4 1 Metro The Plain Dealer Breaking news: cleveland.com Thursday, April 2, 2009 GLOBAL VILLAGE Inventors Hall of Fame cites innovations of immigrants When it celebrates Cleveland. Alin Rosca, the spirit of invention an international lawnext month, Akron's yer and an immigrant National Inventors from Bucharest, was Hall of Fame will qui- recently appointed etly acknowledge a lit- Romania's honorary tle-known facet of consul in Ohio. American innovation: Robert L. Rosca will assist Seven of the 16 people Smith longtime honorary being honored as great consul general George American inventors Dobrea, 85, who is reare immigrants. linquishing some of his The class of 2009 inductees, As honorary consul, Rosca focused on the people who pio- serves some diplomatic duties neered high technology, in- but will mostly promote busicludes inventors from Egypt, ness ties between Ohio and RoChina, Switzerland, the Nethermania.
lands, Korea and Canada. ReNortheast Ohio's Romanianceiving a lifetime achievement award will be Andy Grove, the American community, estiHungarian-born co-founder of mated at 25,000, is one of the Intel Corp. largest and oldest in America. The class also includes the late Robert Widlar, a Cleveland- Ethnic spring break: A tasting born wizard of integrated cir- of Hungarian wines from 6 to 9 cuitry, and Larry Hornbeck, a p.m. Friday at Colonial Beversilicon-chip genius who earned age in Chesterland will support his doctorate at Case Western the restoration of the HungarReserve University.
ian Cultural Garden in CleveOnly U.S. patent holders are land and celebrate the season. considered for the hall in down- "Spring Fling II" is one of sevtown Akron, so many visitors eral weekend events timed for expect to find a shrine to native- spring and infused with culture. born inventors, said spokes- The fifth annual Fiesta Latina woman Rini Paiva. will bring salsa music, dance But increasingly, immigrants troupes and Latino food to the are creating the products that 1-X Indoor Amusem*nt Park on gain patents, much as they did Saturday a and Sunday.
Fulatino in Northeast Ohio in the early plays Saturday night. 1900s. You'll find Easter breads, "Especially in recent years, apple strudel and dumplings for you do a lot of foreign-born lot sale Saturday at the Spring Holsee inventors," Paiva said. "A of iday Sale of Sokol Greater Clevethem come from overseas as land, 10 a.m. to noon at the Bostudents.
And you do find they want to stay." hemian National Hall, 4939 The induction gala is Satur- Broadway. day, May 2, at the Computer Warm waffles, hot coffee and History Museum in California's Scandinavian culture will be Silicon Valley. It marks the first served up Sunday by the Nobeltime since 1990, when the hall Monitor Lodge of the Swedish of fame came to Akron, that the Vasa. The Swedish Kaffe Stuga inductions will be held in an- (coffee house) runs from 2:30 to other city. Learn more at 4:30 p.m.
at the Ross DeJohn invent.org. Community Center in Mayfield Heights. Our man from Bucharest: There's a new voice for the na To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: tion of Romania in Greater 216-999-4024. HONORED Eye doctor heads medical association Dr. Roy H.
Thomas, an Elyria ophthalmologist, has been elected president of the Ohio State Medical Association for 2009-10. His predecessors include his brother, John, and father, Robert. Thomas was born in Elyria and has practiced at the Elyria Eye Clinic since 1985. To submit candidates for Honored, e-mail Thomas information to fax it to 216-999-6374, or mail it to Honored, Plain Dealer Plaza, 1801 Superior Cleveland 44114. Include your name, address, telephone number and a photograph.
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He has been in jail accident. His lawyer, Mark ton, told the court that twice been unable to complete cohol rehabilitation and that drinking cost last job and damaged his riage. Sides was convicted drunken driving in 1987. Grebe's family and former workers from the drugstore in Rocky River her in the courtroom. Sherry Witt told the court coholism was a part of their ily and they understand that Sides and others PHOTOGRAPHS BYGUS CHIAN I THEPLAIN DEALER from her sister, Sherry Witt, after the sentencing of David Sides.
Grebe after Sides hit her while driving drunk. sentenced to prison Woman's legs amputated after crash PATRICK O'DONNELL Plain Dealer Reporter A drunken driver who smashed into a Strongsville woman, costing her both her legs, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison. David Sides, 47, of Westlake, must also pay Andrea Grebe $500,000 in restitution. The sentence was the maximum for the offense of aggravated vehicular assault. Grebe's car broke down lat a red light on Center Ridge Road in Westlake just before noon Dec.
4. As she went to her trunk for jumper cables, Sides' car smashed into hers from behind, pinning her between the two vehicles. Sides had a blood-alcohol level of 0.169 percent, or more than twice the state's 0.08 percent limit for drivers. Grebe, 46, had both legs amputated above the knee. She came to Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday in an electric wheelchair and told Judge Nancy McDonnell that she relies on her two daughters, ages 26 and 21, to take care of her.
Grebe and her family as well as Sides and his lawyer spoke as much about the dangers and consequences of drunken driving as they did about the case. "I just wish all those who drink and drive would realize how fast they can lose everything," Grebe said in court. Sides apologized for the pain he caused. He and his lawyer asked that alcohol treatment be part of his prison term. "I certainly don't deserve her forgiveness," Sides said of Grebe.
