Cooper Road Repair Begins. Cleveland Avenue Bridge Night Moves. She Found The Ring, Lost the Owner.
Cooper Curbs At The Curve Corner
The first phase of repaving Cooper Road began this week with the removal of broken and damaged curbs along the section between Schrock Road and the right-in/right-out entrance to the parking lot, just past the curve where the damage is most severe.
Once the curbs are repaired, work will start on milling away the old asphalt surface and laying new pavement. It is expected that the milling and paving of Cooper Road will coincide with those of Vine Street, which is undergoing similar repairs. Conducting milling and paving simultaneously on both roads helps create a smoother and more efficient workflow for the crews and equipment.
Bridging Cleveland Avenue
Crews are working overnight to repair the surface of the Cleveland Avenue bridge over Alum Creek. After removing eroded concrete with high-speed grinders, the surface will be sealed for weather protection.
The work happens overnight during periods of light traffic on the heavily traveled thoroughfare. The supervisor shut down the operation early the previous night, about 5:30 in the morning, as traffic became too heavy for safe operation of the crew and equipment.
Found The Ring. Now What?
Pat Andrei holds the ring she found while clearing the shoreline of Hoover Reservoir on Wednesday afternoon.
Earlier in the day, she struck up a conversation with a man and his children who were walking by her as she collected fishing line and lures broken off of fishing rods. She had a casual conversation with the man, who told her they were retracing their steps to look for the ring that had fallen off his finger while they played in the rocks and water.
Andrei told the man, as a courtesy, that she would look for it, knowing it was almost impossible that she would find it in the expanse of rocky beach they had both traveled. They eventually separated as the family searched for the ring, and Andrei continued to gather discarded fishing gear.
Several minutes later, she saw the ring, as described by the owner, sitting atop a large rock as if on display in a jeweler’s case. She reached out to grab it, turning her head to look for the man and his children, but they were gone. She retraced her steps with no success and held the ring in her hand for safekeeping out of fear of dropping it a second time.
She said she was now upset with herself for not getting the man’s name and contact information, even though she never thought she would find the ring.
She hopes someone will see this photo of the ring and happily return it to the owner if they can tell her the inscription on the inside of the ring.
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