Regional News Stories: April 2007

Third Federal Goes Public
Posted Monday, April 23, 2007
Third Federal Savings and Loan goes public today. The Cleveland-based company will offer a billion dollars in stock for public trading. ideastream's Economics Reporter Tasha Flournoy shares the company's new business plans.

Parents of Conjoined Twins Speak
Posted Monday, April 23, 2007
Over the next weeks and months a team of 50 doctors and nurses at University Hospitals will conduct a series of surgeries to separate twins joined at the head. The three-year-old girls came to the U.S. from Romania with their parents more than two years ago, hoping to have the procedure done at a Dallas hospital but doctors there eventually declined. The parents have guarded their privacy and shunned most of the news media but they made an exception granting several interviews last Friday, including one with ideastream's Dan Moulthrop. Dan asked Alin Dogaru, a Byzantine Catholic priest, and his wife Claudia, a nurse, about their fears as they await this high-risk surgery for their daughters.

Strickland Wants Homestead Tax Exemption Expanded
Posted Monday, April 23, 2007
Governor Ted Strickland and Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher have been crisscrossing the state trying to build popular support for their budget proposal. They're pushing what is probably the easiest part of it to sell: tax breaks for seniors citizens. ideastream's Mark Urycki caught up with the campaign in Akron and filed this report.

Opera in Movie Houses
Posted Monday, April 23, 2007
Opera Cleveland's debut season started this past weekend with performances of Salome. The company is the result of last year's merger between Opera Cleveland and Lyric Opera Cleveland. The local group has reason to believe it will have a bang-up year based on the success in the region of New York's Metropolitan Opera. Earlier this year the Met initiated "live" high definition simulcasts of its Saturday matinees in movie theatres across the country, including theaters in Cleveland. Opera buffs packed the theaters and that wave of popularity may be just the ticket to give Opera Cleveland the lift it needs for a successful season. ideastream's Mhari Saito reports on this new phenomenon.

Fingerhut Wants Change in University Operation
Posted Friday, April 20, 2007
The top official overseeing higher education in Ohio says he wants to change the way state universities operate. The new Chancellor of the Board of Regents, Eric Fingerhut, told a Cleveland audience that he wants the schools to better serve the needs of the Ohio economy. ideastream's Mark Urycki reports.

Wind Power Potential in Ohio Stronger Than Originally Thought
Posted Friday, April 20, 2007
New Wind maps and analysis by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory reveal Ohio's potential to generate electricity from wind power is stronger than researchers first thought. ideastream's Lisa Ann Pinkerton reports.

New Republican For Cuyahoga Board of Elections
Posted Friday, April 20, 2007
The Cuyahoga County Republican Party has selected a Cleveland attorney to serve on the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. ideastream's Tasha Flournoy has more on the appointment of Jeff Hastings.

Hard to Climb Barriers to Social Justice
Posted Friday, April 20, 2007
Northeast Ohio plays host to a gathering of Chinese-American leaders this weekend. They'll be meeting in Cleveland to discuss matters of social justice at a time when the color of your skin and the nature of your accent are still barriers that can be hard to climb. ideastream's David C. Barnett has more.

Competitive Year for College Acceptance
Posted Thursday, April 19, 2007
If you've got a high school senior living under your roof who's been accepted to college they should be feeling really proud of themselves. Not just because they were accepted, but because they were accepted in a year that was ultra competitive. It comes down to the fact that baby boomers had kids and those kids are now trying to get into college. Get this statistic - Harvard turned down more than a thousand applicants with perfect scores on the math portion of the SAT. But this trend goes far beyond the Ivies to schools that aren't used to mailing out stacks of rejection letters. ideastream's Eric Wellman spoke with Susan Dileno, the Vice President of Enrollment Management and Baldwin Wallace College. She told us her school is definitely getting more competitive.

Ecology Coatings Featured in Fast Company Magazine
Posted Thursday, April 19, 2007
A tiny Akron company that has been recognized by Time Magazine and the Wall Street Journal has now been spotlighted by Fast Company Magazine. Ecology Coatings is featured in a recent issue that recognizes what the magazine calls "50 profit-driven solutions for what ails the planet." The company has fewer than a half-dozen employees. ideastream's Mark Urycki reports.

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