"I hope people out there understand that you just can't test fate." Sides pleaded no contest on Feb. 23 to two charges of vehicu- charges of since the StanSides has alprograms him his mar- of COWalgreens joined Sister that alfam- it but need to know the dangers of drunken driving. Grebe spent three months at MetroHealth Medical Center before being released March 3. She wants to move to an apartment in North Royalton that has doors wide enough for her wheelchair David Sides cries during his sentencing on Wednesday, when he was sentenced to five years in to pass through. She sleeps in a bed in her living room and has to use a portable commode there because doors are too narrow.
Her lawyer, Earl Ghaster, is pursuing a claim against Sides' insurance company. An aid account in her name has been set up through KeyBank. To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: 216-999-4818 D'Ambrosio lawyers, prosecutors face off Evidence in 1989 murder case at issue PETER Krouse Plain Dealer Reporter It was lawyers grilling lawyers in U.S. District Judge Kate O'Malley's courtroom Wednesday. Who knew what? And when did they know it? The subject was four pieces of physical evidence in the capital murder case of Joe D'Ambrosio.
The result of the hearing, which will continue today, will determine whether the state will retry D'Ambrosio in the murder of Tony Klann 21 years ago. D'Ambrosio's 1989 conviction was overturned in 2006 after O'Malley ruled that the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office withheld evidence that could have exonerated D'Ambrosio. O'Malley gave the county until last month to either try D'Ambrosio again or set him free. Questions again arose about withholding evidence as the March 10 deadline approached. D'Ambrosio's lawyers said they weren't told early enough about four evidence envelopes at the Cleveland Police Department.
They asked Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Joan Synenberg for more time to conduct additional testing on evidence in the envelopes. Synenberg agreed and rescheduled the trial for May. But O'Malley must extend her retrial deadline for the case to go forward. Among, the evidence to be tested were blood samples from D'Ambrosio's apartment. Both sides later learned the blood samples were not in the envelope and are believed to have been destroyed years ago.
Other evidence included soil taken from Doan Brook and from the pickup truck of a D'Ambrosio co-defendant. The defense says the fact that the soil did not contain blood supports D'Ambrosio's theory that Klann was killed elsewhere and his body dumped in Doan Brook. Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Mark Mahoney testified that his office complied with its legal obligation to hand over evidence to the defense by turning over an electronic database of information from the trial of a Transportation budget passes final muster COLUMBUS With Ohio's economy reeling, the state's biennial transportation budget took on a new urgency before lawmakers passed the final version Wednesday. The measure creates jobs through federal stimulus projects and provides extra unemployment benefits to thousands of laid-off workers. Lawmakers sent the $7.6 billion transportation bill to the desk of Gov.
Ted Strickland after a pair of votes in the Ohio legislature. The AARON MARSHALL Plain Dealer Bureau Democratic governor signed the bill which was chock full of the usual road-paving projects into law Wednesday night. But also tucked among the bill's provisions were goodies added after the federal stimulus bill was signed into law Feb. 17, including $775 million in road and bridge construction projects as well as extra unemployment and health-care benefits for Ohio's swelling ranks of the unemployed. "Our action today will create jobs and position the state for future prosperity," said Rep.
Matt Szollosi of Oregon, the second-highest-ranking House Democrat. "This plan is good for Ohio. It is the result of compromise and unity of purpose." In Northeast Ohio, $200 million in federal stimulus money will be used for the Inner Belt Bridge project and $20 million will go to the proposed Opportunity Corridor on Cleveland's East Side. While the transportation budget compromise easily passed both the House and Senate, 29 House Republicans and a pair of GOP senators voted against the measure. Fee increases in a number of areas designed to help pay for public safety and Highway Patrol forces most upset conservatives.
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20. He did so, he said, to be cautious. He said it was the appearance of the envelopes and the descriptions on them, not the actual evidence inside, that he felt the need to share. To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: 216-999-4128 "Now is not the right time in Ohio to incur over $100 million in new taxes and fees," said Rep. Bill Coley, a Cincinnati Republican.
A proposal to raise vehicle registration fees by $5.75 was turned back by Republicans. Another bone of contention for Republicans passed, however, despite questions about its cost. A $250 million conventional-speed passenger rail project connecting Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati survived the budget battle. Democrats worry that any delay would harm Ohio's ability to compete for an $8 billion pot of stimulus money for passenger rail. HAPPENING NASA hosts tours You can tour a different NASA Glenn Research Center test facility once a month starting Saturday and continuing through Oct.
4. The free tours will start at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. The first tour will feature the Ares I-X Manufacturing Facility. Some of the upcoming tours include the Aero Acoustic Propulsion Laboratory on May 16; the Flight Research Building on June and the former Apollo facilities on July 18.
Tours start at the Visitor Center auditorium, NASA Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, Brook Park. You can call 216-433-9653 to register up to a month ahead. Visitors must I be U.S. citizens, and adults must show photo identification. 1 Lost and Rewards LO WE.
