Death Notices for Cerveniak and McDonnell in Lorain and Elyna
Death notices for Paul M. Cerveniak 83 of Lorain and Roger J. McDonnell 72 of Elyna list survivors including spouses children and siblings. Cerveniak's services Friday 10 am at John R Devin Funeral Home with burial at Calvary Cemetery Lorain. McDonnell's services follow noon at St Jude's Church with burial at St Mary's Cemetery Elyria.
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Brown
Ellen Breley
Spencer
Robert Brown
Toledo
Arthur
Howard
Parker and Son
Jeff Thorn
Benny H. Boreman
LaGrange
Burbank
Ohio
Mr. Boreman
Boreman Drilling Co
Wakeman
May Derrick
Wellington
Joe
Sullivan
Fred
Chatham
Paul
Blue Creek
James
David
Curtis-Scheuffler
Elyria
Lucille Z. Anderson
Okeechobee
Fla
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Shelburn
Ind
Robert J
Southern Memorial Park
Miami
Wainwright Funeral Home
Stephen Cochilla
Altercare
North Ridgeville
Kripty
Cleveland
Steve (LaVerne) Traicoff
June
Gary
Amy
Cochilla
Helen
Reichlin- Roberts
John J. Miller
St. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church
Lakewood
Brookdale Cemetery
Cerveniak
Paul M
Lorain
Mary
Stephanchick
Dorothy Sender
John R Devin
Funeral
Calvary Cemetery
McDonnell Roger J
Elynna
Agnes Maee Rothger
Timothy R
Madalyn Torres
Diane Kline
Reichlin-Roberts
Elyna
Feneral
St Jude’s Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Aar S
Elyria Man Charged With Bad Checks In $15,000 Fraud
Larry J. Reichard, 40, of 132 Villanova Circle, Elyria, faces an indictment charging three counts of passing bad checks. Each of the 1981 checks was about $5,000, totaling roughly $15,000, after earlier arrests for allegedly swindling two elderly people.
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Elyria
Larry J. Reichard
Villanova Circle
Lorain council to decide lakefront hotel site Aug 25
Lorain City Council committee set for August 25 to decide moving the proposed 10.6 million lakefront hotel site from between Alabama and Arkansas avenues north of East Erie to one block east. If approved, a contract for a UDAG grant could come to full council by September 2, with a later change requiring council action.
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Lorain
UDAG
Alabama
Arkansas Avenues
East Erie
Community Development Department
Chuck Andrnsky
Man threatens police and painters with shotgun in Elyria
Elyria police arrested 63 year old Herley Westfall after he allegedly threatened two house painters at 118 Winckles St and then pointed a shotgun at officers. Investigators say Westfall refused to come out, protruding the firearm from his door. He faces two counts of aggravated menacing and a court appearance is planned.
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Elyria
Herley Westfall
Winckles St
Westfall
West River Road
Furnace Street
Broad
Chestnut Streets
James Easterly
11Th Ave
Leroy Thomas
11Th St
Chestnut Nursing Home
Thomas
Easterly
Elyrians urged to hire blacks in schools upset
Elyria affirmative action officer Paula Bainbridge asked the Board of Education to persist in recruiting minority teachers and administrators. Her report notes progress, including four black administrators, but gaps remain with only eight of 14 women in admin posts and 185 of 266 men teaching. The plan stems from a 1979 voluntary program.
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Elyria
Elyria Schools
Paula Bainbridge
Board of Education
Bainbridge
Sharon Woodrum
Four indicted on drug and prostitution ring in Elyria
A Lorain County grand jury indicted four men after MEG and Elyria police set up a cocaine sale and sex-for-pay scheme at a Holiday Inn. The operation date was July 31 and the alleged proceeds totaled about 1200 dollars. Named defendants Charlton, Richard E. Smith, Walter Smith Jr., and Luis A. Santiago faced multiple counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs and promoting prostitution or related charges.
