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Wisconsin-based company buys Vertis but not local site
Loren Genson
The Gazette
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The Vertis Communications facility
on East Smith Road in Medina is
expected to close by May 31.
MEDINA — Vertis Communications
is closing its Medina facility and 53
workers will lose their jobs, following a
bankruptcy court-supervised acquisition by rival Wisconsin-based
Quad/Graphics.
Claire Ho, a spokeswoman for
Quad/Graphics, said the Medina facility is being closed because it was not
part of the acquisition.
“There are some facilities that were
not included in the purchase,” she
said.
MEDINA SCHOOLS
of $170 million for Vertis. The purchase
price was $267 million but that
included a payment to Quad/Graphics
of $97 million.
The Wisconsin-based company said
the acquisition would save money and
provide “increased manufacturing
flexibility and distribution efficiencies
from an extended geographic footprint.”
“We have had the opportunity to
work very closely with Joel Quadracci
(president and CEO of Quad/Graphics)
and his team over these last several
Vertis, 620 E. Smith Road, is a print
advertising and direct-marketing facility that produces advertising inserts
and newspaper products for retail and
consumer services companies, according to its website.
The Baltimore-based company has
been under financial stress for several
years and has filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy reorganization three times
since 2008. A Delaware bankruptcy
judge approved the sale to
Quad/Graphics in December.
In a news release detailing the deal,
Quad/Graphics said it paid a net price
See SALE, A3
SHAKING SHAPE
Price tag
announced
for full-day
program
Kiera Manion-Fischer
The Gazette
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See PROGRAM, A2
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LOREN GENSON / GAZETTE
achel Thomas, left, and Alyssa Reiner, both of Medina and members
of Troupe Abira, perform a belly dance Tuesday night at Brunswick
Library. On its Facebook page, Troupe Abira describes itself as “a troupe
Maximum annual income eligibility
requirements for free and reduced meals
(effective through June 30; latest available)
ROAD CLOSURE
W
adsworth Road (state
Route 57) will be
closed between Lafayette
Road and Grant Street from
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.
The closure is needed for
emergency sanitary sewer
repairs.
Local access for all businesses and residents within
the closure limits will be
maintained.
Barricades and traffic
detours will be set up and
maintained throughout the
closure period.
For more information, call
(330) 722-9081.
Lips are
sealed
about any
plea deal
Nick Glunt
The Gazette
MEDINA — Medina Schools will offer allday kindergarten this fall — at a price.
The program will cost $2,700 for most families, $2,100 for families who qualify for federal reduced lunches and nothing for families
eligible for free lunch.
The district now offers only half-day kindergarten.
“The students in this program will receive
the same curriculum as their half-day peers,
with an additional art, music or physical education class added to each day,” said Kris
Quallich, district educational services director, in an email.
Quallich said the extended day means
teachers will have more time to delve into different subject areas and engage students in
projects.
“This additional time also will allow the
teachers to become more familiar with each
student’s needs and to adjust instruction
accordingly,” she said.
Parents interested in applying for all-day
kindergarten can get an application at
www.medinacityschooldistrict.org or at the
registration office, 739 Weymouth Road.
INCOME
ELIGIBILITY
of curvy girls changing Medina County ... one shimmy at a time!”
MEDINA — Are prosecutors and defense
attorneys trying to negotiate a plea bargain
in Steven Cepec’s capital murder trial?
They can’t say.
Judge James L. Kimbler
issued a gag order Tuesday
after a Gazette reporter
asked county Prosecutor
Dean Holman about the
possibility of a plea bargain.
A plea bargain that would
eliminate death as a penalty Steven
in exchange for a guilty plea Cepec
became more likely follow- is on trial
ing Kimbler’s rejection for the
Monday of defense motions slaying of
seeking to throw out Cepec’s 73-year-old
multiple confessions that he Frank Munz.
killed 73-year-old Frank
Munz, of Chatham Township, on June 3,
2010.
Opening statements in the trial are
expected as early as Friday. Jury selection
began Monday.
Kimbler said the attorneys expect to have
40 to 50 potential jurors questioned by Friday, when the prosecution and defense will
select 12 jurors and four alternates.
According to court documents, Cepec
confessed to the slaying at least five times in
the days after his arrest.
The prosecution said sheriff’s Deputy
Marie Kriz heard Cepec on June 4 or 5 say he
killed Munz and that he deserved the death
penalty for his actions.
Cepec, 43, was arrested the day of the
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“It was total
lack of control.”
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......................... $42,643.................$29,965
Attorney General
Mike DeWine,
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Use of drones criticized
in Congress, legislatures
during the release of a report on the
Nov. 29 police chase and the fatal
shooting in Cleveland
......................... $57,295.................$49,261
SOURCE: Federal Register, March 23, 2012
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