Councilman vows to fight West pool closure
Elyria councilman Charles Fair vows to resist closing the West Recreation Center pool over his dead body. Mayor Michael Keys balked at 1985 budget funding, citing a near collapsing wall and proposing a one year patch. An architect warns major repairs are needed. total repairs across five city pools could cost about 993000.
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Randall Edwards
C-T
Elyria
Charles Fair
West Recreation Center
Fair
D-2
Michael Keys
Keys
Municipal Utilities and Finance Committees
Parks and Recreation
Phil Innis
Court layoffs feared in Lorain County court funding row
Lorain County Common Pleas Court may lay off six staff if county commissioners do not boost funding. Administrative Judge Floyd Harris warns delays in criminal and civil case processing will occur, risking constitutional rights and potential release of criminals. The judge cites a 20 year shoestring budget and cites current funds of 694 828 versus a request for 904 404. Two probation department secretaries would be among the layoffs, creating backlogs in pre sentence reporting.
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Elyria
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Floyd D. Harris
Ohio
Harris
Franklin County
Adrian Bedeski
Joseph Cirigliano
Judge delays Lorain busing desegregation plan
An Akron judge ruled to postpone mandatory bus integration in Lorain City Schools. Instead a magnet school program will be expanded and bilingual programs upgraded to desegregate voluntarily, with busing planned only after evaluating magnet efforts. The decision follows NAACP and district briefs and sets a May 15 board review with July 1 reporting.
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Lorain — City
Akron
David Dowd
Lorain City
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Dowd
NAACP
John Pavic
Harold Wilson
Wendy Langenderfer
Hawthorne Boone
Fairhorne Elementary
The
Villanova Upsets Georgetown In NCAA Final
The piece highlights Villanova stars Ed Pinckney Gary McLain and Dwayne McLain alongside Eastgate youths Mike Hartley and Guy Wolford after Villanova toppled Georgetown in the NCAA final. It notes the children enjoying the moment and lists their family addresses and ages.
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Villanova Wildcats
Ed Pinckney
Gary McLain
Dwayne McClain
Eastgate
Mike Hartley
Guy Wolford
Villanova
Georgetown
Mike
Guy
Patrick Ewing
Wyatt Hartley
Longson
Paul Wolford
Cornell
Gene Krebs
April Snow Returns to Northern Ohio Amid Mild Spring Forecast
Residents woke to fresh snow in April as forecasters say the month averages 2.2 inches. Police reported four minor accidents on Route 2 approaches in Amherst and ice on bridges over the Ohio Turnpike.
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Ohio
Dale Paddock
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Amherst
Ohio Turnpike
Columbia Township
Bill Watkins
Weather Bureau
Paddock
Metroparks
Elyria council weighs limits on group homes amid Betterway plans
Elyria City Council considers restricting group homes after reports Betterway Inc plans a fifth site on Middle Avenue. Councilmen Shores and Tanner say neighbors fear concentration will cause problems. Betterway says new Middle Avenue site would be an office, not another home, with no lease on the 700 Middle Ave building.
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Elyria
Betterway Inc
Middle Avenue
Thomas Shores
D-5
Betterway
Middle
Larry Tanner
D-1
Shores
Tom Peters
Peters
Middle Ave
Weather outlook and temperatures for tonight and Wednesday
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a low around 32 tonight and a high near 55 on Wednesday. Precipitation chances are 10 percent tonight and 26 percent Wednesday. Details on Page A 3.
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Leo Bullocks
West Side
Koko
Gorilla Foundation of
California
National Geographic
Ronald Cohn
Steve Fogarty
Bureau
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North Ridgeville
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