Epilepsy director helps win rights for disabled
Mark Fehrman of Amherst aided Governor Celeste in signing House Bill 833 in Columbus. The measure allows educational opportunities for the disabled, expanding beyond epilepsy to all disabled individuals. Fehrman noted epilepsy is misunderstood and that many can lead normal lives with control of seizures. The bill faced little opposition, with only three lawmakers in each house voting against.
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Mark Fehrtain
Amherst
Richard Celeste
Fehrman
Epilepsy Foundation
Lorain County
Columbus
New
Bil
Oberlin loses UDAG grant for downtown project
HUD informs Oberlin not to submit its 150000 UDAG application for a 2 million downtown revitalization plan. City manager Dale Sugerman says meetings helped shape the draft, but HUD ruled the plan a public project. The city may still pursue bonds or a reconsidered UDAG request after bids and assessments, with a Board of Equalization hearing for merchants set at 7 p.m. Monday.
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Oberlin
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
UDAG
Dale Sugerman
Sugerman
Board of Equalization
Lorain postmaster warns dogs threaten mail delivery
Lorain postmaster Chester Pleban demands owners keep dogs especially pit bulls secured or mail service will stop. Two bitten mail carriers in three weeks prompted calls for stricter enforcement of the vicious dog ordinance. Mayor Zahorec says penalties and insurance requirements may tighten. A separate legal challenge questions a city sign tax in Parobek’s campaign dispute.
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Lorain
Chester Pleban
Pleban
Joseph Zahorec
Zahorec
Man held to jury in auto shop raid
Lorain police said 44 year old Bernard Wilmoth of 1329 Lindenwood was ordered held to the Grand Jury on April 6 auto shop raid charges. He pleaded innocent to possession of criminal tools and two counts of receiving stolen property. three felony counts were dismissed. Wilmoth is free on 20000 dollar bond. Investigators described River Motors at 732 Idaho Ave as a chop shop with 15 to 20 cars processed weekly.
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Lorain
Bernard Wilmoth
Lindenwood
Wilmoth
River Motors
Idaho Ave
Polite
Teenager Hurt in Borrowed Cycle Crash
A 17 year old youth identified as Thomas Welter of 408 Day Drive was listed in serious condition at St. Joseph Hospital after a borrowed motorcycle he was driving on South Jefferson Boulevard struck a tree. He suffered a concussion and scrapes and bruises when he lost control of the neighbor's bike Wednesday evening.
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Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Jefferson Boulevard
Thomas Welter
Elyria Kiwanis Mark 65th Anniversary With Night Of Honors
The Elyria Kiwanis Club celebrates its 65th year with a Wednesday Ladies Night dinner at the Holiday Inn Elyria Lorain. Speaker Robert Iyneh of Grafton Ohio District Governor Kiwanis International will attend. program features music nostalgia Tin Types. Tickets available by Monday. Division 13 Kiwanis clubs invited by reservation.
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Elyria
Elyria Kiwanis Club
Robert Lynch
Ohio
Dennis Lehman
Robert DeLloyd
Low Kaplan
Lorain County Visitors Bureau approves new logo and ads
The Lorain County Visitors Bureau backing a blue sailboat logo with orange sunset and the slogan Lorain County Loves Company. It approves brochures on lodging fishing and festivals and an ad design for newspapers magazines. It plans to buy a $4600 portable information booth and budgets 106 650 for advertising with total expenditures of 206 000 and a 48 607 year end balance in 1984. The bureau is funded by a 3 percent motel tax and has hired an office manager and receptionist. It has applied for a 25650 grant from the Ohio Department of Development for advertising and promotion.
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Elyria
Lorain Counsry Visitor's Bureau
Lorain County Loves Company
Lorain County
Cano
Lake Erie Islands
Ohio Department of Development
Lorain County deputies graduate from police school
Two Lorain County deputies, Steve Lewis and John Shreve, completed the 44th Basic Police School session at the State Highway Patrol Academy in Columbus. Lewis, an Oberlin native, joined as communications officer in 1976 and became deputy sheriff last December. Shreve, from Carlisle Township, joined last December as deputy sheriff. Both are assigned to the patrol division.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Arson Suspect Held in Harry P’s Lounge Fire
Elyria police arrest a 17 year old suspect in the October arson at Harry P’s Lounge 583 West Broad Street. The fire caused about 150000 in damage and also damaged Bullwinkle’s Bar and Scorpio Bar on nearby Broad Street. The blaze started about 3 30 a m and triggered a general alarm as investigators pursue possible additional arrests.
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Elyria
Harry P's
W. Broad St
Rodger Griffith
Griffith
Bullwinkle’s
W. Broad
Scorpio
Residents challenge BFI landfill expansion in Russia Twp
A Russia Township residents group has appealed a Zoning Board of Appeals ruling allowing Browning-Ferris Industries to enlarge its nearby landfill to Lorain County Common Pleas Court. The appeal cites potential water contamination and argues the action may violate anti trust concerns. EPA pauses permit due to notification error. a new permit expected within a week, with a 30 day window to seek a hearing.
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Russia Twp
Browning-Ferris Industries Inc
Russia Two
Zoning Board of Appeals
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Elyria
Rick Adkins
Butternut Ridge Road
Dudge Floyd Harris
Environmental Protection Agency
BFI
EPA
Citizens
Council committees to meet in Grafton
Grafton Village Council's finance utilities and utilities property repair and expansion committees will meet at noon Saturday in council chambers at Grafton Town Hall 1909 Chestnut Street.
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Grafton
Grafton Town Hall
Chestnut St
Elyria student wins church essay contest
Elyria high school senior Wendy Ladley won first prize in a state church essay contest. The 17 year old earned the Teen Talent Writing Award from the Assemblies of God for A Spiritual Reflection, advancing to a regional competition for a possible national prize. She lives at 1105 Gulf Road with her parents Ken and [Names omitted], and is active in the First Assembly of God youth group at 525 N. Abbe Road while attending Open Door Christian.
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Elyria
Wendy Ladley
Miss Ladley
Assemblies of God
Ken Ladley
Gulf Road
First Assembly of God
N. Abbe Road
Open Door Christian School
Sheffield Lake library renewal levy on ballot
Voters in Sheffield Lake will decide on a five year Lorain Public Library Domonkas Branch renewal levy for current expenses in the May 8 primary. If approved the $37 132 yearly income supports existing services and hours with no expansion. An April 29 open house will showcase recent renovations.
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Sheffield Lake
Lorain Public Library
Domonkas
Ken Cromer
Lorain
Oberlin staff celebrate Secretaries Week with gifts
Oberlin College office and professional employees marked National Secretaries Week by handing out pencils to students and boutonnieres to administrators, turning the tables on the usual lunch treat.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
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