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Davey Tree Expert Co. announces two promotions

T h e D a v e y Tree Ex-pert Co. has pro-m o t e d Grego-ry Ina to vice p r e s i -dent and general man-ager of research, recruit-ing and human resource development and Kathy Doody to director of re-cruiting and employee development.

Before his recent pro-motion, Ina served as vice president and gener-al manager of The Davey Institute, the company’s premier research, devel-opment and innovation division. Ina also recent-ly became a corporate officer of Davey Tree. In addition to his previous responsibilities, Ina will now also be responsible for Davey’s training and recruiting.

Ina holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Kent State University, specializing in geograph-ic information systems. He began his career 21 years ago in the Davey Resource Group as a geographic information systems intern.

Ina will work close-

ly with D o o d y to align a n d streng-then the compa-ny’s re-cruiting, training

and employee develop-ment.

Specifically, in her new role, Doody will focus on enhancing the compa-ny’s corporate recruiting strategy and maximizing the capabilities of their internal employee devel-opment programs.

Doody joined Davey in 1993 as the tax man-ager and was promoted in 2001 to the manager of human resources ad-ministration.

Prior to joining Dav-ey, Doody spent more than 10 years combined in the accounting and employee development fields.

She holds a master’s degree in accounting from Virginia Polytech-nic Institute & State University, a master’s degree in education from Bowling Green State University and a bachelor’s degree in English from Westmin-ster College.

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Hiram student making a splash with toy invention

It all started with a drawing. But Nathanial Eaton is now well on his way to changing sum-mer water-fight fun for-ever. From a sketch, to a cardboard cutout, to a clear plastic guard and finally to a foam shield, the Water Dodger has progressively developed over time.

“(It’s) a water balloon fight in reverse, whether it’s between two players or 20-plus, the driest per-son or team wins,” Ea-ton said.

After placing second in Hiram College’s 2016 Ide-abuild competition, Ea-ton was able to put his $1,500 in entrepreneur-ship contest prize mon-ey toward a provisional patent application and trademark for the Water Dodger and its games.

As founder and CEO of his business, Eaton is ready to launch the product.

Eaton said his imag-ination has long com-pelled him to pursue en-trepreneurship. Since he was a freshman in col-lege, Eaton conceptu-alized inventions and business ideas in his sketchbook.

When he was invited to present at a business startup competition, he looked to his note-book for inspiration. The idea for the Water Dodg-er came out of his book of designs, but original-

ly the drawing was of a wristwatch-like device that squirted water.

Eaton has a personal goal of taking the sugges-tively violent gun out of water fun.

“The Water Dodger of-fers a big splash and a more positive image,” he said.

The wrist spray toy evolved over months to an entirely new prod-uct, but Eaton’s passion for taking guns out of the hands of young peo-ple is obvious in the Wa-ter Dodger. The prod-uct promotes the use of water balloons — which users can store in a net pouch on the back of the foam shield.

Eaton has also invent-ed four games to play using his product: Solo

Madness, Team Fusion, Captain Protection and Intruders.

He will soon meet with representatives of several companies to discuss his “vision of manufacturing, funding and how to move forward,” he said.

He said he believes in going the extra mile and encourages other new entrepreneurs to not be afraid to discuss their product ideas — patent-ed or not — with friends, potential customers and entrepreneurship direc-tors at their colleges.

“People don’t mind sharing 20 seconds with a stranger with a smile,” Eaton said. “Don’t hes-itate to do your own homework and teach yourself when standstills happen.”

staff report

submitted photoHiram College student Nathaniel Eaton shows off a new water toy, the Water Dodger, that he invented.

submitted photoThe back of the Water Dodger shield has a place to store water balloons.

Justice Department settles suit against Hartville builders

The U.S. Justice De-partment announced that Dean Windham and Milton Studer, a real es-tate developer and an ar-chitect, as well as sever-al companies that they owned and controlled, have agreed to pay a to-tal of $160,000.

The deal is to resolve allegations that they vi-olated the Fair Housing Act by designing and con-structing two neighbor-ing condominium com-plexes in Hartville with features that made them inaccessible to persons with disabilities.

Under the terms of the agreement, which must still be approved by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the defendants will pay $100,000 to current condominium owners at Windham Bridge Con-dominiums and Hamp-ton Court Condominiums who choose to make ac-cessibility modifications to their units.

These modifications in-clude eliminating steps and excessive slopes in the walkways to the

front entrances of their units; widening door-ways; removing or low-ering thresholds; install-ing removable cabinets in kitchens and bathrooms to increase maneuver-ing space for wheelchair use and relocating toi-lets, showers and sinks to provide access to a wheel-chair user.

