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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1999
Page
1
Dan Coughlin notes that high school football has become a full time commitment for players. Dave Barry pledges to improve geographic accuracy after overwatering his paste. Sue on Ally McBeal dreams of Shake It Up guidance amid family reunions and dances.
Thunderstorms packing 60plus mph winds blasted the area from Vermilion to Berea. In Olmsted Falls at least two dozen spots had power lines down and trees uprooted, some three to four feet in diameter, with two houses hit by fallen branches but no injuries reported. Fires sparked by downed branches were quickly extinguished.
Four years after a tip sparked an investigation into the Avengers Motorcycle Club, undercover agents gathered evidence of plotting to injure or kill rival gang members and illegal ventures. A June 15 crackdown led to 18 arrests across three states, with weapons found at the Elyria clubhouse and bond decisions pending in federal court.
Federal documents describe 17 chapters in Ohio Michigan West Virginia Kentucky and Florida operating with the national Avengers organization. Members specialized in auto motorcycle theft gun running and sometimes received help from out of state Avengers. Gambling machines inside clubhouses funded the national group, per court records. Van Harp FBI Cleveland chief cited seized records showing the organization’s reach and ties.
The chief judge Norma Holloway Johnson skipped random assignment to route criminal cases against Webster Hubbell and Charlie Tice to judges chosen by President Clinton. Court officials say the move sparked concerns among other judges about conflicts of interest and appearances of favoritism.
A wave of shootings across Atlanta shocks residents from wealthy Buckhead to inner city and suburbs. Victims span races ages and classes, including seven people killed in a July 12 incident at a house, as residents voice disbelief at the spate of tragedies.
Richard Hinkle of Richard's Tree and Crane Service in North Ridgeville demolished the 90 year old oak on Kenilworth Drive in Bay Village. The tree had killed Paul Krakowiak 32 and friends Patrick Harman 30 and Rita Repicky 46 during a backyard picnic last Saturday. The cleanup took eight hours in 96 degree heat and was offered free of charge. Hinkle and his crew have helped others after storms and hurricanes, saying they give back when possible. The Krakowiak family can begin rebuilding without the looming tree.
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