Amherst News-Times, 2004-01-21

              cop report released - amherst news police officers and fire fighters escort a 'wounded' steele high school staff member from the building during training exercise tuesday. two shooters shot five .38 caliber blank rounds in terrorist response mock-up, which coined "rapid deployment exercise." members of loraincounty swat team responded, with support vermilion were able to take out actors playing gunmen. by jason hawk news-times reporter smoke poured through hallways shots fired at tuesday morning, wounding resulting one fatality. arrived on scene instantly because, they had planned whole event. when cleared, bill unpaid; pagers turned off astounded last week their pager service was suddenly disconnected. ; tuesday, suspended, effectively disconnecting amherst's law enforcement county- state-wide security network that delivers homeland updates, status alerts, possible threats. "losing big issue us, because serve as lifeline for lot our personnel," said chief lonnic dillon, who told also used coordinate efforts lorain county team, has three department. arc signal cooperative calls k-9 officer hans his handler, sgt, mark cawthon, well between detective bureau investigative units. ;. dillon made no bones about why sus pended. "why went all little upsetting," he said. "one bur tried use theirs it came back service. we started checking into found been disconnected apparently overdue 30 60 days." continued rodents travel doorstep rats dccpwood court late december may have longer journey than anyone believed. v resident on. walnut drive claims experienced sudden infestation home -on other side route 58 two-thirds mile hidden valley subdivision page 12 "wounded" "dead" joined fellow teachers discuss what enactment taught them safety procedures columbine-like conditions. "it's important do this you so know sounds like gunfire your hallways," lt. joe kucirck 67 partici pated event kucirck, along 11 mic zayatz suspects first be trapped homo 15 years are same decemeber. 6 ptl. j.r. ptacck sgt. dan makniski, prepared respond mock-up crisis force, packing heavy assault rifles. all, 22 additional rcspondcr lifccarc ambulance scrvj.cfiiytsp.nflcl wcrcjnn audio itfc realism. barricaded selves classrooms fol cindy, three-year old chihuahua, gets check up dr. gigliotti vetrinary assistant rachel williamson pet hospital cooper foster park road. she checked fine after an operation cure infection. comets grab swc win inva lowed protocols opening shades, locking doors, treat ing "wounds" stayed put until could i heavily armed sv "in day ag shooter is threat. active matter motives decade seen string shootings, followed bjwpnccriij ovcttc'rrorism. ittno fo'o'tnuch imagine some point time will enter what's jfjin r3l ' blood aids 10-year-old boy jody spreng ncws'timcs gift truly life knows better mike shelley saunders amherst. saunclerscs' children hope, 12, brandon.10, both diagnosed hypogam maglobuin anemia, condition rendered bodies unable fight hope outgrew three; brandon, however, remains therapy. condi tim ci 03 schools." kucirck. case, played jasinksi avon lake shawn hinkcr terrorized shooting blanks, but finally apprehended 35-minutc tactical raid. drill, suf fered tunnel vision, reduced hearing abilities, induced panic, elevated up, doc? tion jn 1999 six did. brandon born months premature, constantly battles bouts pneumonia, flu, sinus car. infections. pneumonia four times several year span fers astima. health brandon's lungs con cern. according saunders, lacking component fights fortunately continuep pag t-. n c ip -;c x h m f r- vl o 73 w adrenaline levels, effect inability spot threats, such camouflage backpack left lying hallway contain fake pipe bombs, phony firecracker incendiary, 9mm pistols, shotgun rifle ammo, flashlights, screwdriver, potentially stolen computer keyboard, pepper 16 saurksers mls 4