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AMHERST NEWS-TIMES • OBERLIN NEWS-TRIBUNE • WELLINGTON ENTERPRISE Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022
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Double ‘Jeopardy!’ bump for Oberlin
College represented by back-to-back contestants JASON HAWK EDITOR
OBERLIN — Ron Cheung grew up watching “Jeopardy!” in Alberta, Canada. The Oberlin College economics professor’s turn on the Alex Trebek Stage at Sony Pictures Studios came in October, when he flew to Los Angeles to compete. In an episode that aired last Wednesday, Cheung became a “Jeopardy!” champion, winning $19,599. “It was a fantastic experience,” Photos courtesy of Jeopardy Productions Inc. the 46-year-old Lakewood resi“Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings poses with Oberlin College dent said in an interview. economics professor Ron Cheung during filming of the game “Everybody was so super show in Los Angeles.
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excited about being there. The experience went by like a blur,” he said. Cheung said he played on his high school trivia team in Canada. He went on to earn degrees from the University of Alberta and University of British Columbia, and was hired by Oberlin College 12 years ago. Now chair of the economics department, he conducts research in public finance and urban economics, with a focus on how homeowners’ associations increasingly affect city budgets, laws and property values. Before playing, he tried to brush up on weak knowledge areas. For Cheung, those
include American history, art history and classical music. A highlight of the trip was meeting former “Jeopardy!” champion Ken Jennings, who since the death of iconic host Alex Trebek has been the face of the show along with actress Mayim Bialik. Jennings is the highestearning American game show contestant ever, with “Jeopardy!” winnings in excess of $4.5 million. He changed the game by racking up 74 consecutive wins in 2004, ushering in a new era for the show. Cheung said it was an honor JEOPARDY PAGE A2
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WELLINGTON — Many hands make light work, but for Main Street Wellington Director Jenny Arntz the burden has been heavy. It’s been a tough year for the nonprofit, which works to promote the village’s struggling business community. “You guys undertook a lot with the dissolution of the Chamber of Commerce,” Mayor Hans Schneider told Arntz last week in a Village Council meeting. Main Street volunteers saved Wellington’s annual Fourth of July celebration, which had long been organized by the chamber, he said. But with a lack of volunteers interested in carrying on the work, the Wellington Chamber of Commerce shut its doors permanently this past spring. That cast doubt on whether any number of traditions — from Independence Day fireworks to Memorial Day parades and village Christmas tree lightings — would continue. VOLUNTEERS PAGE A3 Classifieds, legals, display advertising, and subscriptions Deadline: 1 p.m. each Monday Phone: 440-329-7000 Hours: 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday
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The Grinch hangs out with Colin and Keaton Hostutler on Saturday at the Amherst Public Library. The Grinch sneaked around the building, taking photos with young “Whoville” residents.
Amherst Council is on a roll with raises JASON HAWK EDITOR
AMHERST — Most non-bargaining city workers will get the same leap in pay negotiated by Amherst’s unions — an 8.25 percent increase in 2023 and 3.5 percent raises each of the following years. The Finance Committee pushed new contracts past the first hurdle last week, even throwing in additional
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$1.2 million for Amherst’s general fund over five years. The raise is larger than what Mayor Mark Costilow had proposed for that position. “I’ll be flat out honest, it’s just a big jump for me,” he said. But Winiarski said unions protect their members, and he feels one of Council’s jobs “as custodians of the city’s purse strings” is to advocate for RAISES PAGE A3
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benefits in a couple of cases. The Amherst building inspector’s secretary, for example is likely to get an additional $16,000 per year on top of the annual raises, at the behest of Councilman Chuck Winiarski, R-at large. To call Tammy Paterson a “secretary” is misleading, he argued. “She essentially does everything with the exception of inspections,” said Winiarski, who also pointed out the Building Department generated
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