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GREEN, Ohio, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) is on a roll. For five consecutive months, total passenger traffic has increased when compared to the same month in 2005. In May, more than 125,400 total origin & destination (O/D) passengers used the airport compared to 115,000 in the same month last year, resulting in a net monthly gain of 10,500 (or a nine percent increase). Year-to-date traffic has increased 9.4 percent compared to last year. "We are humbled by the customer response to our low fares, great airlines and new gates," said airport director Fred Krum. "We like reducing the stress normally associated with the popular summer travel season by offering shorter lines, smaller crowds, complimentary Wi-Fi, and a free waiting lot.
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Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, A. Schulman is an international supplier of high-performance plastic compounds and resins. These materials are used in a variety of consumer, industrial, automotive and packaging applications. The Company employs about 2,400 people and has 13 manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe, Mexico and the Asia-Pacific region. Revenues for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2002 were approximately $967 million. Additional information about A. Schulman can be found on the World Wide Web at www.aschulman.com.
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Akron has a diverse and colorful heritage of old restaurants and shopping centers. Quaker Square, located in the heart of Akron’s downtown, was redeveloped in the early 1970's as a downtown mall, created from the old Quaker Oats factory, which originally operated at that location. The oat silos had been transformed into unique hotel rooms. Recently, the University of Akron purchased this complex for its own use—primarily as residence-hall space for its growing student body.
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Akron has a diverse and colorful heritage of old restaurants and shopping centers. Quaker Square, located in the heart of Akron’s downtown, is a mall made out of the old Quaker Oats Company factory, which originally operated there. The oat silos have been transformed into hotel rooms providing a unique experience to the guest. The Trackside Grille, themed with railroads which run parallel to the building, provides a narrative of Akron’s history.
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Akron’s history and the history of the rubber industry are mutually bound. The rubber industry transformed Akron from a small canal town into a fledgling city. The birth of the rubber industry started in the eighteen hundreds, long before America fell in love with the automobile. Akron was incorporated as a village in 1835, and as a city in 1865. In 1869, B.F. Goodrich began the first rubber company to settle in Akron.
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Akron coach Keith Dambrot has juggled the starting lineup since star center Jeremiah Wood underwent surgery on his right knee. Dambrot has used three starting lineups in the four games Wood has missed. Dambrot started Cedrick Middleton, Chris McKnight, Nate Linhart and Nick Dials in each game Wood missed but rotated in three different fifth starters looking for the right player to help replace Wood's team-leading 13.4 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.
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