Elyria considers public input on two ice rinks funding
Elyria City Council seeks citizen opinions before authorizing a 2.1 million borrowing plan for twin ice rinks. A 23,750 planning outlay and borings study were approved, with projected annual gross income of 458,000 against 200,000 in operating costs. The proposal, tied to urban renewal funds, faces concerns about debt limits and future revenue sharing shifts.
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Elyria
Leonard P. Reichlin
Elm
Chestnut Streets
Koster and Associates
Cleveland
Inntal
Norm H
Elyria Finance
Kenneth A. Krueck
High winds disrupt area with 70 mph gusts
Winds gusting to 70 mph slammed across Lorain County area causing shattered signs and windows. Grounded planes at Lorain County Regional Airport and numerous accidents reported, including a fatal crash near exit 1har on the Ohio Turnpike involving a North Olmsted mother and daughter. Minor accidents logged by Ohio State Patrol posts, power outages scattered, downed trees and broken windows across Elyria Amherst Lorain and surrounding towns.
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Sherwin-Williams Co
Middle Ave
C-T
Gene Krebs
Don Chopehinski
Air Central Enterprises
Lorain County Regional Airport
Ohio Turnpike
Elyria Post
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Medina Post
Elyria
Abbe Road
Abbe
Gabrielle Weber
Stand Rd
North Ridgeville
Loops Scoop
East Fourth St
Roth Ohio Edison Co
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Vermilion
Lake Erie
US Coast Guard
Amherst
Lorain
Absence rate triples as city schools reopen
Elyria schools reopened after spring vacation to a systemwide absence surge. About 3,400 of 13,510 students were absent, roughly 25 percent, up from a normal 8 percent, with illness weather and family vacations named as causes. Principal guidance urged scheduling makeup work. two teachers were out of state, planes grounded by snow. Makeup days set for Jan 2-3 and June 13 extend the year by one day.
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Elyria
Thomas Showalter
Showalter
Don Swartz
Elyria High School
Elyria West High
Hamilton School
Franklin Junio High School
Maplewood
Westwood Junior High
Eastern Heights Junor High
Windsor
Berea woman indicted in baby death abuse of corpse charge
Monica E Haglund of Tower in the Park Apartments Berea was indicted by a Cuyahoga County Grand Jury on a misdemeanor abuse of a corpse charge in the death of her newborn girl found Feb 3 in a trash compactor behind the Tower In The Park complex. The prosecutors said the baby died of a respiratory ailment and might have died anyway. police had earlier charged aggravated murder. The case will be assigned to either Common Pleas or Berea Municipal Court by Judge Leo Spellacy.
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Cleveland
Feacher
Berea
Cuyahoga County
Monica E Haglund
Tower In the Park Apartments
Barrett Rd
Edward Walsh
Walsh
Stould
County Common Pleas Court
Leo Spellacyo
Pike crash kills North Olmsted mom and daughter
A blinding snow squall on the Ohio Turnpike near Streetsboro caused a collision involving two westbound trucks and four tractor-trailers, killing Carol J Kurtz 35 and her daughter Laurel 6. Six others were injured including Kurtz's husband Edward 39 and their children. The crash disrupted traffic for hours, and funeral arrangements are pending.
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Pike
North Olmsted
Streetsboro
Wother
Ohio Turnpike
Carol J Kurtz
Sherwood Dr
Laurel
Ohio Highway Patrol
Kurtz
Denbo
Jury clears Marine of N Olmsted man's murder
A Cuyahoga County jury found Joseph Brown, 22, of Cleveland not guilty of the December 5 kidnapping and murder of Joseph Browne of North Olmsted. The case involved two women and an armed car hijacking near Playhouse Square, with Brown then in Marine service status at the time. A key eyewitness testified seeing a man she identified as Brown via a police lineup photo. The two female suspects fled during the chase and Browne was shot four times. Brown was jailed without bail after his arrest December 9.
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Cleveland
Joseph Brown
Cuyahoga
Playhouse Square
Browne
Euclid Avenue
Stard Central Avenue
Women take civil service exam for Lorain firemen
Women took the city’s civil service entrance exam for firemen for the first time in Lorain history. Between five and eight women sat the test at Admiral King High School, with an exact count to be released later. Of 262 applicants, 146 requested and 125 took the test. results will be announced within two weeks.
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Lorain
Admiral King High School
Commission
Henry Peirce
Peirce
United States
Lorain County welfare workers favor expanding services
Fifty Lorain County Welfare Department employees responding to a survey backed expanding welfare services to more low and middle income families. The county report to the state outlines Title XX provisions enabling up to half the funding for non public assistance services. County director Paul Zhitnik says expanding eligible clients could boost local and federal funds and meet community needs.
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Lorain County
Paul Zhitmik
Zhitnik
State of
Ohio
Welfare Department For Social Services
Childrens Services
State
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Arnold Tollett
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John Sakol
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Abbe Rd
Flyria
Carlisle Township
Berlin Heights
Elyria Telephone Co
Eastlake
Chagrin River Harbor
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Baby
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Melissa
Robinson Memorial Hospital
Ravenna
Chaldrens Hospital
Akron
Joseph R Desmelyk
Fork River
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Hagerstown
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Bobko Ave
Parma
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