Extending your living space downstairs to the basement doesn't mean having to lower your design expectations. Proper lighting, well-designed feature details, potentially vibrant colours, and comforts typically associated with above-grade rooms can help transform the sometimes forgotten space below into a place where you and your family will want to spend time. True, there are many challenges inherent in remodeling lower levels low ceilings, dampness, and poor lighting, coupled with the need to preserve storage areas and utility access. But all of these can be overcome with good design, appropriate materials, and a bit of ingenuity.

Function

Most primary living areas kitchen, living room, dining room have a predetermined function. Reclaiming a basement is like discovering real estate you didn't know you owned. It's easy for your plans to overwhelm both you and the space. Start by assessing your needs. An extra bedroom? A home entertainment area? An exercise space? An office? Then ask yourself what that use will require. Insulation to muffle the sound of teenagers or music? A refrigerator or sink for serving food and drinks? Establishing different zones within a large open room is one approach that makes the most of light and sound movement.

Lighten Up

Most likely the single most important factor, lighting is key in creating a cozy and inviting atmosphere.

If ceilings are dropped, you wont want to extend them anymore by hanging fixtures below ceiling tiles, so opt for recessed pots instead. Layering is also important; have plenty of task lighting, but be sure to include ambient light in the form of table and floor lamps. Make the most of natural light if you can try and keep pathways to basement windows unobstructed to let as much natural sunlight stream in as possible.

Build in a bathroom

Almost all new construction includes a bathroom below ground level; if youre renovating, youll have to call in a contractor, plumber, and electrician for this job. Keep fixtures and colours light and bright for a feeling of maximum airiness, especially if your bathroom doesn't have a window. If youre sitting on the fence about whether or not its worth all the work, consider this: not only will it make living in the house easier, but it will absolutely increase your resale value by thousands of dollars.

Storage Space

Open concepts are great, but youll need to reserve some square footage for storage. For basements with walk-out entries, consider converting some space into a mudroom, with floor-to-ceiling cupboards and shelves for outerwear and shoes, sports equipment and tools. Craft and sewing rooms are quite popular, and can provide not only functional work space, but clever storage as well. Dont forget the so-called wasted space under the stairs: there are manufacturers now that build functional drawers and cupboard units specifically for this area.

Go here to read the rest:
Design Life: Taking your basement to a whole new level

Mild weather has piqued thoughts of remodeling, landscaping and home decor for Marylanders. Green thumbers and do-it-yourselfers will find no shortage of inspiration for spring projects at the Maryland Home & Garden Show, beginning this weekend at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium.

Designers, contractors, landscapers and suppliers will offer home improvement ideas for everything from decks and patios to kitchens and spas. Here are 10 things not to miss as you tour the show's beautifully landscaped gardens and more than 300 exhibitors.

1. Joey Green The best-selling author and guru of little-known uses for brand-name products will host seminars this weekend, demonstrating how to clean carpets with diapers, soothe neck pain with rice and polish furniture with Spam.

2. Garden reads This year's show theme is "Books in Bloom," with 17 gardens inspired by settings from literature, including "Under the Tuscan Sun" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Use your smartphone to capture QR codes in each garden to see information about the featured titles from the Baltimore County Public Library website.

3. Interior designer Q&A Can't decide between matte and high-gloss interior paint? Bring your design problems to the show as members of the American Society of Interior Designers offer free 20-minute, one-on-one consultations.

4. Ogle orchids Shop for your plants at the Orchid Show & Sale. The show takes place in Horticulture Hall the second weekend of the show, March 9-11.

5. Name that flower Floral designs, horticulture entries and educational exhibits will be showcased by the Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland during a mystery-themed flower show March 9-11. Members will also offer secrets to arranging and maintaining long-lasting flower displays.

6. Miniature trees Ready to incorporate harmony, peace and prosperity into your life? The Baltimore Bonsai Club will show how to cultivate and care for miniature trees.

7. Spring decor Spruce up your home with pieces from the Maryland Spring Craft Show, featuring 125 craftspeople offering handmade jewelry, pottery and accessories.

