Baseball opens in ski weather with Reds defeat and Rose chase
Opening day snow did not stop baseball as Cincinnati Reds beat the Montreal Expos 4-1. Peter Rose went 2 for 3 and stood 93 hits from Ty Cobb's 4191 career mark. The Tigers beat the Indians 5-4 in Detroit while the Royals edged the Blue Jays 2-1 in Kansas City amid the wintry conditions.
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Cincinnati
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Reds
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Cobb
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Ueberroth
Bowie Kuhn
U.S
Pion
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Motor City
Tribe
Boston
Kansas City
Baltimore
Missouri
John Ashcroft
The
Royals
Toronto Blue Jays
Solet backers plan petition drive at Elyria High
About 50 people including Reinker Williams and Wammes met to organize a petition in support of assistant principal Thomas Solet after the Elyria School Board declined to renew his contract. Williams urged board rights and apologized for Raber’s treatment as he pressed for Solet’s rehiring.
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Laura Joslyn
C-T
Elyria
Thomas Solet
Solet
Robert Reinker
Earl Wammes
Jim Mclaughlin
Elyria High School
PTA
Soler
John Raber
EHS
Reinker
Reinker Photographic Corp
Thomas E. Williams
Gale
Williams
Midview Board of Education
Linda
Raber
$2.5 Million Recreation Center Plan Faces City Council Vote
Elyria considers borrowing 2.5 million for West Park pool and recreation center, North Park ice rink, new sports fields, and bathhouse renovations across four city parks. Council weighs financing options amid EPA sewer plant pressures and existing bond funds.
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Elyria
West Park
North Park
Municipal Utilities Committee
Westpool
Parks and Recreation Board
John Vance
Park Board
Ron Landig
West
Shirley Guinta
West Ridge Road
Parks and Recreation
Phil Innis
Innis
Cascade Park
Michael Keys
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Postal Service to issue 22-cent Love stamp in Hollywood
The Postal Service announces a 22-cent Love stamp will be issued April 17 in Hollywood California. The design had been shown earlier but the release date was previously undisclosed.
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Hollywood
Calif
Spring storm kills two area drivers
A wintry April storm caused multiple auto crashes across the Elyria Lorain area. Sandra Schaber, 1, of Vermilion, died after her car collided with a westbound pickup on West Erie Road near the Ohio Edison Plant. Allen Cooper, 59, of Lorain, was treated at Lorain Community Hospital.
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Elyria
Lorain
Sandra Schaber
Hollyview
West Erie Road
Ohio Edison
Allen Cooper
Ptl
Les George
Cooper
W. Erie Ave
Linda Prosak
George
Lorain council backs off on pit bull control ordinance
A Lorain City Council committee backs a revised vicious dog bill with a one bite rule and penalties. Owners must register licenses vaccines and liability insurance of at least 25000 after a dog bites. A $50 fee and up to 100 per day fine are planned. The panel rejected signs banning pets in parks and pursued a poop scoop law to curb waste. Council will revisit the measure next Monday.
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Landig
Charles Hyman
Parks Board
Lorain Council
Lorain
Mary Jo Cook
Gus Nunez
Richard Koba
Health and Social Services Committee
Nunez
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AIDS
North Ridgeville
Cathy Leddell
Bruce
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Bernie Noble
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