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Elyria
Lorain County
MEG
Elyria Holiday Inn
James Young
Young
Les. J. Charlton
E. 34Th St
Lorain
Richard E. “Dickie” Smith
Elyria Ave
Walter Smith Jr
Luis A. Santiago
25Th St
Charlton
Richard Smith
Walter Smith
Santiago
Alleged Zaleski assailant pleads to reduced charge
James Kirk, 31, of Elyria, faced felonious assault and aggravated burglary charges tied to April and May confrontations with State Sen. Alan Zaleski. He accepted a no contest plea to disorderly conduct, avoiding the more serious charges. Judge Ferguson imposed 30 days in jail, suspended on two years of good behavior, and a $200 fine.
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Elyria
James Kirk
Hall Ave
Zaleski
Debra Phillips
Kirk
Phillips
George Ferguson
Feguson
Ferguson
Avon Lake weighs fairer salary and evaluation plan
Avon Lake officials study how to reform teacher pay and evaluation to start salaries that are livable. A special review panel considers merit pay but finds admin challenges. Board President Donald Ambrecht supports merit pay based on evaluations by the immediate supervisor, the supervisor's superior, and another school official to ensure an unbiased review.
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Avon Lake
Donald Ambrecht
Ambrecht
Industrial solvent spill closes Ohio Turnpike near Gate 5
A tractor trailer carrying 55-gallon drums of methyl ethyl ketone collided with a car near Gate 5 in Sandusky County causing a three hour eastbound closure. About 80 to 100 gallons leaked onto the roadway. The car driver, William Lawhun, 32, Canton, was cited for failure to control. Neither driver was injured.
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Castalia
Gate 5
Sandusky County
Highway Patrol
William Lawhun
Canton
Billy Wideman
Columbia
S. Car
Lorain Products spared in layoffs
Lorain Reliance Electric says it has dismissed 70 management and salaried employees in Lorain and Cleveland. The Midview School Board approved bus cuts to save money after a failed 9.8 mill levy, with new routes aimed at reducing overtime and mileage despite growth shortfalls. Reliance, a Exxon subsidiary, employs 2,500 locally, while Lorain Products is not expected to be affected.
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Lorain — Reliance Electric Co
Cleveland
Grafton
Midview
Linda Huntley
Huntley
Michael Corkran
Reliance
Exxon Corp
Lorain Products
Mediation planned to break North Ridgeville teachers pact impasse
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service will open talks Wednesday in Cleveland to resolve a deadlocked contract between North Ridgeville teachers and the Board of Education. A second session is planned for Aug. 26 after teachers filed a strike notice with the State Employee Relations Board. Deanna Hill says a strike is not inevitable and negotiators aim to seal a new contract before the current two year deal ends.
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Cleveland
Federal
North Ridgeville Board of Education
Jack Buettner
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
State Employee Relations Board
Deanna Hill
North Ridgeville Education Association
Hill
Cascade teacher promoted to assistant principal
Elyria sixth grade teacher Fred Visci at Cascade Elementary received a two year contract as assistant principal at Franklin School. After 18 years in Elyria education he also served on multiple committees and spent a year as an outdoor teacher at Mohican Outdoor School. He holds a masters in elementary admin from Cleveland State and a bachelor in elementary education from Ashland College. He resides in Lorain with his family.
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Elyria
Fred Visci
Cascade Elemetary
Franklin School
Visci
Mohican Outdoor School
Cleveland State University
Ashland College
Lorain
Refused plea change leads to long drug sentence
In Elyria, William D. Dickens 24 of 149 Nashville was sentenced to 315 years in prison after a judge refused to permit rescission of his guilty pleas on five drug charges including two counts of aggravated drug trafficking. Dickens claimed his attorney failed to adequately represent him.
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Elyria
William D. Dickens
Nashville
Dickens
Gerald Smith
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Joseph Cirigliano
Smith
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Harold Brown
J Ferry Nursing Home
Huntington Twp
Huntington
Maurice W. Jackson
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
North Eaton
Fulton Funeral Home
Cleveland College of Mortuary Science
Jackson
J. W. Warden and Associates
Neff
Ralph Thompson
Curtis-Scheuffler Funeral Home
Richard Turner
Champ Cardiac Rehabilitation Club
Susan Cross
Lorain Lakefront
Man
Elyrians
Sheffield Lake
Alan Zaleski
Delyria
Okd
N. R
Cascade
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