Quaker Steak & Lube of Sheffield is uniting with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® to join in the fight against childhood cancer and benefit one of the world's premier centers for the research and treatment of pediatric cancer and other catastrophic childhood diseases. From Saturday, March 13 to Monday, March 15, the Sheffield Quaker Steak & Lube location will be celebrating their grand re-opening! Sunday, March 14 will be Community Friends and Family night.

Monday, March 15 will be VIP night and 30% of proceeds from specific sales will go directly to St. Jude.

They will also host a Chinese auction that evening with proceeds going to the Hospital. There will be live entertainment all weekend with Imaginary Cookies on March 13, Justo Saborit on March 14 and Scotty Paris on March 15.

Please show your support by coming out for the Quaker Steak & Lube Grand Re-Opening, March 13-15. Quaker Steak & Lube is located at 4900 Transportation Dr., Sheffield Village.

If you need any additional information please call 440.934.WING.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The refuelers here don't climb over walls like those on a racecar pit crew, but they do run past six-foot cement T-walls that protect one of the forward area refueling points here.

The refueling points are important to Army aviation units throughout Iraq.

"A FARP expands the combat power of an aviation task force," said Sgt. 1st Class Chip Berg. "It gives the commander the flexibility in his mission assignments. It buys him time." Berg, London, Ohio, is the Riflestock FARP noncommissioned officer in charge.

Like pit crew members, every refueling Soldier has a specific job - a Soldier to refuel the helicopter, a Soldier to man the fire extinguishers, and a Soldier to run the fuel trucks that pump the petroleum.

Berg praised his Soldiers, who are with Company E, 1st Battalion, 137th Assault Helicopter Battalion, and who are under his command.

"Fortunately with the crew I got, they know what their jobs are," said Berg. "You don't have to direct them and tell them what to do. They know where to go, and they know what to do."

Though Berg refers to his Soldiers as his crew, he doesn't compare them to a racecar pit crew.

"Our times savings aren't in seconds; our time savings are in minutes," he said.

Construction workers in Cleveland face a Herculean task -- moving the 70-million-ton Inner Belt Bridge 4 inches to the west, officials say.

The west end of the span, which carries Interstate 90 over the Cuyahoga River, will be raised off its piers, set on greased plates and then jacked the inches necessary to get it realigned properly, The Plain Dealer reported Wednesday. Once in place, the bridge will be re-bolted to the piers.

The project is to start Friday night and take several days to complete. Most of the work is to be done at night so traffic interruptions should be minimized, officials say.

Good news, Lakewood's Beck Center for the Arts will be able to stay open. The city is giving the Beck Center 100-thousand dollars and the center has raised 50-thousand dollars in donations so the cultural arts institution can operate. The city money came from federal stimulus funds and grants

PNC from Pittsburgh uses bailout funds to buy Cleveland based National City.

From the AP" PNC Financial Services Group Inc., which acquired Baltimore's Mercantile Bankshares last year, said yesterday that it is acquiring Cleveland-based National City Corp. for $5.58 billion, becoming the first bank to use fresh investments from a federal bailout program to make an acquisition.

The deal came within hours of PNC Financial receiving approval for $7.7 billion in cash from the government under the $700 billion government program aimed at relieving the continuing credit crisis."

Why are we using tax payer dollars to close banks and put people out of work? Why no infuse that $7.7 into National City to save jobs in Cleveland.

National City was Ohio's largest bank, our leaders the Senate, George Voinovich need to step up and correct this.

Cedar Point Wins Worlds Best Amusement Park again....When it comes to the best in world-class thrills and fun-filled family entertainment, nobody does it better than Cedar Point amusement park/resort. The popular family vacation destination earned the coveted designation as the “Best Amusement Park in the World” in Amusement Today’s annual Golden Ticket Awards. Cedar Point took home the top award for a record 11th consecutive year.

The Golden Ticket Awards are some of the most prestigious awards in the amusement industry. They are presented annually to the “best of the best” in the amusement industry and are calculated from an international poll conducted by Amusement Today, an Arlington, Texas-based publication that covers amusement and waterpark news and trends. Surveys were sent to a database of experienced and well-traveled amusement park fans around the world – in balanced geographical regions, asking them to rate the “best” in 24 categories, such as amusement parks, roller coasters, food, waterparks and more.

“This is truly an honor,” said John Hildebrandt, vice president and general manager of Cedar Point. “To be thought of as the best amusement park in the world by our peers and guests is really a testament to the hard work and dedication of our entire staff to make sure that each and every guest’s visit is a memorable and enjoyable one.”

Tim Hagan, Peter Lawson Jones, and Jimmy Dimora are costing the residence of Cuyahoga County over $50 million dollars with the delay of the convention center and medical mart. The Cleveland Convention Commission was formed in 2004 to study the viability of a new convention center in downtown Cleveland. The original mission in 2004 was to: The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Convention Facilities Authority ("CFA"), was created in 2004 with authority granted by the State of Ohio for purposes of financing, constructing and operating a new convention center in the City of Cleveland. Our Mission The CFA will work to retain and create jobs, generate tax revenue and enhance the image of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio by building and operating a competitive convention center in downtown Cleveland.

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The FBI and the Internal Revenue Service executed search warrants at the Cuyahoga County administration building, the office of the county engineer, the county data center and the homes of several county officials, the outgrowth of a long-term public corruption investigation. Phil Okonek, a special agent with the IRS, said warrants were executed to search offices on the third and fourth floors of the administration building at Ontario Street and Lakeside Avenue in downtown Cleveland. He said search warrants were executed at other offices and homes around the county, but he would not be specific. County commissioner Jimmy Dimora and county auditor Frank Russo were among those searched.

A national department store chain wants to cater to local tastes. Macy's will launch the "My Macy's" campaign in its northern Ohio stores this fall. It's already underway with the placement of executives in charge of fewer stores. Macy's officials hope it'll help them keep in touch with regional trends, and translate those trends to products on the shelves.

The Cleveland Clinic is continuing its reputation for taking care of the world's leaders. Clinic officials say the leader of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church is recovering from surgery to repair a broken leg. Pope Shenouda the Third broke his thigh bone this week in a fall at his home. The 84-year-old patriarch will spend a week at the Cleveland Clinic before beginning physical therapy