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Burgler stops
himself using
his own tracks
and shoe print
Amherst police say James
Moore's penchant for committing
burglaries finally caught dp with
him after committing several thefts
and a rape in his own northeast side
neighborhood.
Moore, 20, of 5537 Virginia Dr.,
has been charged with one count of
burglary, four counts of breaking
and entering and the rape of a Lorain woman who lived several
hundred feet north of his parent's
home.
Moore was arrested about three
weeks ago after police filed a search
warrant with the Lorain County
Common Pleas Court in connection
with his crimes.
According to detective Alex Moi-
nar, Moore's crime spree began in
early summer when he walked into
the Dairy Mart store on Cleveland
Avenue and ran off with a cash register that was not fastened to the
counter.
He apparently was on bond awaiting trial when he committed the
other thefts. Following the cash register theft, his car was impounded,
leaving him to walk or ride his
bicycle.
"He was a real good suspect only
because he's a known burglar and
thief, and because of the cash register heist Besides, he lived in the
neighborhood. That eventually
caught up with him," Molnar
explained.
He also broke into Herron's
Christmas World, Mr. Lee's TV Re
pair Shop and several other businesses and burglarized the home of a
neighbor. All the crimes where
committed near his Virginia Drive
home, Molnar said
Police suspected Moore from the
start but were unable to prove he
was responsible. However, detectives found a good foot print from a
tennis shoe at one of the burglarized
sites and kept it
Then fortune, smiled on them.
About a month ago, an Amherst
officer just happened to overhear a
radio communication from the Lorain police, who had stopped Moore
for questioning about a rape in an
area not far from his home.
"When you see somebody walking around at four o'clock in the
morning, he's either delivering
newspapers or up to no good," Molnar said.
Detective James McCann, who
was contacted in the wee morning
hours, rushed to the Lorain Police
Department along with the mold of
the foot print he had kept filed
away.
The mold matched the tennis
shoes the suspect was wearing.
Based on the tread pattern, a search
warrant for Moore's home was obtained and jewelry taken in one of
the thefts was found.
Moore then confessed to the
break-ins and burglary."
Based on court documents and
police information, Moore has been
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Above master
carvers Nichols
Fairptay (right)
and Richard
Young carve the
tops of sandstone
columns for a
customer while
working the ths
Cleveland Quarr-
rtes number 3
mill.
Peanuts characters
to light Workshop's
stage in fall opener
Workshop Players is beginning its 51st season with an opening
production of Clark Gesner's "You're a Good Man, Charlie
Brown."
Audience members will get to spend an evening with all of
their favorite Peanuts characters in this play.
Daring a typically frustrating day in the life of Charlie Brown
(played by David Erdei of Lorain," the audience gets to meet the
"Queen in Training," Lucy (played by Jayne Banish of Lorain),
her little brother Linus (played by Mark Mears of Amherst),
Beethoven's number one fan Schroeder (Bobby Chappo of Amherst), the irrepresible Patty (Kris Rybarczyk of Lorain), and of
course, Snoope (Susan Wagner of Lorain).
The play is directed by Teresea Jenkins with musical director
David Erdie, accompanied by Susan Molck.
This musical, suitable for the entire family, is staged Sept 17,
18,19,25,26, Oct. 1,2, and 3 at 8 p.m. There will also be two
Sunday matinees on Sept 27 and Oct 4 at 3 pjn.
Tickets are $7.50 each and may be reserved by calling the box
office at 988-5613.
At left, Jerry
Leto looks over
some of the
1,000 acres of
sandstone quarries yet to be
mined by employees, enough tor
at least 300
years.
Once floundering quarry
blossoms under new ownership
by QLEN MILLER
News-Times reporter
Ten years ago. the once booming
center for which Amherst bad become known as the Sandstone Center of the World was nearly dead.
The Cleveland Quarries were neglected and, with the exception of
about eight employees, virtually
dormant when they were purr based
in 1996 by the American Stone
Corporation.
Today, they are a publicly owned
entity with stock traded on the
NASDAQ stock exchange under the
symbol of AMST. Although they
aren't as busy at they were decades
ago. they have been economically
revitalized thanks lo a dedicated
group o/men and a i>ew demand fo?
laisdalone in architecture.
In two years, sales have jumped
from $900,000 to more than $3 million and are projected to keep rising
because of a rebirth in the use of
sandstoni.
"That's a food indication of
where we've been and where we're
going," sales representative Jerry*
Leto said. "We're all motivated and
care about what we're doing, and
know the potential of what's here."
Some of the mills are old and in
need of repair, but there's a lot of
sandstone still left in the old quarries, enough to be mined and cut for
300 years, he added.
Leto used to work in real estate
appraisal until he was recruited by
operations manager Steve Mason in
April of 1996 for his management
skills.
"This has been an education for
me, but I love it and have learned a
lot," he said. "I like being pert of
helping to bring this place back to
life and seeing what can be done;
with it (sandstone)."
The 1.000-acre facility u partially:
in South Amherst although most of.
it is in Amherst Township, and has;
an estimated 336 million cubic feet
of sandstone reserves.
Among Us buyers has been computer software magnet Bill Gates,
owner and founder of Microsoft.
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'Cemetery lady' decides
to call it quits after 30 years
by QLEN MILLER
News-Times reporter
Over the years, Hughett,
60, has served three mayors,
met hundreds of mourners
and stood by while aa estimated 900 people wars laid
to rest in the cemetery lo>
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in s cemetery would be depressing, but not for Phyllis
Httghett She's enjoyed the
work, all 30 years of it
Since 1967. die has served
as the dark for Evergreen
Cemetery la South Amherst
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