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LaTourette Retires & Man Takes One Drink Too Many: A Week In Review

Catch up on all the big news that happened this week in Mentor

1. It's the end of an era.

After nine terms and 18 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, Steve this November.

His reason? It's not because he's jockeying for a better committee seat or feuding with House Speaker John Boehner.

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No, LaTourette said he's simply tired of the brinksmanship and infighting that prevents Congress from accomplishing its job.

"For a long time now, words like compromise have been considered to be dirty words," . "And there are people on the right and the left who think that if you compromise, you're a coward. You're a facilitator. You're an appeaser.

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"I always believed that the art of being a legislator is finding common ground."

We've attached video from LaTourette's press conference to this story if you want to watch it.

2. Some guys have no respect for closing time.

A man is , stealing a drink and -- after he had been arrested -- trashing his cell at the Mentor City Jail.

Mentor Police responded to an alarm call that someone had broken into the at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday.

When officers arrived, they found 23-year-old Angelo Vitolo by the bar drinking a jack and coke with a cherry on top that he had made himself, Mentor Police Lt. Ken Zbiegien said.

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3. Zoup for you!

Not only is shopping complex this autumn, but .

As one can presume from its name, Zoup! specializes in soups. It offers hundreds of different types that it rotates on a daily basis, including low-fat, vegetarian, dairy-free and gluten-free options.

The chain began in Detroit, MI, and now has more than 40 restaurants in 11 states. The Mentor location will be the 11th in Ohio but the first in Lake County.

4. As part of Mentor's pursuit to get a Deer Management Plan, have affected their lives.

It has put a deer survey online, which would supplement the information from the .

To participate in the survey, click here.

5. Finally, .

No, for real. Go do that.


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