8. Master gardening On March 9, Norman Cohen of Master Gardeners will give tips on keeping your vegetable plants healthy and productive. And on March 10, Valley View Farm's Carrie Engle will talk about which houseplants are best for clean indoor air. You can also stock up on bulbs, plants, flowers and seeds.

Continue reading here:
10 things not to miss at the Md. home show

MASON CITY — If the economy is turning around in Mason City home construction, it is because of home additions and remodeling rather than building new homes.

That’s according to figures from the city building department.

The City Council approved a program last year in which residents could receive tax abatements of up to $75,000 on the assessed value of remodeling or on new construction.

Figures from the city building department show permits were issued for 16 new homes in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2011. So far in this fiscal year, only five permits have been issued, though that should pick up when good weather returns, building officials say.

“If there’s been an uptick, we haven’t noticed it,” said Jo Ellen Larsen, administrative assistant in the building department.

But there have been 139 permits issued so far in this fiscal year for repairs and alterations of single-family homes. That’s on a pace to top last year’s total of 224.

The latest figures also indicate a higher interest in construction of twin homes. In the last fiscal year, permits were issued for two. So far this fiscal year, with about a half-year to go, three permits have been issued.

Cathy Rottinghaus, head of the Home Loan Center at First Citizens National Bank, said people are talking about home construction but given the time of year it is, it’s just talk at this point.

“But people are optimistic,” she said, a different mood than a year ago.

The bank has experienced more activity in refinancing of existing homes.

“Rates are at historic lows and people are taking advantage of that,” she said.

Tom Quinlan, president of NSB Bank, said his bank’s experience in residential loans bears out what the building permits show.

“It’s been a better year for loans on additions and remodeling than for new home construction,” he said.

“We don’t see as much new home construction as we’d like, particularly with interest rates so low.”

Quinlan said his home loan customers are showing an interest in twin homes, validating what the city figures show.

“We’re seeing some interest in twin homes and also homes on one floor with no basement,” he said. “These are homes that are more convenient for older people.”

“We’re holding our own in home loans but it’s not as good as it could be. The market is becoming steady and that’s a good thing.”

Quinlan said agriculture has been a stabling economic influence in recent years and that has had a rippling effect on other aspects of the economy.

“The farm economy has really held up well,” he said.

“There are a lot of service industries tied to the farm economy so a lot of businesses have benefited from that.”

The city’s tax abatement program applies to work done in calendar year 2011. The city received 42 applications for abatements — four for commercial, 13 for single-family houses, 11 for garages or accessory buildings and 14 for residential remodels.

 

Excerpt from:
Home additions, remodeling increase

Whether you are redecorating, remodeling or building a new home, you’ll find information pertinent to your project at the 46th annual Tri-State Home Show.

The annual expo sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Greater Chattanooga and EPB Fiber Optics opens today for a three-day run in the Chattanooga Convention Center.

This huge expo will feature 237 vendors displaying their products in more than 450 booths. Every aspect of home-building is covered, from roofing to basement waterproofing.

Elaborate displays lure visitors with the latest looks in kitchens, baths, windows, flooring, brick work and tile. Landscapers and designers set up impressive vignettes showcasing their creativity.

Teresa Groves, executive officer of the Home Builders Association, said new vendors will include Garage Shapeups, Buff & Coat, Bernina Sew N Quilt Shop, Carpet Wholesale Outlet, Two Sisters & Jane Interiors, ERMC Security Solutions and Integrity Storm Shelters.

Also new to the show are HGH Construction, Cox Interiors, Decorating Den Interiors, Wood Creations & Restorations, Liquid Landscapes Aquatic Design, Landscape Illumination, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives, Osteen Construction and Soot Busters Chimney Sweep.

Groves stressed that the show isn’t just for folks who are remodeling or building.

“A lot of people just want to come and look at what the newest trends are. We have a lot of home accessories and home products that people can buy,” she said.

To entertain children, Groves said, “Star Wars” characters will be on-site Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

To entertain their dads, a visit to the “man cave” is in order. Groves said the Home Builders Association is presenting the new man cave: an indulgence in state-of-the-art sound with a TV and pool table.

