Local brick supplier challenges Elyria High School brick choice
Elyria brick supplier Jim Hunt of The Brick Yard protests the $71 million Elyria High School project for selecting Glen-Gery bricks over Belden bricks. He argues Belden bricks are superior and questions why public buildings like Municipal Court and Ohio State University use Belden. The dispute centers on Belden versus Glen-Gery brick preferences.
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Consumers Builder Supply
Sheffield Township
Hunt
Ohio State University
Belden
Jerome Schottenstein Center
Moving Wall a chance for vets to share memories of Nam
Silver Star recipient Joe Horvath recalls Vietnam era wounds and rescues from a medical chopper. He remembers tracheotomies and weaving elephant grass into crosses for the wounded while facing friends listed on the Nam Wall from 1968 and 1969.
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Joe Horvath
Amherst Township
Horvath
Amherst
Vietnam
Vietnam War Facts From Moving Wall Summary
The Vietnam War lasted 1959 to 1975 as America's longest conflict with 2.59 million U.S. service members. About 75,000 veterans were severely disabled and 1 in 10 were wounded. the Moving Wall lists 58,256 names including eight women and 16 chaplains, with roughly 1,300 MIA.
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Moving Wall schedule at VFW 1079 grounds
The wall will be erected today at 500 S Abbe Road and should be in place by mid afternoon. It will be open 24 hours a day until 4 p.m. Monday when a closing ceremony is planned. A noon Saturday ceremony includes speakers such as Navy Cross recipient Sam Felton Jr. of Lorain and a 21 gun salute with wreaths. Donations accepted.
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S. Abbe Road
Sam Felton Jr
Lorain
Lorain firefighter’s near fatal crash after good deed
Lorain firefighter John Volak 62, long a shift cover for injured colleagues, was hurt in a motorcycle crash on Access Road A after forgetting his helmet. Rescuers lifted the bike from under a car and he underwent brain surgery with severe head injury and multiple wounds.
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John Volak
Volak
Lofton Henderson Bridge
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland
Man Suspect in Detroit Murder Arrested in Elyria
Camari Warmack, 28, sought for a Detroit murder, was found in an Elyria apartment while staying with a cousin. He faces charges of murder, assault with intent to murder, felon in possession of a firearm, and additional weapons counts, tied to a May 2008 shooting and another Detroit incident.
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Detroit
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Ohio
Camari Warmack
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Greater
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Chronicle wraps up preview of May 5 ballot issues
The Chronicle concludes its primary election preview coverage by detailing the remaining municipal township and school issues that will appear on the May 5 ballot.
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