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Just When You Thought Akron Couldn’t Get More Strange

The second annual Hamburger Festival has just kicked off in Akron. No, seriously. Seems the little city that could has attempted to lay claim to hamburger heritage even after The Hamburger Hearings (no, seriously) could not decide and an online poll declared Seymour, Wisconsin that rightful holder of the title “Hamburger Capital of the World.” To kick things off the mayor got all greasy in a hamburger eating competition. Yes, they are that hard up for tourists.Meanwhile over at the lake…

An Akron teen hooked an alligator. In Summit Lake. Ok, it was only five feet long, but still the Dog Warden (is this a real position?) had to show up and fish it out once the Akron police force learned that Steve Irwin was dead. And don’t worry animal lovers, the gator is now swimming in a kiddy pool at the humane society. Crikey.

Just When You Thought Lakewood Couldn’t Get Any More Rowdy

For the past 16 years Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries have been helping 16-21 year olds live on their own after rough upbringings and limited options. Seems a noble enough cause, one that Lakewood isn’t really a fan of right now. See, the program used to stick to mean streets of East Cleveland, but recently they decided these teens needed new stomping grounds, thus they moved to East Lakewood. Since the move there have been a number of complaints about the new residents, some simply stemming from the fact that they are (gasp!) black, but others from noise or fighting. Well now the teens face a new sort of problem, namely Mayor Tom George who asked the Ministries to move the teens out. Problem is George has no legal power to evict them himself. Welcome to the standoff.

A Little Something About Jimmy Legs

Ok, so it’s not C-Town related, but how often are you going to see a news article about jimmy legs? That’s what I thought. Read on, my friends.