Mentor's Budget, Heidi Klum & Zombies: A Week In Review

1. First, did you hear about our ? (Yes, that Heidi Klum.)

If your child has the most creative costume, they can win a trip to New York or Los Angeles to meet the model.

Entering is easy. Just , 12 years of age or younger, in his or her Halloween costume. Entries must be made by the parent or legal guardian of the child photographed.

2. City Council and the administration began

Mentor City Manager Kenneth Filipiak said that base budgets for each of the city's departments would probably be flat. Meanwhile, Mentor would focus on improving its roads, buildings and stormwater management system.

Speaking of budgets, contract talks between the administration and firefighters' union hit a snag Tuesday.

City Council .

"We need to get some language cleaned up in it," Council President Robert Shiner said.

Filipiak said he was confident that the administration and union could work out most of their issues before arbitration.

3. A girl was .

However, the girl was fortunate a more serious conviction of felonious assault.

The fight started because the attacker thought another girl was spreading a rumor about her.

4. A Cleveland man, .

Triplett was convicted of felonious assault and involuntary manslaughter Wednesday in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Triplett punched Corrado on April 30, 2009, outside of the Barley House in Cleveland. The punched knocked 22-year-old Corrado backward. He never regained consciousness and died 18 hours later.

A jury already convicted Triplett of felonious assault on this case once before but was hung on the charge of involuntary manslaughter. The judge convicted Triplett to the maximum possible penalty -- 18 years in prison, eight for the assault and 10 because he qualified as a repeat violent offender.

However, earlier this year, and decided that he deserved a new trial.

5. Finally, !