New Murray Ridge superintendent injects passion and plans
Dr. Gordon Mickey, 37, new Lorain County Board of Mental Retardation superintendent, returns to hands on work at Murray Ridge. He outlines goals emphasizing functional learning, individual autonomy, and least restrictive options while challenging labels and spreading understanding of mental retardation. He values grassroots roots, baskets on court, and steady hard work.
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O.K
Gordon Mickey
Lorain County
Mickey
Delaware
Murray Ridge
Indianapolis
Indiana University
Indiana
Dan Berridge
Berridge
Rosie
Delegates prep for GOP convention in Kansas City Missouri
Local delegates from Elyria Lorain and Cleveland areas rent a motor home to travel to the Republican National Convention in Kansas City Missouri. They will stay at the Sheraton Royal Hotel upon arrival while awaiting convention happenings.
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Kansas City
Robert Wilson
Elyria
Joseph Zieba
Lorain
Cleveland Area
Sheraton Royal Hotel
LMHA to cut Wilkes Villa tenants to improve housing
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority plans to reduce the number of residents at the Wilkes Villa Housing project to improve living conditions. LMHA director Ron Ashley cited HUD concerns about overcrowding and aims to underoccupy units while raising the share of higher income tenants.
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LMHA
Wilkes Villa
Lorain Metropolitan Housing
Ashley
Cost-of-living clause key to URW pay raise agreement
The URW and four major tire makers reached an economic deal granting workers at least a $1.35 an hour rise over three years and a cost of living adjustment of one cent per four tenths CPI rise. Firestone workers face a near 1.44 dollar hike first year, with others receiving similar increases after carve outs and restored benefits. negotiations on noneconomic issues to resume next week.
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Cleveland
United Rubber Workers
Peter Bommarito
Bommarito
URW
Goodyear
Firestone
Goodrich
Uniroyal
Woman survives five days in woods after wreck
Gloria Corble, 25, was found alive in a wooded ravine five days after a highway crash that killed her husband Larry and their three-year-old son Shane near Winfield Alabama. She was severely dehydrated but conscious, treated for scratches and bruises, and expected to stay for observation.
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Winfield
Ala
UPI
Alabama
Gloria Corble
Larry
Shane
U.S. 78
Commerce
Red Bay
Marion County
Floyd Long
Cleveland Patrolman Shot as Gunman Ends Own Life
Cleveland police said Patrolman John Reese, 27, was in critical condition at Mt. Sinai Hospital after being shot in the stomach during an incident at a Gasaway home. Gasaway, 20, shot himself during a struggle over a shotgun, then fired at officers before dying at the hospital.
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Cleveland
UPI
John Reese
Mt. Sinai Hospital
John Gasaway
Reese
Gasaway
Right hand man Smith quits Lorain prosecutor post
Bevan W. Smith, described as the right hand man of Lorain County prosecutor Joseph Grunda, resigns as office administrator to become executive officer of the Metropolitan Public Defenders Office in Portland Oregon. He coordinated the office staff, MEG management, LEAA grants, and liaison among local state and federal police, with duties expanding in the new post.
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Bevan W. Smith
Lorain County
Metropolitan Public Defenders Office
Portland
Ore
Joseph Grunda
Smith
Metropolitan Enforcement Group
MEG
Law Enforcement Administration Agency
LEAA
Grinda
Lorain grand jury to probe strangulation case
Rickie Gage, 18, of 2687 Grant St, held to grand jury on murder charge after waiving preliminary hearing in Lorain municipal court. He did not plead. Police say Crawford, 39, was found dead behind Lorain High School after an early Saturday encounter at Flame Restaurant. Gage allegedly admitted to sexual activity then smothering her. he claimed fear of being heard. He is held on $50,000 bond.
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Delaware
Elyria
Robert Repas
Repas
Andy Young
John Fisher
Prospect St
Glen Fisher
Cambridge Street
Brenda Elder
Ota Elder
Lois
Gene Krebs
Lorain
Rickie Gage
Grant St
Gage
Charles Adams
Jeannette Crawford
Lorain High School
Miss Crawford
Fourth
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