Campaign to save Lucy Idol School amid funding withdrawal
Staff and parents of the Lucy Idol School for the profoundly retarded in Vermilion push to keep the program alive as the Lorain County Board of Mental Retardation plans to terminate $45,008 in funding for the year. They meet state officials in Columbus, circulate petitions, and seek a public hearing while defending costs and services at Lucy Idol versus Murray Ridge.
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Lucy Idol
Jcheol
Lorain County
Lee [Gnat
Mental Retardation Board
169
Columbus
State Division of Mental Retardation
Ignat
169 Board
John Sulpizio
Olen
Idol School
Maxine Mays
Lucy Idol School
Mays
Murray Ridge
Suspizio
Lucy [Do
Sulpizio
Mary Lou Gramer
Amherst
Vermilion School
Lorain County Board of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
648
United Way
Hopkins
Wilkes Villa
Teresa Corlew
Lola Burns
LMHA Leads Last-Ditch Push to Save Elyria Highrise
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority and city leaders press to secure financing for the Elyria highrise project amid long delays. The plan seeks 100 units with potential changes to 78 units or a local developer partnership. HUD funding, architectural costs, and a possible lawsuit loom as regional officials weigh new federal housing rules. Fire hero John McNamee and tenant William Smith are noted in a separate tragedy connected to Cleveland’s Hawley House fire.
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Elyria
Lorain
John McNamee
Cleveland
Avon
Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital
William Smith
McNamee
Hawley House
Fratianne
Smith
LMHA
Bob Norris
Ron Ashley
Ashley
Washington
Carla Hull
Norris
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Future cartoonist taught by Edison staff and volunteers
A story notes a pupil-teacher path described by Principal Connie Brown with Sandee Lees as an Edison teacher. It credits non teaching courses and parent volunteers as part of the program and mentions a Page 12 feature with a C-T photo by Gene Krebs.
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Edison
Sandee Lees
Connie Brown
Gene Krebs
GM to recall 54 Ford to idle 75
The Elyria Fisher Body plant will recall 54 workers from indefinite layoff Monday while Ford's Lorain Assembly will idle 75. Ford reports 650 indeterminately laid off this year at Lorain, total 6,500 workers. Fisher Body recall lowers Fisher layoffs to about 300 of 2,200. GM calls back 34 at Fisher Cleveland and 60 at Parma Chevrolet. no area layoffs next week. Ford will recall 225 at Cleveland Stamping in Walton Hills, totaling about 3,000 workers.
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Elyria Fisher Body
Ford Motor Company
Lorain
Ford
Fisher Body
General Motors
Cleveland
Parma
Walton Hills
Amherst teachers reach tentative wage pact
South Amherst board approves a $400 base salary increase for 45 teachers and 30 union members, with a cost of living raise for classified staff. The plan awaits approval by teachers, and includes an amendment to exclude new state funds from next year’s negotiations until received by the board.
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South Amherst
Board of Education
South Amherst Education Association
Ohio General Assembly
Arthur Pardee
Dial-a-ride plan rolls ahead for low income residents
Lorain County Economic Opportunity Committee proposes a door-to-door dial-a-ride for Wilkes Villa Elyria and Leavitt Homes and Westview Terrace Lorain residents. Service offered 24 hours in advance for a quarter ride with countywide operations and garden program aid. LMHA endorsed the plan and seeks HUD approval to use vacant project apartments as an operations center.
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Charles Hopkins
Lorain County
Wilkes Villa
LMHA
Department of Housing and Urban Development
LCEOC
Hopkins
Ron Ashley
MHA
Westview Terrace
Lorain
Ohio House backs plan after Cherie Ulmer attack
The Ohio House approved 83 to 2 a resolution spurred by Cherie Ulmer's Christmas Day death. It requires a school education program to warn children about dangers of throwing objects at moving cars and trains. The plan, funded with pamphlets and films, assigns Highway Safety and Education to develop materials for schools and service groups. The Chronicle-Telegram reports a reward of 5653 dollars and 20 cents for tips leading to a killer’s arrest.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Cherie Ulmer
Miss Ulmer
Ohio State University
Bucyrus
Ohio Turnpike
North Ridgeville
Raymond Brewer
Harvey Ulmer
Departments of
Highway Safety and Education
Chronicle-Telegram
Gas rate hike to double some rural Ohio customers
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved Columbia Gas of Ohio rate increases affecting about 37,008 rural customers in 5 counties. Rural bills will rise over 30 to 90 days, with Vermillion and Medina County areas seeing substantial jumps from roughly 13 to mid 20s per month for average 15,000 cubic feet usage. Columbia plans phased implementation from the south to the north, citing prior low rural rates and costs to deliver gas. Citizens in unincorporated townships face higher charges as incorporated areas negotiate their own rates.
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Columbia Gas
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUCO
Colembie
Ecpor
Lerete
Richland
Sag Aes Agreasg
Iseegol
McTnuire
Serene Oes
McIntire
Wren
Vermillton
Florence Townsip
Bent Tetts
Vermilion
South Amherst
Olmsted Falls
Reval
Medina County
Brunswick
Medina
Lodi
Feee Eas Ae
Columbia
Erie County
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Chronicle- Telegram
By Mike Benbow
Richard Fratianne
Edison School
Tim Ransom
Link Ransom
Parmely Ave
Cherie
Jos Mclatire
Valley City
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