The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 2004-06-30

              0 land set for skate park - page 8 south amherst mayor quits pad 5 a m he ut-w7 rst n ws-timi i hoak wins title on prayer hungarian princess takes crown at international festival all it took amherst's hilary to become the lorain queen was little help from grandma, "i wasn't expecting it. my whole body went numb," said 17-ycar-oid lancer drive resident and steele high school senior. "the reason am here have such strong roots is because of so closed eyes asked her . sign whether would be court." answered iwhcn police officer told backstage that -daughter "just knew" she "would win. came up me daughter :was convinced going grandma," said. ! one 26 princess-hopefuls vying title, :is no stranger pageant world. in 1992, named tatcr tot princess. also ran miss ohio 1995 1996, placing 98th first attempt ninth sec ond. over weekend, .represented ; heritage while dressed full old-world cos tume performing tradi tional dance steps. folk dancing built basic step called csardds, with patterns ever-increasing complexity speed, has been practicing those kicks and. stomps since three years old, when mother continued 3 9 earned deceased grandmother, who gave an after five months cultural immersion projects unmistakable 2004 14 lessons. had some court minutes before judges' decision. fede agents swarm orchard house federal searching clues armored robbery descended wednesday morning, conduct ing operation glen residence. two cleveland fbi field office were active scene, according spokesperson robert hawk. robbery, said, occurred outside outpost's jurisdiction. declined pro vide further details order .avoid compromising ongo investigation. officers assisted starting 6:32 a.m. "we there see if any action we could take locally, captain dennis scgcr. report generated local enforcement angle nothing report, scgcr despite " early information indicating executed search warrant property, hawk taken. question possi ble presence u.s. customs immigration naturalization services scene morning. public affair$ greg palmorc security purposes nei ther confirm or deny ins voinovich blesses republican youth senator helps dedicate new downtown county young republicans by jason news-times reporter they may them can't even vote yet but that's not stopping making political trena their battle ground. sunday, became group kind open fulutime staffed headquarters, home building owned commissiqner david moore main street amherst. dignitaries includ george voinovich, dave taylor, moore, city coun cil members jennifer wasilk nick bnlsky attendance grand opening ceremony sunday. "all ns are concerned about what's happen (and) who's coming us," former governor, recounting his volnolch experiences campaigns crowd 50. "i'll tell you these clubs very successful get good looking ladies join," joked. ' will use as central hub filing, member information, activity organiza tion, meetings, 26-ycar-old president phil van treuren. "amherst's beautiful setting great place our it's right across hall its grounds, lends us sort prestige," "we're organization entire state own office, this makes lot more attractive peo ple community find out about." already largest cluus state, organi zation tripled size treuren presi dency march. sunday hopes double rolls 60 120 within year. "we've taken really proac tive approach getting people involved, like visiting schools church groups involved politics," number 10 (right) delivers office's dedication speech governor (center), taylor (middle) lend support. nordson corporation co-founder dies 84 philanthropist invested millions residents fcla evan nord few found impact than philan thropist noru, died last week age 84. youngest chil dren walter virginia nord, succumbed brief illness monday, june 21, columbia. s.c. "it's loss," marilyn jenne, served ao executive assistant brother, eric, father, g. 4a, years. "he consid erate. much con cerned people, needs how meet them. never made contributions -he investments ple." gifted businessman tireless promoter social improvements, nord's manu facturing savvy helped him build fledgling family enterprise into multi-national conglomerate, with, sales $731, million ji9 retired irimarc!i2002. hp 'graduated 1933 case applied science 1941, spending summers wqrking american specialty cpmpany, -a prede cessor nqrdqon corp. after'college worked full-time engineer automatic (also previous incarnation), convert cold storage frozen food locker plant auto oberlin froten plant, , managing both opera tions until embarking tour duty navy 1944. line aboard de133 pillsbury atlantic theater, af36 lioba pacific, returned united states, vice manufactur corroborated brother. diversify oper ations ultimately form 1954. nqrd ing; expertise pioneer design production tungsten carbide flat-spray nozzle, which opened industry time airless spraying colored- coating materials. day?-to-day, operations 1978, contin ued serve advisory capacity board trustees. content just guard wealth, established charitable re:ord reflected family's long-standing philanthropic; actions, numerous organ izations able assist through service, including ort ptge