Groves said a portion of the weekend’s proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity of Chattanooga and the American Red Cross’ tornado relief fund. Both nonprofits will have booths in the expo for visitors to learn more about their work.

about Susan Pierce...

Susan Palmer Pierce is a reporter and columnist in the Life department. She began her journalism career as a summer employee 1972 for the News Free Press, typing bridal announcements and photo captions. She became a full-time employee in 1980, working her way up to feature writer, then special sections editor, then Lifestyle editor in 1995 until the merge of the NFP and Times in 1999. She was honored with the 2007 Chattanooga Woman of ...

More:
More than 450 booths, great giveaways at Tri-State Home Show

DISCLAIMER: Thank you for visiting WOI's My Home Web Site. The information provided on this site is contributed by our medical partners, each of whom has paid a fee in order to provide content on their particular medical specialty. The information provided through this site is provided as general health guidelines and intended for general informational and educational purposes only. It may not be applicable to your particular health condition and is not intended as a substitute for the individual advice of a qualified medical professional. Our medical partners are solely responsible for the content they have provided here, and for ensuring that such content is accurate and complies with applicable laws. WOI is not responsible for this content, does not sponsor or endorse the goods or services of our participating partners, and makes no representation with respect to the accuracy of the content herein provided or the goods and services of those who have provided it.

See the rest here:
ABC5 WOI-DT News, Weather, Sports in Des Moines, IAMy Home, Des Moines, IA, Directory of Local Business Leaders, Your ...

POSTED: 11:46 pm MST February 22, 2012 UPDATED: 11:56 pm MST February 22, 2012 RIRIE, Idaho -- Flash flooding devastated a home near Ririe Wednesday.The extremely high winds and warm temperatures caused snow to melt in the higher elevations and flow toward the home on Birch Creek Road. Flood waters filled up the home's basement and washed out the sewer. Much of his front yard is now a mud pit.Todd O'Dell has lived with his family in the home for 9 years and says he's never seen flooding like Wednesday's.?I'm at the bottom of the hill and it just piled up right in my front yard,? he said.O'Dell said he was nearly done remodeling the basement when the flood waters completely knocked out all progress.?This winter has been a really weird winter weather-wise,? he said. ?The ground's frozen. (The water) just comes everywhere you can possibly imagine.?Wednesday was a rough day for O'Dell, but he says it will all work out.?You gotta deal with it. There's a lot of people out there who are in worse conditions than I.?O'Dell said he's thankful for the Bonneville County Road and Bridge crew as well as friends and neighbors who responded quickly to the emergency.One other home on Birch Creek Road flooded Wednesday, but luckily it was contained to the front yard. View the discussion thread.blog comments powered by

Original post:
Flash Flood Hits Ririe Home

Q. Is there a relatively easy and positive repair for an annoying water hammer that occurs in the hot-water line to the master bedroom bathroom sink in our house? It’s been going on for years, and I’m concerned it may cause damage. This is a three-story townhouse; the bedroom is on the top floor.

Herndon

(Image Source/GETTY IMAGES)

A. Water hammer doesn’t usually damage plumbing, but it can certainly be annoying. Luckily, what needs to be fixed isn’t usually tucked inside walls that would need to be opened up to make the repair.

Most often, the problem is a failed gasket in the pressure-reducing valve where water comes into the house. Replacing this valve, including the part and labor, costs less than $300, according to Connie Hodges, operations manager at Wacker Plumbing & Remodeling in Sterling (703-450-5565, http://www.wackerplumbing.com).

There are other possible causes, ranging from things as simple as a loose washer to air trapped in piping. Like a skilled birder, an experienced plumber can listen to the noise and identify what the specific sound means. Irvin Schools, a plumber for 39 years and co-owner of H&S Plumbing and Heating in Herndon (703-437-6966), says it usually takes less than half an hour to diagnose the cause, because the sound is such a good clue.

