North Ridgeville Corn Festival honors late Harold Sweet
North Ridgeville hosts its second annual Corn Festival at the middle school field with booths and corn foods, aiming to raise funds for the library and Bicentennial committees. Honoree Harold Sweet, a corn farming pioneer and local leader, is remembered as the event showcases local talent and community history.
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Lorna Sweet
Root Rd
North Ridgeville
Harold
Lorain County
Jo-Eli Neuberger
Elyria
Lorain
Cuyahoga
North Ridgeville Library Fund
North Ridgeville to Walk One Mile to Liberty School
The board approved a policy forcing students living within a mile of Liberty Elementary to walk to class, with the safest routes outlined by Superintendent Roger Beitler. The move aims to reduce bus use and save money, though some parents may protest. The district also expanded bus garage parking, planned a 4.9 mill operating levy, raised adult lunch prices, hired 21 teachers, and extended St Peters attendance by ten minutes daily.
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North Ridgeville
Liberty Elementary
Board of Education
Roger T. Beitler
Jaycox Road
Drake Street
Rosebelle Avenue
Beitler
St. Peter's Elementary School
Beacon Home for Boys to Move to New Location
The Beacon Home for Boys operated by Betterway Inc will relocate from 700 Middle Ave to 610 Middle Ave at the start of September to house 11 boys in a larger residential program. The Malik family sold the home, which features a finished basement recreation room and attic bedrooms, as Betterway seeks new offices and furnishings for the move.
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Betterway
Beacon
Middle Ave
Agency
Beacon Home
Betterway, Inc
Malik
Tom Peters
Middle Avenue
Betterway Inc
Search
Bridge
Peters
Lorain
Elyria
LaGrange to Return Water Trough to Street
LaGrange trustees approve reinstalling a historic horse watering trough on the northeast LaGrange Square. The trough, bought at auction by Foster Buswell, Dale Wise, Art Dawson, Max Smith, and James Dotson, will be gifted to the township. Also: cuts in employee hours due to finances, seeking an advance on real estate taxes, and a rubbish dumpster at the village garage by the water tower Saturday with no pickup service.
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Lagrange
LaGrange Square
Foster Buswell
Dale Wise
Art Dawson
Max Smith
James Dotson
Extended Cleveland calling service offered to local North Ridgeville
North Ridgeville private line customers with 327 prefix can subscribe to a Cleveland optional calling service reducing local calls to the Cleveland metro area by about 60 percent of the regular toll rate. A temporary office in North Ridge Plaza opens Aug 16 to Sept 10, hours 9 am to 4 pm, weekends and Labor Day closed, with phone requests at 27 1810. Service starts Sept 16 with monthly rates for private line users at 8.95 plus 1 per 15 minutes. business users 13.45 plus 1.50 per 15 minutes. switchboard trunk users 15.75. one-time connections 15 residence, 25 business, plus Cleveland directory.
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North Ridgeville
Cleveland
Mid-Continent Telephone Co
North Ridge Plaza
Center Ridge Road
Lorain County board forms panel for Murray Ridge plan
A three member committee of the Lorain County Board of Mental Retardation will map future priorities for Murray Ridge school and workshop programs. Members Sanford Slutzker Patsy Swegard and Jo Huber will serve with Dr Gordon Mickey the new superintendent. The board will hire six new staff members and set the 1976 77 calendar. Classes run Sept 7 to June 10 with orientation Aug 31 and Sept 1 2.
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Lorain County
Sanford Slutzker
Patsy Swegard
Jo Huber
Gordon Mickey
169
Murray Ridge
North Ridgeville Events Offer Discount Tickets and Activities
Residents can buy discounted price tickets for North Ridgeville Family Day at Cleveland Stadium on August 29. Box seats four dollars and reserved seats three dollars, with five cent reductions for locals. Two buses depart at noon from Center Ridge Road locations. Also listed: car wash for Muscular Dystrophy proceeds, a senior citizens day on August 18, a parks and recreation meeting, new city water lines approved, and John J. Polak Jr attending a Chicago convention as head of Southern Cafeteria Operating Co. Inc.
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North Ridgeville
Cleveland Stadium
Cleveland Indians
Minnesota Twins
Dairy Queen
Center Ridge Rd
Northern Savings and Loan Co
Denny’s Pizza
Buescher's
True Value
Dairy Grove
Fiorvanti’s Pizzaria
Ridgeview
Ron's
Northview
Northview Plaza
North Ridgeville Jaycees
Willow Park Homeowners Association
Ave
John J. Polak JR
Pleasant Rd
International Food Service Executives Association
Chicago
Polak
Southern Cafeteria Operating Co., Inc
Food Services Executives
Cleveland
Creston livestock sale shows mixed results across classes
Creston consignors sold 1 096 head with better calves and steers high. Hog prices slid about two dollars, while sows and pigs fell. Top Holstein and Angus prices noted, with varied ranges for feeders and beef cows. Hurricane season note follows weather brief from Houston.
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Creston
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