s s t a n d a rd i z e d Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe) Mason Junior High School B No One or more sub-group failed 4 Utah St. was being held in the test; there is less than an 85 Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe) Mason Senior High School C Yes 0 Lucas County Jail pending percent attendance rate at the Monroe Public Schools Christiancy Elementary School B Yes 0 arraignment in Toledo Munic- elementar y or middle schools, Monroe Public Schools Custer Elementary School B No One or more sub-group failed 0 ipal Cour t. or if a high school has less than Monroe Public Schools Hollywood Elementary School B Yes 0 an 80 percent graduation rate. A masked gunman entered Monroe Public Schools Lincoln Elementary School C No Poor math and English 3 A school also can fail to gain an Wag’s Par ty Store, 422 Steadman Monroe Public Schools Manor Elementary School B Yes 0 AYP rating if its test results in St. in East Toledo, about 8:10 Monroe Public Schools Raisinville Elementary School C Yes 0 math or English are below state p.m. Jan. 24, pointed a gun at Monroe Public Schools Riverside Elementary School No Grade Yes 0 standards. the clerk, demanded money, If a school does not achieve Monroe Public Schools South Monroe Townsite Elementary School No Grade Yes 0 fired a shot, and fled empty- AYP for two consecutive years Monroe Public Schools Waterloo Elementary School B Yes 0 handed. The clerk, David or longer, it faces a var iety of Monroe Public Schools Cantrick Middle School C No One or more sub-group failed 0 Dawod, 43, was wounded, c o n s e q u e n c e s r a n g i n g f r o m Monroe Public Schools Monroe Middle School C No One or more sub-group failed 0 police said. giving parents the choice to Monroe Public Schools Monroe High School B No Poor math and English 0 s e n d t h e i r c h i l d t o a n o t h e r New Bedford Academy New Bedford Academy No Grade Yes 0 $50,000 cash bond set school in the distr ict to closing Summerfield School District Summerfield Elementary School C Yes 0 for ex-Woodmore co ach the building and reopening it Summerfield School District Summerfield Middle School B Yes 0 as a char ter school. There are Summerfield School District Summerfield High School C Yes 0 PORT CLINTON — A for mer four different phases of sanc- Whiteford Agricultural Schools Whiteford Elementary School A Yes 0 Woodmore High School wres- tions. Whiteford Agricultural Schools Whiteford Middle School A Yes 0 tling coach made his initial Mason Middle School Pr in- Whiteford Agricultural Schools Whiteford High School C Yes 0 appearance yesterday in Ottawa c i p a l To m Mc Ga r r y s a i d h i s Lenawee Adrian City School District Alexander Elementary School B Yes 0 County Common Pleas Cour t staff and students were cele- Adrian City School District Garfield Elementary School D-Alert No One or more sub-group failed 0 on 23 felony charges stemming b ra t i n g a b i t ye s t e rd a y a f t e r Adrian City School District Lincoln Elementary School C No Not enough students tested 0 from claims of soliciting sex receiving their overall B grade Adrian City School District McKinley Elementary School C No Poor math 4 from six high school girls, ages f r o m t h e s t a t e . B u t a fi f t h Adrian City School District Michener Elementary School D-Alert No Poor math and English 3 14 to 16. s t r a i g h t y e a r o f f a i l i n g t o Adrian City School District Drager Middle School D-Alert No One or more sub-group failed 2 Magistrate Br uce Winters improve in one small subgroup Adrian City School District Springbrook Middle School D-Alert No One or more sub-group failed 0 ordered John Bedford, 43, of the distr ict’s economically Adrian City School District Adrian High School C No One or more sub-group failed 0 Woodville, held on $50,000 cash disadvantaged students has put Blissfield Community Schools South Elementary School B Yes 0 bond. his entire school in line for stiff Blissfield Community Schools Blissfield High School B Yes 0 Mr. Bedford, who coached sanctions. Deerfield Public Schools Deerfield Public School No Grade Yes 0 the varsity boys team, is “I don’t look at it like we’re Hudson Area Schools Lincoln Elementary School C Yes 0 charged with 21 counts of com- failing,” Mr. McGarr y said. “I Hudson Area Schools Hudson Middle School B Yes 0 pelling prostitution. He also see how dedicated our staff is Hudson Area Schools Hudson Area High School B Yes 0 faces two counts of dissemi- and how hard they’re working. I Madison School District (Lenawee) Madison Elementary School B Yes 0 nating mater ial har mful to juve- know ever ybody’s in the same Madison School District (Lenawee) Madison Middle School No Grade Yes 0 niles for allegedly showing por- position in the state, and now Madison School District (Lenawee) Madison High School C Yes 0 nographic videos to two of the it’s up to us to deter mine what Tecumseh Public Schools Patterson Elementary School C Yes 0 girls. to do.’’ Tecumseh Public Schools Sutton Elementary School C Yes 0 In Michigan, the Adequate Tecumseh Public Schools Tecumseh Acres Elementary School C Yes 0 B owling Green burglar Ye a r l y P r o g re s s i s c o m b i n e d Tecumseh Public Schools Tecumseh Middle School B No One or more sub-group failed 0 gets 17 months in prison with other standards to com- Tecumseh Public Schools Tecumseh High School C No One or more sub-group failed 0 BOWLING GREEN — A man pute the final grades that were SOURCE: Michigan Department of Education THE BLADE who’s been convicted of break- released yesterday. ins at area churches and homes The major ity of the grade is a grade of D-Aler t. There were Monroe has had a policy of education officials weren’t sur- feel considerable pressure [to made up of how well students 2,226 schools that received an i n t e g ra t i n g s p e c i a l e d u c a t i o n p r i s e d t o s e e s t a t e w i d e t h a t a c h i e v e AY P ] , a n d w e m a y has been sentenced to pr ison. scored on the state’s standard- A, B, or, C letter grade and students into the general stu- s c h o o l s i n p o o re r n e i g h b o r - come to see distr icts begin to Judge Alan Mayberr y of Wood County Common Pleas Cour t i z e d t e s t s — t h e M i c h i g a n a n o t h e r 1 , 1 4 3 s c h o o l s t h a t dent population as much as hoods tended to per for m worse backslide on that,” Dr. Hughes this week ordered Glen P. Myers, E d u c a t i o n a l A s s e s s m e n t Pr o - received no grade at all for possible, but those children’s t h a n t h o s e i n m o re a f f l u e n t said. 33, of Bowling Green, to a 17- gram exams. The grade also va r i o u s re a s o n s s u c h a s t h e scores kept some of Monroe’s areas. In Adr ian, about 40 percent takes into consideration year- school being too small or too buildings from achieving AYP. But, he said, other schools month pr ison sentence on a of the distr ict’s student popula- burglar y conviction. Myers also to-year progress on the tests as new or having test scores on “It’s really difficult as an edu- that failed to achieve Adequate tion receives free or reduced- appeal. There are a total of cator when you tr y to do the Yearly Progress may have been received 11 months each for well as areas of self-assessment. cost lunches — an indicator of 3,472 buildings in Michigan. r ight thing ever y day and you’re h i n d e r e d b y l o n g s t a n d i n g theft and receiving stolen prop- S c h o o l s t h a t r e c e i v e a n t h e n u m b e r o f e c o n o m i c a l l y overall composite grade A, B, or M. Chr istine Butler, assistant held accountable for things you effor ts to “mainstream” men- er ty. The sentences are to be d i s a d v a n t a g e d s t u d e n t s. A n d C will be accredited. Schools super intendent for elementar y can’t control. It’s like telling you tally or physically handicapped ser ved concurrently. that receive a D-Aler t grade will education with Monroe Public that you have to swim 10 laps students into general student about 20 percent of the student Myers was caught on Aug. 8 b e a c c r e d i t e d c o n d i t i o n a l l y. Schools, said the distr ict con- when you haven’t lear ned to populations and the pressure to p o p u l a t i o n i s H i s p a n i c . M r. breaking into St. Aloysuis a n d s c h o o l s t h a t re c e i v e F - tinues to make progress on test swim yet,” Mrs. Butler said. achieve may force local educa- Ravlin said his staff likely will Church in Bowling Green. At the summar y grades will be unac- scores and other factors but Dr. Jeremy Hughes, chief aca- tors to rethink those decisions, be focusing on the data, espe- time, author ities said he had a credited. that some aspects used to com- demic officer-deputy super in- regardless of their other bene- cially as it relates to these two purse from Bowling Green State St a t e w i d e, 9 s c h o o l s w e re pute AYP are almost beyond the t e n d e n t f o r t h e M i c h i g a n fits. g r o u p s , m o r e i n t e n t l y t h a n University. He was also in pos- unaccredited and 94 were given c o n t r o l o f l o c a l e d u c a t o r s . Depar tment of Education, said “Many of them are likely to before. session of a stolen credit card. Judge Mayberr y told Myers that he had failed at ever y pro- gram ordered through the entirely on its own that it would H e r c l a s s m a t e s f r o m cour ts, failed at probation and use the money to pay off cer- McTigue watched her broad- community control, and failed Cavista t a i n c h e c k s a n d i t s l o a n t o Panama cast via satellite on a large Citizens at halfway houses. He said the screen at the Main librar y. only thing left was pr ison. Continued from Page 1 Cavista,” the br ief said. Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 T h e f o r g e r y c o n v i c t i o n “ S h e w a s n’t j u s t t a l k i n g Port Clinton man, 39, sufficient admissible evidence s t e m m e d f r o m B e r g s m a r k ’s The Blade earlier this week. about it. She was living it,” Chalasani. p r e s e n t e d a t t r i a l a n d t h e prepar ing a phony lease for an It’s been par t of the study of said her cousin, Sara Hines, Italy — Annunziata Violi. accused of raping girl a n o t h e r M c T i g u e e i g h t h “manifest weight” of the evi- apar tment in West Toledo that the “brown food web,” or the J a m a i c a — G e r a l d i n e P h i l s e a PORT CLINTON — A Por t g r a d e r w h o a t t e n d e d t h e dence did not suppor t the con- Thurston used as a r use to life cycle that lives on decay, Lawrence. Clinton man was arraigned yes- b r o a d c a s t . “Sh e’s s m a r t . It victions. satisfy a job requirement estab- she explained. Jordan terday in Ottawa County helps me want to lear n more — Issam Samir Faza, The appeal said Bergsmark l i s h e d by t h e n - M a y o r C a r t y Us i n g p r o b e s a n d o t h e r Husam Muhsen, and Dergham Ridi. Common Pleas Cour t on about science.” d i d n o t p e r s o n a l l y s i g n o r Finkbeiner. Jason-provided gadgets, she Laos — Boualay Vilaisack. charges of rape and attempted deliver the checks paid to the measured the tree’s tempera- Another classmate, V ictor T h e a p p e a l s a i d t h e l e a s e Mexico — Martha Elena Cas- rape involving a girl under 13. real estate agents as commis- signed by Thurston was valid ture, recorded its pH, humid- D o l e , s a i d s e e i n g t h e Frank Mack, 39, was being r e s e a r c h i n r e a l - t i m e — taneda, Alfredo Rafael Medellin, Eloy sions for the sales of proper ty, and that Thurston, according to ity, and oxygen levels. held in the Ottawa County Anna-Stacia and others col- Cervantes-Suarez, and Raul Car- and he didn’t actually know his own testimony, would have By her sixth full day, the denas Escobar. Detention Facility on $50,000 l e c t i n g l e a f s a m p l e s , f o r KeyBank would not honor the moved into the unit and paid monotony began to unravel cash bond, set by Magistrate e x a m p l e — b ro u g h t h o m e Pakistan — Manzoor Un Nissa checks. rent if Mayor Finkbeiner had her patience. Lughmani. Br uce Winters in Ottawa County T h e c h e c k s t o a g e n t s “I’m having fun here, but I the science lessons he’s had pressed him on it. Philippines — Wilma Manlapez Common Pleas Cour t. bounced in December, 2001, as need contact with the out- in the classroom. Thurston, a co-defendant in Aldrich I, Carlel Baldefiera Manlapez, Mr. Mack was arrested Thurs- B e r g s m a r k’s b u s i n e s s e m p i re side world,” she said. “I’ve “ You can see it, and you the case, was convicted of false and Glorria B. Manlapez. day, the same day a grand jur y was str uggling to keep finan- b e e n w i t h t h e s a m e 1 4 c a n p i c t u re yo u r s e l f d o i n g indicted him. registration and illegal voting. Poland — Eva Jablonski. c i a l l y a fl o a t a n d a re a b a n k s people the whole week.” it,” he said. “It’s real when The alleged rape, purpor ted were demanding that he repay He w a s s e n t e n c e d by Ju d g e Yesterday she and her clip- you can see your fr iend out R u s s i a — N i k o l a i N i k o l a e v i c h to have occurred between Dec. Modyanov. millions of dollars in loans. McDonald to 30 days in the board were par t of a group in there doing it.” 1, 2001, and Apr il, 2002, was The appeal said Bergsmark regional jail. t h e “ f o r e s t u n d e r s t o r y , ” Still, it hasn’t been all work Taiwan — Victor Chuan Yiun Lin. repor ted initially to the Depar t- discussed the overdraft situa- John Weglian, chief of the e x a m i n i n g t h e p a t t e r n s for Anna-Stacia in Panama. Thailand — Salinee Kerdlarp. ment of Job and Family Ser v- tion with bank officials, but dis- s p e c i a l u n i t s d i v i s i o n o f t h e insects left on leaves when There are tr ips to local vil- Turkey — Yakup Maras. ices. If convicted of rape, he cussions were not held specifi- county prosecutor’s office, said they ate them. It was par t of lages, a butter fly garden, and U n i t e d K i n g d o m — E d w a r d could be sentenced to manda- c a l l y a b o u t t h e c o m m i s s i o n a motion in opposition to the the lesson of the day : what a s w i m m i n g p o o l a t t h e Thomas Ward I, Jayantilal Maniphai tor y life in pr ison. The checks. appellate br ief will be filed in a effect do plant-eating bugs n e a r b y G a n d o a R a i n f o r e s t P a t e l , a n d K u s u m b e n J a y a n t i l a l attempted rape charge carr ies a “ K e y B a n k d e t e r m i n e d timely fashion. have on a forest? Resor t hotel. Patel. 10-year-sentence.