“It depends on whether it’s a chatter or a steady thump,” Schools said. Chatter usually means a problematic washer or valve. A single thump often points to trapped air within the pipes. Fixing that can be as simple as turning off the water, draining the pipes and then refilling them.

Plumbers charge wildly different rates, but folks with the lowest prices sometimes know a lot less than those who charge more, so in the end you don’t always save by going with the lowest rate. H&S charges $120 for the first half-hour and $35 for each 25 minutes thereafter, plus parts.

I recently had my basement waterproofed and painted. Now I would like to put in shelving for box storage, but the shelving units I want are 18 to 24 inches deep, and that is too deep for a footing ledge that runs on two sides of the basement. Both the height and depth of the ledge are somewhat variable, but generally it’s about 6 inches high and 15 inches deep.

Is there shelving with adjustable legs so the front can be longer than the back and extend over the ledge? Or do I just need to hire a carpenter to build custom wood shelves?

Alexandria

Here are a few ideas:

Set the shelves you want on the ledge and add adjustable legs at the front to support the overhang.

Or shop for cabinets and shelves made for garage storage; these often include adjustable legs because garage floors usually slant toward the door. You might be able to omit the legs in the back and install legs that adjust to 6 or 7 inches in the front.

Or buy a wooden shelving system with adjustable shelf heights. Determine where to install the bottom shelf so it will be higher than the ledge, and simply cut off the legs in the back to match the ledge height at that spot.

Or bring in a carpenter and get shelves built exactly how you want them.

My rental apartment has vertical blinds. They make a lot of noise when I open the adjacent windows, and the pieces fall out. I’m tired of reassembling them and want to replace them, even if the landlady refuses to pay for the change. I’ve been thinking of putting in a sheer for light during daytime, with a heavier curtain for night. The total width of the window is about 12 feet. Any suggestions?

Hawaii

Two options are panel track blinds and vertical pleated shades.

Panel track blinds, also known as sliding window panels or panel tracks, resemble vertical blinds, but the panels are wider and less rigid, with a heft that’s more like the shade on a roller shade. Panels are available in styles that range from sheer to opaque. Comfortex and Bali are two manufacturers that offer this style.

Vertical pleated shades are made with a honeycomb material, as in standard pleated shades. However, the pleats run up and down, and the shades have side rails that you push or pull to open or close. Bali Verticell is one example.

Read the original:
How To: Repair water hammer in pipes

Researchers led by Robert Odze at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston report on their clinical and pathological analysis of Crohn's disease in Modern Pathology. The researchers compared patients with colonic Crohn's disease and those with colonic and ileal Crohn's disease. "Patients with isolated colonic Crohn's disease at initial presentation show distinct clinical and pathological features compared with the colon of patients who present with both ileal and colonic involvement," the authors write, adding that "further studies should be conducted to determine whether the histology of the colon in patients with colonic Crohn's disease is related to the development of malignancy, molecular phenotype, and specific outcome, on a prospective basis."

University of Minnesota Medical School's Youngki Kim and his colleagues describe their study of laminin isoform expression in diabetic neuropathy and other renal diseases in an advance, online Modern Pathology article. They found that ?5, ?2 and ?1 chains — which are part of the glomerular basement membrane — are over-expressed in diabetic nephropathy kidneys. "The alterations in basement membrane composition in various renal diseases seem to not only reflect the balance between synthesis and degradation of normal basement membrane constituents, but also the aberrant new expression of basement membrane molecules," Kim and his colleagues say. "Thus, tissue remodeling may incorporate both an increase of normal constituents and emergence of abnormal constituents during disease exemplified by diabetes."

Original post:
This Week in Modern Pathology

“We’re looking for basement remodeling, support, a portico for the front door and a shower door,” Jim Guest said as he pored over samples and photos in the booth of Freedom Works Building and Remodeling Inc., an Odenton firm. Using a photo album, the CEO of the 22-year-old firm, Rick Oliver, pointed out the details of a wood-paneled wet bar.

 

A few booths away, Billy Derian, host of the DIY Network’s “Extra Yardage” show, startled landscape architect and illustrator Paul LeVine, of Finksburg, when he dropped by LeVine’s Landscape Designs booth and began leafing through his illustrated designs.

