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Middlefield Village
Planning Commission Hears ‘Hum’ Complaints By Ann Wishart ann@karlovecmedia.com
A steady humming sound didn’t lull anyone to sleep during the Middlefield Village Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Oct. 8. Rather, several residents asked if the village can do anything to moderate the low-frequency noise that comes from the KraftMaid Cabinetry facility on state Route 608 and interrupts the sleep of residents living nearby. “It’s that low frequency. It permeates the walls. It’s a constant woo-woo-woo,” said Heather Baker, who lives on Kenwood Avenue near the industrial park where KraftMaid produces cabinets for parent company Masco Corporation. Baker said she doesn’t hear the noise so much during the day, but at night, it is very noticeable and she has trouble sleeping even when she uses sound-canceling earphones. Commission member Jim Lindberg, who also lives on Kenwood, See Middlefield • Page 6
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The ribbon-cutting at the Family Heart Center at DDC Clinic in Middlefield Township was accomplished by, from left, heart-health advocate former Miss Ohio Lindsay Davis, Maria Mast, Dr. Heng Wang, Cole Mast, 9, and Leland Mast. The Mast family came up from Mississippi for the Oct. 10 event.
DDC Clinic Celebrates Opening Of Family Heart Center By Ann Wishart ann@karlovecmedia.com The rarefied atmosphere of cardiogenetics took on some human faces during the DCC Clinic’s grand opening of its Family Heart Center Oct. 10 in Middlefield Township. DCC Clinic hosted the event and the ribbon-cutting in a tent be-
hind its lower level, at 14567 Madison Road, welcoming individuals with histories of heart disease and experts in the cardiogenetics field. Thursday was the first of a three-day program that started with the Cardiogenetics Scientific Summit in Beachwood, followed by the event at the Middlefield Township clinic where heart disease
among the Amish is studied. Cardiomyopathy and other genetic disorders show up in a variety of cultures. Lindsay Davis, Miss Ohio of 2011, spoke about her experiences dealing with her own hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a genetic heart condition that has led her to advocate for
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Obituaries page 20
Sheriff’s Sales & Legal Notices start on page 24
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Kurzinger Takes Plea Deal
City of Chardon
Staff Report
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New Chardon police officers Jake Mullet, left, and Ben Wilcox were sworn in by Chardon Police Chief Scott Niehus prior to the Chardon City Council meeting Oct. 10.
Crosswalk Concerns Top Agenda By Amy Patterson amy@karlovecmedia.com
Although no serious incidents have yet occurred, parents and community members have grown increasingly concerned about the safety of students crossing streets
around Chardon Square on their way to and from Park Elementary School. Kevin Smith, a resident and parent of a Chardon third-grader who attends Park, asked Chardon City Council Oct. 10 to consider See Chardon • Page 4
Former Geauga County Department of Water Resources Network Administrator Mike Kurzinger accepted a plea deal Oct. 9 in the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas. Under the deal, Kurzinger pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of conflict of interest in a public contract. Last August, Kurzinger pleaded not guilty to three counts of having an unlawful interest in a public contract, a fourth-degree felony, and three first-degree misdemeanor counts of conflict of interest. Last Wednesday, Judge David Ondrey sentenced Kurzinger to a year of monitored time and to pay
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Mike Kurzinger, pictured in August 2023, pleaded guilty Oct. 9 to a misdemeanor charge of conflict of interest in a public contract.
court costs. He also ordered 183 days of jail time suspended, meaning Kurzinger would not be taken See Kurzinger • Page 3
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