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Thursdayjuly 21, 2016Page a5

Norman Kurtzman, 73, of Ravenna, passed away on July 18, 2016. He was born on July 31, 1942 to Francis and Eleanor (Kothera) Kurtzman.

He restored old cars, especially his 1935 Cadil-lac. He enjoyed garden-ing and was a jack of all trades. He loved to cook, play the piano and sing.

Norman is survived by his brother, Edward (Bev-erly) of Garrettsville; sis-ters, Betty Haas of Texas and Gloria Sellers of Ten-nessee and his special companion, Squirt.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 21, 2016 from 6-8 PM and Friday, July 22, 2016 from 10-11 AM at Mal-lory-DeHaven-Carlson Funeral Home and Cre-mation Services, 8382 Center St., Garrettsville, Ohio 44231. Services will be held on Friday, July 22, 2016, 11 AM at the funeral home. Burial to follow in Park Ceme-tery. Online condolences at www.carlsonfuneral-homes.com.

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W A S H -INGTON.—.Rep .. Mark.Takai,.a.first-term.Dem-ocrat. from.Hawaii,.died.Wednesday.after.battling.cancer .

Takai,.49,.died.at.home.sur-rounded.by.his.family ..The.cause.of.death.was.pancreatic.can-cer,.said.Rod.Tanonaka,.Takai’s.chief.of.staff .

Born.on.Oahu,.Takai.served.in.the.state.House.of.Representa-tives.for.20.years.before.he.was.elected.to.Congress,.first.winning.his.statehouse.seat.at.age.27 ..He.served.as.a.longtime.lieuten-ant.colonel.in.the.Hawaii.Army.National.Guard.for.more.than.a.decade.and.was.deployed.to.the.Middle.East.as.a.part.of.Operation.Iraqi.Freedom ..In.Congress,.he.sat.on.the.Armed.Services.and.Natural.Resources.committees .

“Mark.humbly.and.effective-ly.served.the.people.of.his.state.House.and.Congressional.dis-tricts,”.Hawaii.Gov ..David. Ige.said.in.a.statement ..

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Filmmaker Garry Marshall dies at 81LOS ANGELES —

Garry Marshall knew how to tug at moviego-ers’ heartstrings, wheth-er with unlikely love in “Pretty Woman” or senti-mental loss in “Beaches.”

But it was goofy, crowd-pleasing comedy that endeared the writ-er and director to gen-erations of TV viewers in hit sitcoms including “Happy Days,” “Laverne & Shirley” and “Mork & Mindy.” Marshall, who died Tuesday at 81, said in a 1980s interview that humor was his necessary path in life.

“In the neighborhood where we grew up in, the Bronx, you only had a few choices. You were either an athlete or a gangster, or you were funny,” the New York na-tive said.

Marshall also had a memorable on-screen presence, using his

hometown accent and gruff delivery in col-orful supporting roles that included a practi-cal-minded casino boss untouched by Albert Brooks’ disastrous luck in “Lost in America” and a crass network execu-tive in “Soapdish.”

He died at a hospi-tal in Burbank, Calif., of complications from

pneumonia following a stroke, his publicist Michelle Bega said in a statement. An outpour-ing of respect and affec-tion quickly followed.

Ron Howard, who starred as all-American teen Richie Cunning-ham on “Happy Days” before going on to be-come one of Hollywood’s top directors, wrote on

Twitter that Marshall went by a simple man-tra, “Life is more impor-tant than show busi-ness.”

“He was a world class boss & mentor whose creativity and leader-ship meant a ton to me,” Howard added.

Richard Gere, who starred opposite Julia Roberts in “Pretty Wom-an,” said in a statement that “everyone loved Garry. He was a men-tor and a cheerleader and one of the funniest men who ever lived. He had a heart of the pur-est gold and a soul full of mischief. He was Garry.”

By.LYNN ELBER |.ASSOCIATED.PRESS

AP.FILE.PHOTOGarry Marshall arrives at the 2016 tV Land Icon awards at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, calif., in april. Writer-di-rector Marshall has died at age 81.

Kent children’s author wins Highlights magazine award

Children’s author LeeAnn Blankenship of Kent has been honored by one of the nation’s premiere children’s magazines for her work that was published in an issue this spring.

Blankenship received the May 2016 Author of the Month award for her article “The Biggest Lit-tle Artwork in the World” in the children’s magazine Highlights.

The winner was chosen by Highlights’ editorial, art and production staff, the magazine announced July 1. Highlights presented Blankenship with an 8-inch pewter plate — made by hand in Honesdale, Pa., where Highlights is based — engraved with her name, the title of the winning article and the issue in which it appeared.

Blankenship wrote about artist Willard Wigan, who overcame the learning disability dyslexia and began carving faces on toothpicks at age 9. He now works under a microscope with media such as grains of sand and dust to make sculptures that can fit in the eye of a needle.

Blankenship first heard Wigan’s story on NPR, giving a TED Talk called “Hold your breath for mi-

cro-scuplture.” She said she was “fascinated by his inspiring story of overcoming hardship and dys-lexia to become world-famous.”

“I was amazed that he carves from single grains of sand un-der a microscope and then even paints his work,” Blankenship said. “I interviewed him in Chi-cago when his work was on tour in the U.S. Some of my writer friends thought I had fallen vic-tim to an internet hoax because they couldn’t believe that sculp-tures could be so small.”