“These are good,” Derian murmured as several of his fans stopped and gawked.

Derian was scheduled to present a seminar on landscaping at noon. For a few minutes, he stood outside the lecture room and listened to WTOP radio’s garden editor, Mike McGrath, talk about composting and the American lifestyle. “Using a leaf blower is the perfect American occupation,” McGrath declared to knowing chuckles from his audience. “You create a lot of noise but accomplish little.”

He went on to talk about how to create the perfect compost — one that does not involve using any commercial products.

In the main exhibit hall, visitors buzzed among nearly seven dozen booths whose smiling representatives stood ready to discuss and demonstrate a rainbow of items from kitchen cutlery, cookware, countertops and appliances, to rooftop solar panels, fencing, awnings, gutters, driveways and closet organizers.

“We do this show every year,” said Zachary S. Carrubba, 29. His in-laws own Maryland Shower Enclosures, based in Annapolis. He’s worked for the 15-year-old company since he graduated from South River High School. “We’ll probably sell 15 to 25 jobs at this show. I love doing them,” he said, showing off one of the company’s glass shower doors.

Carrubba also does a little shopping at the expo.

“I bought insulation one year from Summit Insulation, another regular exhibitor. He bought a shower door from me,” Carrubba said.

Brad Leahy, representing Blades of Green, a lawn care and pest control service, was using bright yellow flyswatters to lure potential customers to his booth.

“This is the best show we do,” he said. “Last year, we picked up a lot of new customers and several regular customers dropped by, too. We did so well last year, instead of being here for just one weekend, we booked both weekends this year.”

Expo celebs

Dr. Lori Verderame, whose syndicated column appears in The Capital and in 93 other publications, and appears on Discovery Channel’s reality show, “Auction Kings,” will conduct appraisals at the expo during her “What It’s Worth” presentations at noon, 2 and 3?p.m. today. Audience members can bring one item for appraisal.

“If you have five more items, bring five friends,” Verderame advised. This is one of more than 100 personal appearances she is scheduled to make this year.

“I’ve been to the Home Show in Annapolis several times. We do appraisals and laugh,” the Pennsylvania resident said. “Last year, someone brought in a Pairpoint reverse painted lamp, dating from the 1880s to 1910. It is worth over $40,000. One man brought in blueprints of the Jefferson Memorial in D.C. His father had worked on it in the ‘30s and ‘40s.”

In a phone interview, Verderame said she’ll appraise anything except firearms. Her appraisals are done on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants sit in the audience and await their turn while Verderame lectures and conducts appraisals.

“We help people identify how markets work. How they can get the most money out of things and not give it all away at a yard sale,” she said.

“Anyone who is appraising your objects should not have a financial interest in your object. They might not give you an accurate appraisal if they are going to buy it from you to sell later. One woman I met sold a document to an appraiser for a few dollars. He resold it for $50,000.”

One last bit of advice from Verderame before the show: “Typically, an object your mother said to protect because it has family history is something you should protect. Two sisters in Virginia Beach had a family heirloom, a painting, they didn’t like. It turned out to be worth $150,000.”

Another celebrity appearing at the show is Damon Bennett. A regular on HGTV’s “Holmes Inspections,” Bennett left a home renovation project in Toronto on Friday and took an evening flight to appear at the Home Expo yesterday. It was his first visit to Annapolis and his fifth public appearance at a home show.

“There are no actors on the show,” the contractor said. “Mike Holmes and I are hands-on people. We do all the work and the bags under our eyes should show it.”

Bennett, 40, has been doing home improvements since he was 12. He met Holmes eight years ago, and the two have worked together since then.

Bennett planned to advise audience members on questions they need to ask a home inspector before purchasing a house. Among them: “Do you see any signs of mold? How does the basement look? Do you see any cracks or signs of settling? Do you have an infrared camera? It’s an expensive tool, but it looks behind walls without tearing them up and can ‘see’ moisture readings and missing insulation. Is the electrical OK? How long will it last?”

