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Anamika Veeramani, winner of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee:
The teen from North Royalton was the last student standing at the national spell-off in Washington D.C. and she correctly spelled stromuhr, a medical device, to win the contest over 272 others. Anamika is the first Ohio winner in almost 50 years. She's back home from a whirlwind victory tour and will spell out her future plans for Mr. Feagler.
Roundtable:
Laura Johnston, reporter, The Plain Dealer; Erick Trickey, senior editor, Cleveland magazine; Scott Stephens, senior writer, Catalyst-Ohio.
Politics Roundup:
Cuyahoga County Democratic party leaders elected Cleveland attorney Stuart Garson as chairman. Garson was elected to fill the seat held for nearly two decades by County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora who stepped down under the cloud of a federal corruption investigation. Governor Strickland picked up a key election-year endorsement from the National Rifle Association as the Strickland and John Kasich camps continued the sniping over Kasich's refusal to disclose his tax returns.
Medical Mart:
Leaders of Chicago-based MMPI unveiled the latest designs for the medical mart and convention center they're planning for downtown Cleveland. At a Chicago meeting they also sought to justify the medical mart as a business model that will work in Cleveland better than it might elsewhere because of the presence of the city's vibrant medical community.
Ex-COO Guilty of Corruption:
Former Cleveland schools chief operating officer Daniel Burns faces a long stretch in prison after his conviction on charges of racketeering and theft in office. Burns was accused of faking the purchase of expensive copiers and pocketing money that he shared with a co-conspirator.
County Agency Ignores Complaints:
Cuyahoga County's Department of Children and Family Services came in for a new round of criticism for limiting the number of complaints to which caseworkers would respond. The department, under pressure to cut costs, is turning away many reports of child abuse and neglect that it once would have investigated. Critics say some of the county's most vulnerable people are without protection.
June 18, 2010