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Downtown • Continued from A1 they were selling out of products, which is great for them, but there should be plenty of things for people for Sunday.” Dorsten said the festival shuttle bus service was a success, despite a wait at the WACO Air Museum for more than an hour. “There haven’t been too many complaints and we are working to get more buses for people for shuttles,” Sunday’s Dorsten said. Dorsten said she heard from several downtown businesses that the festival downtown was a hit.
“I talked with the folks at Round About Books and they had a great turnout and were thrilled,” Dorsten said. “It’s been a really good response.” Dorsten said the downtown venue was a “great change” and “something to think about.” Wednesday night’s set up went smoothly and only one generator was replaced Saturday, Dorsten said. Although Dorsten did not have an official crowd count, she said organizations selling out of food on Saturday shows the great response to the downtown relocation due to the Adams Street Bridge closing.
Troy Mayor Michael L. Beamish and his wife Ginny were at the Day of Caring’s “Holy Cannoli” booth to try the latest treat on the street. “The crowd speaks for itself,” Beamish said. “It’s been a beautiful day so far and from what we’ve been hearing people like the wide open space.” Beamish said he heard many positive remarks about the downtown streets being beneficial to those in wheelchairs and stroller accessible for families. “The handicapped can get to where they need to be and I thought that was
nice to hear,” Beamish said. “Whether it’s food or stuff, people have their hands full of things,” Ginny Beamish said. This year’s featured strawberry concoction was the “Holy Cannoli,” a strawberry and cheese Italian treat, which sold out of the more than 1,200 prepared desserts. The “Holy Cannoli” were part of the Day of Caring organization affiliated with both the Troy’s First United Church of Christ and the Polk Grove United Church of Christ in Dayton. The Day of Caring serves the homeless and hungry in both Dayton and Troy.
“It’s going fantastic,” said Steve Pax, an event coordinator for the Day of Caring. “It’s our first year here at the festival and you couldn’t ask for a better weekend.” Daytonian Pax said he was a former Troy resident and decided to bring the famous “Holy Cannoli” to the festival as a fundraiser for the Day of Caring. “The people in Troy are so great so we wanted to come out here to try the Strawberry Festival,” Pax said. The Strawberry Festival is open today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Pie • Continued from A1 Yard after yard of paper towels whisked away the strawberry pie debris Saturday. One family from Beavercreek hauled two trophies from the pie eating event as a brother and sister team swept their
Soccer respective divisions. Brooke Grieshop, 7, of Beavercreek, along with her 10-year-old brother, Matthew, both were victorious in conquering the pie. Matthew also won the pie eating contest when he was 7 years old. “Keep your face in the pie and take a breath every
few seconds,” Matthew said of his plan of attack. “Don’t look up until your done.” The siblings traveled from Beavercreek with their parents Ellen and John Grieshop. The Grieshops said they come to the Strawberry Festival each year as a fun family event.
“I’ve been coming for the last 25 years — we have to go every year,” Ellen said. “The food is great. I enjoy the crafts and we all have a lot of fun.” The event is sponsored by Clopay, Main Street Market and Jumpy’s Fun Zone.
Cargo plane crashes in Ghana’s capital Boeing 727 hits bus, kills all 10 inside vehicle ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A Boeing 727 cargo plane attempting to land at the international airport in Ghana’s capital crashed Saturday, slamming into a bus loaded with passengers on a nearby street, killing all 10 people inside the vehicle, emergency responders and airport officials said. The crash occurred in Accra near Kotoka International Airport, which sits near newly built high-rise buildings and hotels. Witnesses said the plane first smashed through the fence that runs around the airport before hitting the bus. Local television showed images of the plane lying
across a road with its tail damaged as the flight crew jumped off and received help from emergency responders. Police and soldiers quickly cordoned off the neighborhood where the plane crashed. Anaglate, Billy spokesman for the Ghana Fire Service, said that all 10 passengers in the bus were killed on impact. The plane’s four crew members survived the crash and were rushed to a local hospital for treatment. “What happened is that the Allied (Air) Cargo plane, actually I was told, was traveling from Nigeria to Ghana. At the landing it was short of the boundary, and it went off onto the
roadside. It crashed into a bus,” said Anaglate, who was reached by telephone late Saturday. “… (The plane) broke the barrier and went onto the road and hit the vehicle and unfortunately in the vehicle everyone ended up dying. The poor people were killed.” Doreen Owusu Fianko, the chief executive of the Ghana Airport Co., said that operations at the airport had returned to normal after the crash Saturday. Fianko, who addressed reporters at a press conference hours after the accident, said the plane was coming from Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, when it
crashed after a failed landing attempt. Witnesses said the plane was labeled as belonging to Allied Air Cargo, a fact confirmed by Anaglate. The name and symbols on the aircraft matched those of the Nigerian air freight company based out of Lagos. Telephone numbers for the company in London, Lagos and the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt rang unanswered Saturday night. Ghana, a nation of more than 25 million in West Africa, has not had a major airplane crash in recent years. The last air emergency the country had was in June 2006, when a TAAG Linhas Aereas De Angola flight to Sao Tome hit birds during takeoff.
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• Continued from A1 Maria Schafer coached the Miami County Magic and shared how hard the team members worked to prepare for the Berry Special Olympics games. “They were so excited to play today,” Schafer said. “They talked about it every practice.” Goalie Joshua Reynolds tried to keep the Montgomery County players from scoring. “You got to be very careful about people flipping over your back at these games — but I did my best,” Reynolds said. “We do this (soccer tournament) every year and I’m going to do the 2K Run tomorrow,” said 18-year-old Wilkinson. Elizabeth Wilkinson said she’ll be up bright and early for the 2K Shortcake Strawberry Run at Troy Memorial Stadium, beginning today at 7:45 a.m. Wilkinson said her favorite part of the festival is, of course, the Troy Music Boosters’ strawberry doughnuts because “They are so good!” Paul Brown, coordinator for the Berry Special Olympics, said more than 65 athletes participated in various events, including six teams playing volleyball at Riverside of Miami County Board of Developmental Disabilities gymnasium. The athletes came from five different counties this year, including a team from Sandusky County. Brown said more than 14 teams had participated in events before, but due to traveling expenses and the economy, turnout was lower this year. “This is a great event because everybody walks away a winner,” Brown said. “Everyone comes out, has a great time and they recreate together and enjoy a beautiful day.” Brown said the events for athletes such as Karnehm and Wilkinson are unique outside the official statewide Special Olympics held each year. “We started this in 2000 to get our folks involved in the festival and events such as the soccer tournament have grown,” said Brown, adding that he knows no other festival or fair that hosts events like the Berry Special Olympics like Troy’s Strawberry Festival. “This tournament is a little more relaxed and laid-back so everyone looks forward to it — it’s all about coming out and having fun.” “We continue to try and get as many folks involved in the community,” Brown said. Brown serves as supervisor of recreational services at Riverside of Miami County Board of Developmental Disabilities and is the local coordinator for the Special Olympics.
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Documents may be released WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says at least some materials sealed as part of the court case against seven men involved in the 1972 Watergate burglary should be released. The agency responded Friday to a request by a Texas history professor who is seeking access to materials he believes could help answer lingering questions about the burglary that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation. Justice attorney Elizabeth Shapiro wrote in a court document filed Friday that the office would not oppose the release of at least some documents.
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