Retirement groups fade as workers face more firings
In Lorain County, retirees collect for York International, Gilford Instrument Laboratories, and American Standard groups, trading memories of past bosses and good times, while fear grows that many long-tenured employees will be fired rather than retire. The scene shifts to health, aging, and Christmas reminiscences as layoffs loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
York International
York
Gilford Instrument Laboratories
Oberlin
Gilford Or
Gilford
Corning Glass Works
Ciba-Corming
Chiron
Bayer
Corning
Elyria
American Standard/Tappan/Smith-Jones
Romeos
John Brown
Bill Jones
Sam White
Joe Rulli
Ben Jonas
Bill Henry
Jim Kelley
American Standard
Taft Eyes Juvenile Crime Crackdown in Ohio
Gov. Bob Taft moves to address rising juvenile crime with proposals to hold parents accountable, extend age sentencing up to past 21, and push a Safe Schools Summit in Columbus August 18 and 19. Lawmakers and the Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission await details amid concerns over school violence and shifting juvenile arrest trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Betty Montgomery
Columbus
Oberlin center to unveil backyard playscape for children
The Oberlin Early Childhood Center plans a three acre playscape on East College Street transforming the grounds into a nature reserve and living history center for 125 children aged 8 months to 8 years. Grants totaling 55000 from foundations and Nordson Corp support fund the project featuring a Travel-through Time theme and a restored Chesapeake and Ohio caboose gifted in the 1970s by Evan Norden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Nancy Sabath
Oberlin Early Childhood Center
East College Street
Sabath
Community Foundation of
Greater Lorain County
Nordson Corp. Foundation
St. Ann’s Foundation
Stocker Foundation
Arett
Caboose
Oberin Early Childhood Center
County shames parents into paying for kids
Cincinnati report details Hamilton County child support efforts using public shaming on TV. Since October 1996 WCPO-TV and the Sheriff’s Office broadcast images of deadbeat parents, generating tips and increasing collections to 668,910 dollars in 33 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Scofflaws
Hamilton County Children’s Services
Wcpo-Tv
Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office
Tom McKee
WCPO
Tip Line
McKee
Mindy Good
Hamilton County Human Services
Lorain man charged with assault and unlawful restraint
Lorain police arrested Lonnie Dale Mullett Jr., 24, for allegedly assaulting his ex girlfriend Christina Burnett, 22, inside his car after following her from a party to an Avon bar. He restrained her with power locks, struck her, and she broke the windshield before being removed from the vehicle. Burnett was injured and the case was referred to the prosecutor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Lonnie Dale Mullett, Jr
West 37Th Street
Mullett
Christina Burnett
Burnett
Avon
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Harvey Gittler
Ohio
David Diroll
Commission
Diroll
Big Vision
Oberlin Center
Gretchen Thomas
Chronicle
Playscape
Center
Ms. Good
Cincinnati Post
Hamilton County
Mike Allen
Charles Aniagolu
Allen
Aniagolu
England
West Africa
Lorain Man
Barbara Yates
Brothers
Jeft
Reilly
Kyle Bates
Avon Lake
Mill Hollow Park
Vermilion
Kyle
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