“This sett lement makes clear that those who design and build multifamily housing must comply with the acces-sibility provisions of the Fair Housing Act,” said Principal Deputy Assis-tant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “We will continue to protect the rights of people with disabilities to live in their communities without fac-ing barriers like inacces-sible housing.”

“Accessible housing benefits the entire com-munity,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Carole S. Ren-don of the Northern Dis-trict of Ohio. “It provides living options for people with mobility impair-

ments, and helps ensure that our older residents can stay in their homes as long as possible. The Department of Justice is committed to enforc-ing the laws which pro-tect this important right.”

Under the agreement, the defendants will also pay $10,000 to the Tri-County Center for In-dependent Living and $10,000 to the Fair Hous-ing Advocates Associ-ation, two fair housing community organiza-tions that expended re-sources in connection with this matter, as well as a $40,000 civil penal-ty to vindicate the pub-lic interest.

The lawsuit arose out of complaints that Tri-County Center for Inde-pendent Living and the Fair Housing Advocates Association originally filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban De-velopment. After inves-tigating the complaints, HUD determined that the defendants had violated the Fair Housing Act and referred the matter to the Justice Department.

nn pair agrees to pay $160,000 to settle fair housing act violations

BalDWiN WallaCE

the following students have been named to the dean’s list for the spring 2016 semester at bald-win Wallace university in berea. students who receive at least a 3.6 gpa for sev-en or more hours in a single semester are named to the dean’s list.aURORa: olivia pollack, Zachary sluzalaGaRRETTSVillE: simeon brownKENT: John bukovac, cassi-dy lowdenMaNTUa: amber harrisonSTREETSBORO: rachel Wilkie

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UNiVERSiTy

UNiVERSiTy OF aKRON

the following area stu-dents were named to the dean’s list and president’s list at the university of akron. DEaN’S liSTaTWaTER: Kayli bookman, nicholas ciccozzi, becca col-lins, tyler luli, Jenna russell, Kenan sprague, megan stau-dacher aURORa: cory adamic, Kris-tin amicone, peter loferski, alexandria mallinos, Jeffrey smith Jr.DEERFiElD: danny brahamDiaMOND: lucas bloom, chad hammond, Kyle leif-heit, Jackelyn mccullough, alyssa reese, elizabeth stoneburner, emily WillisGaRRETTSVillE: alexander galayde, Walker hodsonKENT: abdulah alsharif, Kev-in alspach, Jacob balca, ei-der chinguad, nicholas cle-ments, marie conti, tia davis, Kamshat dukenbaeva, paige evans, nicole fetterman, me-gan groves, andrew ham-mond, shayna hughes, ni-cole Jesser, tyler Jones, brooke Kemp, amy man-gan, Justin nelson, Jonathan scherer, brendon simmons, nicole smith, phillip speck, phillip speck, megan steele, Kylie streby, Joseph tuck, Jacob WassonMaNTUa: noah havener, bryan nero, andrew soltiszMOGaDORE: mason brain-ard, Kenneth cooper, luke cramer, corey cutlip, pres-ley destro, Katrina eldreth, maria frisone, richard gal-lo, alexandra heminger, an-drew Jordan, steven Kern, david Kinion, Katie Knight, ashley lange, John livig-ni, madeline martin, ryan mi-lush, Jonathan minick, Ja-cob miterko, reannin moles, Joshua murphy, tara mur-phy, payton overstreet, bri-anne porter, Jillian porter, emily reynolds, alexander riddle, andrew simone, Ja-cob stacks, rachel stormer, amanda trainer, erin Waples, Zachary Weiss, austin Wis-cht, elizabeth Wise, Joachim Wyslutsky, John ZelinaRaVENNa: george abraham, Joseph adametz, brittany butcher, Jared cornett, ben-jamin coy, tyler crowe, Josh-ua davis, terri dent, magda-lene durbakpRESiDENT’S liSTaTWaTER: stephanie eakinaURORa: michala dauter-man, darcy fyffeDiaMOND: nathan boring, Joseph dejacimo, delaney lawrenceGaRRETTSVillE: adam simpsonKENT: david agha-Khan, car-lisle deJulius, noelle gyu-lai, brenda Kulmala, eli-jah lowden, marisa polatas, daniel rickardMaNTUa: andrew liningerMOGaDORE: scott adams, eric begue, benjamin mc-dowall, lauren mcdowall, alyssa pennington, rachel salberg, alisha shelly, nan-cy thornRaVENNa: faith goforth, matthew perez, rebecca pohlod, ceara stack, autumn WrightROOTSTOWN: Jessica de-courseySTREETSBORO: amber glenn, alison targoskyWiNDHaM: michael ebie KO-10478889

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