“Going into downtown Chica-go, searching for the studio where his work was on display, and then

waiting my turn behind TV re-porters and TV cameras to in-terview Willard was anxiety-pro-ducing to say the least,” she said. “But, it turned out to be one of the most exciting experiences of my life. He even gave me my very own personalized tour of his var-ious pieces on display. It was in-credible.”

Blankenship has been writ-ing children’s books and arti-cles for almost two decades, and a picture book — “Mr. Tuggle’s Troubles” — came out in 2005. Her next book, called “Daily Life in Ancient India,” will be pub-lished by Rosen Publishing and released next spring, according to Highlights.

“Mr. Tuggle’s Troubles” won the International Reading Asso-ciation Notable Book of the Year designation and a New Hamp-shire Ladybug Award nomination in 2006. She also was named Au-thor of the Month by Highlights in March 2003, according to her publisher, Boyds Mills Press.

A licensed social worker and former elementary school teach-er, Blankenship is married to Bar-ry Blankenship, a retired Kent fire chief. She is the mother of Tracy Blankenship Luna, Todd Blankenship and Teri Blanken-ship Engelmann. Her grandchil-dren are Andy and Sabina En-gelmann.

By.DaVE o’BRIEN |.STAFF.WRITER

DAvE.O’BRIEN/RECORD-COuRIERchildren’s author Leeann Blankenship of kent received the May 2016 author of the Month award from Highlights magazine for her story in that edition.

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NEOMED honors Kathleen ClydeState Rep. Kathleen

Clyde (D-Kent) was honored with the Con-sortium of Eastern Ohio Master of Public Health Award for Public Health Practice Excellence in front of students, alum-ni and faculty Tuesday at Northeast Ohio Med-ical University.

Amy Lee, professor of Family and Communi-ty Medicine, presented Clyde with the award.

“This is for public health,” Lee said in an introduction speech. “This award is giv-en to somebody who promotes community health and also assists our students in some way. Clyde promotes women’s health issues, a cleaner environment and of course women’s rights, and because of her efforts we wanted to recognize her with this award.”

Clyde accepted the award on the second floor of the NEW Cen-ter on the Rootstown campus, which she said she’s been lucky enough to see built over time while serving her dis-

trict. Clyde is in her third term, serving the 75th House District, which covers central and southern Portage County.

“I’m very honored to receive this, especially here in this NEW cen-ter,” the Portage Coun-ty native said. “The way this university is pro-moting amazing health goals in the region and creating doctors and health care profession-als for generations to come here in Rootstown is amazing to me.”

Clyde has been a voice on several wom-en’s health care issues. She’s a strong supporter of Planned Parenthood.

“We have a clinic in Kent,” Clyde said. “That organization and the im-portant work it does in preventing STIs, family planning, cancer screen-ing and access to birth control and abortion services is critical to me. We shouldn’t be playing politics with women’s health care.”

Clyde is also involved in the opiate addiction and infant mortality rate issues. She contin-ues to work with advo-

cates on the state and local level on various women’s health care issues, as well as voter rights and environmen-tal health.

“We’re 47th in the country with our infant mortality rate,” Clyde said. “Too many babies are having life-end-ing problems and their mothers experiencing difficult, traumatic preg-nancies. We have a lot of work to do on that. That’s not a place we want to be, in the bot-

tom five in the country.”Clyde has built work-

ing relationships with the faculty and future doctors and health care professionals at NEOMED. She said cre-ating a link between fu-ture doctors and state legislature is important if an impact is going to be made on health care. Clyde will return to campus Friday for summer practicum to inform students about public policy and state legislature.

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kathleen clyde was honored tuesday with the consortium of Eastern ohio Mas-ter of Pub-lic Health award for Pub-lic Health Practice Excellence at NEoMED.

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The Portage Coun-ty Sheriff ’s Office is mourning the death of one of its retired K-9s, Charlie, who passed away last week.

Charlie and his part-ner, Deputy Ed Hayes, began working together when Charlie was 1 year old in 2009. Charlie was raised and trained with the help of Pat Matar-rese of Palmyra, a cer-tified K-9 trainer with the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy.

Certified in narcotics detection, tracking and other utility work, Char-lie assisted in tracking down and arresting multiple homicide sus-pects, as well as the safe recovery of an elderly woman who wandered away from home and a missing 2-year-old, ac-cording to the sheriff’s office.

Charlie assisted oth-er sheriff ’s deputies, as well as the Portage County Drug Task Force, the regional Met-ro SWAT team, the Ohio Highway Patrol and the DEA’s Youngstown of-fice on searches and in-vestigations, according to the sheriff’s office.

Sheriff ’s office mourns retired K-9 Charlie

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Portage county sheriff’s deputy Ralph “Ed” Hayes and k-9 charlie.

The.Crestwood.Board.of.Education.will.hold.a.special.meeting. at. 8. a .m .. July. 29.at. the. Intermediate.School,.11260.Bowen.Road,.Man-tua.Township ..

The.purpose.of.the.meet-ing. is. to.discuss.personnel.matters ..The.board.will. im-mediately.adjourn.into.exec-utive.session .

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