“There are a lot of good home inspectors in the world, but on our show we see the worst of the worst in the greater Toronto area,” he said.

“Thousands of emails come in every week from people asking for help. We go through and pick the worst, the most troubled ones that home inspectors really screwed up. We’re not out to attack home inspectors or contractors, but we’re trying to make the public aware of what to look for in a home inspection. Education is important.”

 

For information and a complete vendor listing, visit http://www.MidAtlanticExpos.com.

Wendi Winters is a freelance writer based on the Broadneck Peninsula.

Visit link:
Home Expo’s experts draw crowds

Lorain police

Thursday, Feb. 9

9 p.m. — 300 block W. Seventh St., Lisa Flint, 46, 1800 block E. 32nd St., charged with disorderly conduct by intoxication, disorderly conduct persisting and disturbing the peace.

Friday, Feb. 10

9:53 a.m. — 1100 block W. Eighth St., man remodeling a house he owns reported a door ajar and basement window broken out when he returned to work on the structure. Inside, he found copper pipe missing from the basement, along with a $2,000 boat motor and $300 in tools.

12:06 p.m. — 1800 block Lexington Ave., Brian Young, 31, 1800 block Oakdale Ave., charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

6:30 p.m. — 2100 block of Grenoble Drive, home burglarized with entry through sliding glass door and camera, television and video games stolen with total value of $1,100.

11:08 p.m. — Tower Boulevard near Oberlin Avenue, Frances J. Shonebarger, 58, Lorain, charged with operating a vehicle intoxicated and marked lanes.

Saturday, Feb. 11

12:23 a.m. — East 30th Street and Glove Avenue, Evan Williams, 20, Lorain, charged with driving under suspension and running a stop sign.

12:28 a.m. — West 18th Street and Ashland Avenue, man told police he was walking along West 18th Street early Saturday morning when he was assaulted by a man who hit him on the side of the head with an object and ran off. The 50-year-old victim said he fell to his knees from the blow, which cut him above the ear.

10:01 a.m. — 800 block W. 19th St., vacant home broken into through window, copper piping that was removed from basement found. Police said an audible alarm scared off the burglars, causing them to leave the copper piping.

11:21 a.m. — 700 block Brownell Ave., Andrew J. Dillon, 42, homeless, arrested and charged with breaking and entering. Police Sgt. Raymond Farley wrote in his incident report that he caught Dillon in a vacant home cutting copper pipe in the first-floor bathroom. Entry had been made through a broken window.

11:07 p.m. — 1300 block W. Erie Ave., Bruce E. Bowman, 62, same address, arrested and charged with domestic violence. Bowman’s girlfriend said he hit and choked her. Bowman denied assaulting his girlfriend, saying she was mad at him for not giving her money for drugs.

11:45 p.m. — 2600 block Reeves Ave., Montell D. Johnson, 33, 2100 block Beech Ave., Lorain, charged with domestic violence but not arrested. Johnson’s estranged girlfriend said he has been threatening her. The girlfriend’s mother played police a recording of a phone call in which Johnson said, “I guarantee your daughter dies,” police said.

Sunday, Feb. 12

1:04 a.m. — 600 block Brownell St., Ruqqahi E. Bell, 21, same address, charged with domestic violence but not arrested. Bell’s aunt said they argued over the setting of the thermostat in the home. She said Bell then threatened to assault her, broke her bedroom door and poured Comet cleanser and wine over her bed and clothes before fleeing the home.

2:33 a.m. — Mutt & Jeff’s, 3700 Oberlin Ave., man said he was punched and kicked by three men in the kitchen of the bar after he refused to leave. A woman said she was punched and knocked to the ground in the bar’s parking lot by three women. The perpetrators then drove off.

2:42 a.m. — 300 block W. 23rd St., woman said a man she has a temporary protection order against forced his way into her home and took her phone before leaving.

11:26 a.m. — 2900 block Ashland Ave., garage broken into through window, tools stolen.

