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Curses, foiled again

While police were conducting burglary suspect Kylene English, 20 for Montgomery County, Ohio, jail, he started banging his head against the window of the car rear passengers when crossing from a bridge. "The officer begins to shoot," police Lt. Dayton told Kim Hill ", and once he stopped, the suspect had broken glass. He then went head first through the window and head first on deck. " The cruiser was about halfway on the bridge, but the river flows in only one third of the length.English dropped from 30 feet on a dry and rocky and was pronounced dead. (Dayton Daily News)

When an armed man demanded money from Fred and Julie Kemp in Boynton Beach, Florida, Fred Kemp, 63, pushed the gun, causing the robber pistol whipping him in the head. "I responded to from there," the 5-foot-7, 150-pound former wrestler said. "I told him sweeped foot down" and then maneuvered him into a "sleeper hold" until it begins to lose consciousness and fall off the gun. Kemp held the robber until the police arrived and arrested Richard Nowling, 41.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

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After graduating at the top of his class at McGehee High School, Kymberly Wimberly, 18, Arkansas school continues to racial discrimination, because she named a white student with a GPA lower than its co-valedictorian. Wimberly, who took the Advanced Placement and specialization courses and held the top GPA, even after she gave birth to a daughter during her junior year, said his mother, who works at the school, school officials heard they wanted to avoid the mess "great" to have him as valedictorian.

Attentional to detail earns Comery Clerk of the Year » West Life ...

“I spend a lot of time here, so I want to make it comfortable,” Comery said of the space, which resembles a living room with a couch and earth-toned walls displaying photos from her trip to Scotland. It was this devotion to her work and her efforts to communicate with and keep fellow clerks informed that led Comery to be named Clerk of the Year by the Ohio Association of Municipal and County Court Clerks (OAMCCC) at its recent spring conference in Columbus. She was also honored with the association’s Professional Certification Award, which is based on an individual’s education, experience, conference attendance and in-service training.

“I’m the type of person who just ‘does.’ I never thought in a million years I would get something like this,” remarked Comery. A native of West Springfield, Mass. Comery has been a Rocky River resident since 1969. She joined OAMCCC after being appointed chief deputy clerk in 1996 by then Rocky River court clerk William Gareau, who was familiar with her background as a legal assistant. She was elected Clerk of Courts in 2008.

Comery summarized her job as being “a giant notary.” As keeper of court records, it is her responsibility to make sure every document is properly filed and passed on to the judges. All court funds are also taken in through her office, including fines and any in- or out-of-court costs.

During a tour of the court, Comery stated that the Rocky River Court is self-sufficient, requiring no funds from the city. However, should the court go into default, the five cities sharing the facility - Bay Village, Fairview Park, North Olmsted, Rocky River and Westlake - would have to make payment. According to the 2010 annual court report, an overage of approximately $70,000 went to the host city, Rocky River, to cover utility costs. Total funds gathered for last year was $3,079,768.05.

Describing the OAMCCC as “a wonderful group of minds that share motivation,” Comery said that during her time as a deputy clerk, she decided to get more involved, and became an initiator of what she called a fledgling informational e-mail network for clerks.

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