Word: columbus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nanci Stall Columbus...
...youths began picking her flowers as well, the lady grabbed her gun and began plinking away. Though no one was hurt, police were called and the parents prepared to press charges. In most cities, the result would have been a court proceeding and bad tempers all around. But in Columbus the matter was turned over to an informal mediation process called the Night Prosecutor's Program. Within two weeks, after a meeting refereed by a local citizen trained in mediation techniques, the parents and the homeowner made a deal: they would control their kids better, she would sell...
More than one-third of the misdemeanor complaints that come to the Columbus police are now settled in this way-without judges, lawyers, and other legal impedimenta. Some 100 other municipalities are experimenting with similar programs, which seem particularly appropriate for disputes involving people who are neighbors or are otherwise fated to have a continuing relationship. For such citizens, winner-take-all court decisions may leave only heightened anger; mediation, by contrast, seeks to cut small problems down to size, or "make the forum fit the fuss," as U.S. Assistant Attorney General Maurice Rosenberg puts...
...court settlement procedure called arbitration, in which the counselor, rather than the parties themselves, crafts the solution. California, for example, uses this system to handle certain medical malpractice claims. Both arbitration and mediation help clear court dockets of many minor cases. They also often save money: in the Columbus program, the cost of the average agreement, including the mediators' pay, is $20, vs. $250 for the typical court case. But mediation does not promise to break the nation's litigation logjam. Says William Yeomans, a Justice Department expert on such programs...
...advanced skills of Buckeye head coach, Mike Peppe, lured Oyakawa to Columbus along with fellow Hawaian, Ford Konno. Under Peppe's tutelage, Konno also soared to the top, racing to six NCAA titles between...