8:33 p.m. — Mercy Regional Medical Center, 3700 Kolbe Road, woman said her boyfriend held her in the back room of a trailer home in the 5000 block of W. Erie Ave. for three weeks against her will, only letting her out for water and occasional sandwiches. The woman said the boyfriend, whom she said has been using bath salts, eventually allowed her to leave.

9:23 p.m. — Iglesia Luz Del Mundo Church, 221 W. 15th St., Jose Melendez-Perez, 35, 2200 block of Hancock St., Lorain, arrested and charged with assault. Melendez-Perez’s brother-in-law said he was punched in the face by Melendez-Perez during an argument in the church parking lot.

9:48 p.m. — East 28th Street and Elyria Avenue, car stolen from the 2400 block of Lexington Ave. found abandoned in a front yard in the 900 block of W. 22nd St., after police pursuit.

11:42 p.m. — 200 block Root Road, Ronald H. Westmoreland, 50, 800 block of Cooper Foster Road, Amherst, arrested and charged with assault and obstructing official business. Westmoreland’s girlfriend, whom police said had a swollen lip, said he punched her. Police said the girlfriend initially didn’t want to pursue charges but asked to after Westmoreland refused to leave her home with police.

Monday, Feb. 13

11:13 a.m. — 3700 block Beavercrest Drive, apartment burglarized with entry through second-floor window and $600 computer stolen.

3:42 p.m. — 400 block W. 14th St., vacant property burglarized with entry through window and copper piping stolen.

Oberlin police

Sunday, Jan. 22

4:52 p.m. — State Route 58 and U.S. Route 20, Taylor H. Thompson, 20, of Fairfield, Calif., charged with theft and possession of drug paraphernalia and Andre J. Patton, 18, of Cleveland, charged with theft and underage possession of alcohol at Walmart.

Tuesday, Jan. 24

9:59 a.m. — West College Street, police investigate theft complaint at Bead Paradise.

12:48 p.m. — 100 block N. Pleasant St., Langston Middle School student referred to juvenile authorities on disorderly conduct complaint.

3:04 p.m. — 100 block N. Pleasant St., Langston Middle School student referred to juvenile authorities on possession of marijuana complaint.

Wednesday, Jan. 25

4:50 p.m. — 100 block E. College St., assault complaint.

6:07 p.m. — 100 block Maple St., assault complaint.

Thursday, Jan. 26

1:27 p.m. — State Route 58 and U.S. Route 20, Paula D. Hill, 42, of Oberlin, charged with theft and criminal trespassing at Walmart.

Friday, Jan. 27

10:34 a.m. — 100 block N. Prospect St., police assist in psychiatric situation.

Saturday, Jan. 28

11:21 p.m. — 100 block S. Park St., police assist in psychiatric situation.

Monday, Jan. 30

3 p.m. — 300 block Elm St., Shane M. Brandes, 37, of Oberlin, charged with criminal trespassing.

7:56 p.m. — State Route 58 and U.S. Route 20, Matthew R. Adler, 28, of Elyria, charged with theft at Goodwill.

Tuesday, Jan. 31

9:56 a.m. — West College Street, theft reported at Harkness Hall on Oberlin College campus.

Wellington police

Tuesday, Jan. 17

4:50 p.m. — 400 block Magyar St., Steven Hickle, 47, of Wellington, charged with domestic violence after police investigated allegations he fought with family members.

9:48 p.m. — 100 block N. Mill St., woman said someone stole her electric mixer that had been mounted onto a kitchen cabinet.

11:37 p.m. — 200 block N. Main St., assault complaintb but victim declined to press charges.

Thursday, Jan. 19

9:48 p.m. — Main Street, man told police he was robbed of about $200 when someone came behind him outside the Mosey Inn and said “Give me your money.” He said he was scared and never turned around to see who committed the crime. Police were examining video from the bar’s surveillance system.

Friday, Jan. 20

10:05 p.m. — Union and Elm streets, Ryan Voelker, 16, of Oberlin, cited with driving under a license restriction due to three juvenile passengers being in the car with him.

Print this story
Report an inappropriate comment

Original post:
Police log for Feb. 15, 2012