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Around the Patch: Firebreathers, Ryan Dunn & Huron Hospital

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1. Jackass star and Ohio native Ryan Dunn passed away recently in a car accident.

Kent Patch blogger Jason Prufer , The Zephyr, to get stories about one of its more famous patrons.

It turns out, Dunn wasn't much of a "jackass" at all.

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"He was always cool. The first time or two that he was there I was probably as starstruck as anyone else, wondering what the hell he was doing in our little bar here. After he had been in there a few times, I just realized he was a normal dude," one bartender recalled.

2. Lakewood Patch about a professional firebreather who briefly attracted the wrong type of attention.

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After police responded to a call of a loud explosion and flames at   June 15, officers learned it was only the firebreather, putting on a show for area children.

3.  in Mayfield Village is planning a $2.5 million renovation project that will almost double its showroom size and add the Dodge and Ram product lines.

The expansion will require rezoning of two residential properties that would be used to store cars. James W. Deacon, company president, said the land was purchased by his family 20 years ago in hopes the business might grow. There is a house on one of the lots.

The expansion project would keep a 6,160-square-foot service department building and a new, 12,574-square-foot addition that would serve primarily as showroom space.

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4.  held a meeting Tuesday night for people in the community who want to discuss the needs of East Cleveland and the surrounding community in light of the Cleveland Clinic's .


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