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Published July 29, 2009
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Firefighter grill-off
Firefighters from Rocky River and Fairview Park faced off in a cook-off contest July 22 at the Westgate Chic-fil-A to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Left: Fairview firefighter J.D. Weinberg grills chicken during the contest. Right: Rocky River firefighter Steve Bichsel prepares his department’s winning dish of Mexican-style chicken at the cook-off. Read which department won in the July 29 issue of West Life, on newsstands now. (West Life photos by Larry Bennet)
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Westlake Park-N-Ride adding space for more cars
WESTLAKE — A new bus shelter will be added along with 218 new parking spaces. According to city officials, the new spaces are badly needed. Because all existing parking spaces had often been taken, commuters took to illegally parking their cars along the access driveways.
Arbitrator backs city in firefighter dispute
BAY VILLAGE — Firefighter Ron Westmoreland had been suspended for saying publicly that municipal policies contributed to the drowning of a small boy in Lake Erie last year. Bay Village Law Director Gary Ebert said the ruling was significant because the arbitrator not only ruled against Westmoreland, but cited cases and precedents for the ruling.
Mall proposes multi-million-dollar upgrade
NORTH OLMSTED — The proposal involves relocating the existing food court to the area on the north side of the mall in the vicinity of Dick’s Sporting Goods. The existing food court will be renovated to accommodate two as yet unnamed new major retail tenants.
Sports
OGGF tournament means more than just winning
photoThe tournament and foundation’s goal is to encourage the creation of girls' golf teams, its leaders said. This is done through teaching girls how to enjoy golf, play a better game and hopefully handle situations without cursing or club throwing.
Insights

Latest Potter film long on character, humor, but short on story
photoThe humor quotient has been increased in the latest "Potter" film, with the main source being the romantic travails of the bespectacled hero and his friends. Film critic Ben Saylor writes that newcomer Jim Broadbent is very good as Horace Slughorn, a former Hogwarts professor who possesses a key secret.

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