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Mr. DiMauro to take new job as Human Resources director

After this year, Chris DiMauro will no longer be the principal of the high school. DiMauro will be taking the job of the director of Human Resources for Stow-Munroe Falls city schools.

Although DiMauro is sad to be leaving the high school, he is excited for his new position in the school district.

As the director of Human Resources, he will be a major component of the hiring process in the school district. This includes teachers, administrators, custodians, and secretaries. He will also be responsible for federal and state accountability for things such as insurance, time cards, school calendars and hours for the staff members.

District-wide programming and terms of staff development also include some of DiMauro’s new duties.

β€œIt is very much a comprehensive job,” DiMauro said.

DiMauro will miss many things when he leaves the high school to pursue his new position. The thing he will miss most is interaction with students and staff. His new role is more centralized away from schools and he will spend more time in an office than in a classroom.

β€œI’ll still be in buildings, but not nearly as much as I am now,” DiMauro said.

He will also miss the pep rallies the high school hosts and big events he will not be as involved with now. Although he will not be as involved, he will still enjoy coming to football games and other fun events the school puts on. Through these events, he plans to stayed involved in student culture.

DiMauro is looking forward to many new opportunities in his new position and he is excited he will be able to institute change in all schools now instead of just at the high school. He will be working with all 700 employees in the Stow-Munroe Falls school district. He will have many relationships with many different people with his new job.

It is still not known who will be replacing DiMauro. The interviewing process for the principal of the high school will begin sometime next week.

DiMauro said, β€œMy first major task as Human Resources Director is to replace myself.”

Apple working to fix new iPhone bug

Recently this week many students have discovered the iPhone text messaging “bug.” Many students have found a way for iPhone users’ phones to be shut down by sending an encrypted message containing Chinese characters and the phrase “effective. Power.”

According to CNN.com, “A text consisting of a particular string of characters, revealed on Reddit late Tuesday, exploits an inability of the messaging app’s preview feature to correctly render the characters, which are not the standard alphanumerics or emoticons one typically texts.”

Where this hack was found is unclear, but Apple is doing their best to try and resolve the issue.

CNN.com also states, “Apple wrote on its support site, under the heading ‘If Messages quits unexpectedly after you get a text with a specific string of characters,’ that the company ‘is aware of an iMessage issue caused by a specific series of unicode characters.’ The post said Apple will make a fix available in a software update.”

Until the problem is solved by Apple, there are a few things oneΒ can do to prevent the problems from arising and not have to block any contacts. First thing to try is askingΒ Siri to “read unread messages.”

Also, use Siri to reply to the message. After the reply, the phone will be able to open Messages again. Lastly, in Messages, swipe left to delete the entire conversation, or tap and hold the message, tap “more,” and delete the message from the conversation.

If all fails and the phone continues to have problems, the last thing to do is block the people who send the messages and do a quick reset of the phone.

Lastly, hold the home button with the power button as if one was taking a screenshot. Hold them in for a few seconds and an apple should appear. This signals that the phone has closed down all the apps and refreshed its system. All the contacts, photos, and apps will remain on the phone.

FIFA involved in soccer scandal

FIFA is a brand known by many and has recently been involved in a huge scandal. On May 27, in Zurich, Switzerland. Swiss police, on Wednesday, raided a Zurich hotel to detain top FIFA football officials as part of a US investigation into possible corruption the Simpsons may have predicted.

By: Ryan Stone

In Zurich, some police officers went into a massive hotel which was the site of this week’s annual meeting of FIFA, soccer’s global governing body. The officers got room numbers from the front desk, headed upstairs, and arrested six FIFA executives.

The Justice Department’s announcement primarily cites deals between FIFA, sports marketing groups and broadcast corporations for the television rights to air the World Cup and other international soccer tournaments.

This goes back to 1991; the indictment those involved conspired to receive bribes from marketing firms in exchange for exclusive television contracts to the cumulative tune of more than $150 million.

The Attorney General Loretta Lynch said, β€œIt spans at least two generations of soccer officials who, as alleged, have abused their positions of trust to acquire millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.”

All of this could bring big issues to the soccer world and more than likely everyone involved will be brought to justice.Β 

Cornerstone Market and Deli suffers damage due to fire

By: Morgan Walko

The Cornerstone Market and Deli suffered immense damage due to a fire. The store burned to the ground on Wed., May 27.

The market closed at 7 p.m. and all employees left. The fire department received a call about the incident at 10:19 p.m. The building was empty, so there were no injuries.

The cause of the fire is still unknown and firefighters believe it may be awhile until they know what really happened. All of the employees had left; therefore, no one saw what happened.

Hardly anything remains of the store. The building and everything inside of it is considered a total loss.

A customer of the store decided to start an online fundraiser campaign for the owners of the store. Many people have donated already.

The damage done to the store will take a large amount of money to fix. The owners will have to rebuild the market and buy more supplies. They hope to be back in business as soon as they can put together the money.