Lena Horne and Vic Damone light up Lorain County Night
In Highland Heights at Front Row Theatre, Lena Horne and Vic Damone headlined the 11th annual Lorain County Night. Damone delivered a string of love songs from early hits to later works, while Horne energized the stage with exuberant performances of stormy weather and evergreen classics. The pair drew a cross generational audience, with Damone noting his age and children, and Horne delivering dynamic vocal choreography through a varied set.
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Highland Heights
Lena Horne
Vic Damone
Front Row
Lorain County
Damone
Barry Manilow
Gigi
John Fazio
Horne dazzles with voice and controversial past
The review highlights Ava Horne's Thursday night show featuring songs from The Wiz and Scarecrow Song with a standout dance. It recalls early Hollywood friction over ethnic casting, including Max Factor makeup and missed acting roles, alongside reflections on her long singing career and memories. Gardner Daywood, a Elyria resident and Bronze Star veteran, donated 24 pints to the Lorain County Blood Bank.
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Miss Horne
Hollywood
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
MGM
Ava Gardner
South
Gardner Daywood
Linwood Ct
Lorain County
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Chevrolet
Parma
Korea
Marva
Elyria
Layoffs and wage freeze part of Press sale package
Cleveland Press workers accept layoffs and a wage freeze as Joseph E. Cole moves to buy the 102 year old daily from E. W. Scripps Co. Cole seeks 150 layoffs and a one year wage freeze while debating a shift to a morning seven day a week edition and extending the Guild contract beyond July 31, 1981.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cleveland Press
Democratic National Committee Finance
Joseph E. Cole
E.W. Scripps Co
Cole
J. Stephen Hatch
Newspaper Guild Local 1
Bernard Berkman
Robert Davin
Cole National Corp
Lyndhurst
Guild
Hatch
Press
E.W. Scripps
Cincinnati
Penny Press
Scripps-Howard Publishing
Medina County Fair News and Local Activities
Sy Sa Stroup reports the Medina County Fair ongoing with FFA FHA and 4 H clubs displaying. Upcoming events include Black River Church of the Brethren 125th anniversary services in August starting with an ice cream social and Malachi singers. Also notes on OSU vet grad Dr Dan Adamson returning to Ashland, craft classes for Spencer youths, and local government and club meetings through the week.
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Medina County
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Future Homemakers of America
FHA
Spencer
Homer
Smith Road
Black River
Dan Adamson
Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine
Claremont Veterinary Clinic
Ashland
Homer Township
Route 511
Vermilion to join Erie Health district
Vermilion will become a full voting member of the Erie County Health District, saving $30,000 annual contribution by moving costs to taxpayers at about $6 more per year. Mayor Hobart Johnson says the change makes health funding more democratic and may expand city staff and services, including potential senior complex work.
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Vermilion
Erie County Health District
Health Board
Hobart Johnson
Johnson
Judge rules in favor of Avon and contractor in ditch case
Visiting Judge Robert E. Henderson directed a verdict for the City of Avon and Andy's Construction Co. in a five year old suit by Alice H. Fowles seeking 135000 dollars for damages from cleaning French Creek ditch. The court found no evidence of post-cleaning property value and this was the case's second trial after a prior 2001 verdict for Fowles was set aside.
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City of
Avon and Andy's Construction Co
Alice H. Fowles
French Creek Ditch
Robert E. Henderson
Ashtabula
A. Ross Siverling
Ashland
Ms. Fowles
Siverling
Atty
Milt Schulman
Avon
Atty.Thomas J. Smith
Jerome S. Kalar
Wakeman block party slated with arts and crafts festival
Wakeman village plans a weekend block party on Abbot and Pleasant streets led by the Friends of the Library Arts and Crafts Festival with boats 10 am to 5 pm Saturday and 2 pm to 5 pm Sunday. Andrew Bradish will sketch residents for $2.50 Saturday. other events include bake sales, plant and book sales, a yard sale, and a blood pressure check.
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Wakeman
Abbot and
Pleasant Streets
Friends of the Library
Grange Hall
Andrew Bradish
Rocky River
Library
Grange
St Mary's Alter Society
Pat Nolan
Scout Troop 242
Masonic Hall
Brookover
Pleasent Street
Rho Upsilon Sorority
the Grange
Garden Club
Brownings
Citizens Ambulance Service
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Chronicle-Telegram
Eric
Lena and
Vic
Perry Como
Frank Sinatra
Stormy Weath
CT Review
Good Witch
Michael Jackson
Sy Sa Stroup
Spencer Village
Township
Edith Rook
John B. Firestone
Sidney Sooy
Donald Vickers
Robert Parker
Village Board of Zoning Appeals
Walter Zeigler
Harvey Ingraham
Spencer American Legion Post
Post
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Hall
Town Hall
Liberty Bell Temple
Pythian Sisters
Sullivan Firemen
Spencer Garden Club
Spencer Historical Society
Erie Health District
Lorain County Health Department
Mennell Rd
Grafton
Common Pleas
Adrian F. Bedeski
Edsel
Brooklyn
Health Department
Wakeman Block Party
Congregational Church
Fritz
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