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i 1 wii.uiiumww,yjy '-'4 ttvA'' I 'if'V i tin mi mi i miiiiin i mf Trip to China surprises OH grad By DAN DEARTH Staffwriter CARROLL TOWNSHIP -Emily Croll's trip to China provided the 18-year-old Carroll Township resident with quite a culture shock. The trip was a graduation gift from her uncle, who Eves in China for his job as president of Cooper Tire's Asian Division. "Visiting China was the opportunity of a lifetime," she said. "I never would have gone alone." Croll said she went on the two-week trip with her mother, Suzette, and expected things would be much different, considering China's Communist government is widely recognized for committing human rights violations. "It was quite the opposite," she said.

"I thought it might be military controlled, but it seemed the people just took care of themselves and were very happy doing it." To emphasize her point, Croll said Chinese officials agreed to allow her family into the Olympic Village in Beijing, site of the 2008 Summer Olympics. It was a place, she said, few people are allowed to see. "Usually, only workers are allowed in," she said. The Chinese aren't readily showing the village's progress to the press and public, she said. Although cranes are on the construction site, they sit idly by while about 100,000 workers perform a majority of the labor by hand.

The budding communications major at Dennison University in Granville said she wants to revisit China during the Games and write articles for publication. Croll was a three-sport athlete at Oak Harbor High School. Croll said she visited several cities in China, including Shanghai and Xian, and saw the Great Wall of China. Work on the ancient struc- By KRISTINA SMITH Staffwriter PORT CLINTON A contractor will serve 30 days in jail for making a false carjacking report that put the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station into lock-down and caused a Homeland Security alert in February. Despite the prosecutor and defense attorney's requests for probation, Judge Fritz Hany sentenced John Grochowski, 52, Wilmington, D.E.

to the maximum 180 days in jafl with 150 days suspended on one misdemeanor count of inducing panic Friday in Ottawa County Municipal Court. Grochowski must also pay the maximum $1,000 fine and $1,104 in restitution to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office for manpower wasted on a search for the made-up carjackers. When he reported to his first day of work at the Carroll Township plant, he told security three men got into his car in Williston, held him at gunpoint and jumped out at the power station. The report sent the county into high alert and involved the FBI, a police helicopter and caused security officials to personally brief President George W. Bush on the situation, Hany said.

Though Ottawa County Assistant Prosecutor Christy Cole asked Hany for probation because Grochowski has no criminal record or traffic tickets, she said she felt the punishment was appropriate. "I think the judge was trying to send him a message," Cole said. "You can't abuse emergency services. In the days of 911, we take that very seriously, and we have to." Grochowski's attorney, Paul Skaff of Perrysburg, told Hany Grochowski is a recovering alcoholic who was in withdrawal when he concocted the story. He is in counseling for alcoholism and has begun a new job, Skaff said.

"For someone who has never been before the court, this has been very stressful, and in his words, 'an Skaff said. "He's looking at this as a second chance. I don't believe we'll see him in this or any other court again." Five members of Grochowksi's family sitting behind him in the courtroom wore See JUDGE, A2 Deaths William Hadley, Port Clinton Mary Poloni, Port Clinton Details, A2 Lottery Pick 3: 9-9-5 Pick 4: 5-4-8-0 Rolling Cash 5: 14-16-30-31-32 Night drawings Pick 3: 3-9-2 Pick 4: 1-6-3-3 Polly Ann BaumanNews Herald Carroll Township resident Emily Croll, 18, surrounded by Terra-Cotta Warriors and other souvenirs she brought back from her trip to China, explains how divided the denomination marked on Chinese money by eight to determine its value in American money. A bill marked 10 is worth a little more than $1. ture began more than 3,000 Chinese nationals and ing on the wall when it col-years ago to repel invading tourists walk on the crum- lapsed beneath them, armies.

bling wall at their own risk, Croll said she asked him if "It's amazing just the she said. a lot of people sue the gov- size of it," she said. "It goes Their tour guide said a on for thousands of miles." few of his friends died camp- Call us For news, sports, advertising or home delivery: News: 419-734-7503 Sports: 419-734-7519 Circulation customer service: 419-734-7525 Classified advertising: 419-734-7512 Other departments: 419-734-7500 Toll Free: (800)636-6906 rw ry -v V. ytr Candidate says no to mega-farms Index A8 A2 Bl-4 A6 A2 A5 Annie's A8 Neighbors Business A6 Obituaries Classified B5-8 Sports Comics A7 Stocks Editorial A4 Weather Ottawa County A3 Religion Back ON THE HELD Redskin Eric Barth charges through the ring Friday right behind Kodey Keck at Port Clinton's season opener against Wood-more at True-Lay Stadium in Port Clinton. For more on the game, see Sports Bl.

Printed A Gannett on operations have stirred debate across the county, stirring some area residents to create organizations to oppose the large farms. Two farms, each planning more than 2,000 cows, are working to set up shop in the county. Members of the Sandusky County Citizens Protecting our Natural Resources were also on hand, decked out in T-shirts with the slogan, "Say No to Dairy-Air." See CANDIDATE, A2 By MATT SANCTIS Staffwriter Democratic congressional candidate Darrell Opfer called for a temporary ban on industrial farms Tuesday in the midst of Sandusky County's biggest annual agricultural event. At the Democratic tent at the fair, Opfer, a candidate for state representative for the 81st District, said the moratorium is needed to study the economic and environmental impact of the farms. The Newspaper recycled paper.

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