Charlotte Grimm Dies. longtime swimming instructor and Murray Ridge founder
Charlotte Grimm, a 23 year YMCA swimming instructor in Elyria and cofounder of Murray Ridge School, died after a long life of teaching. Survived by husband Francis Leon and children Jessie Wilburn, Lee Etta, and Samuel. Visitation 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at Blackburn Funeral Home Grafton, with service Tuesday evening. Memorials to Murray Ridge School.
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Ing
McCullough-Rogers
Pennboro
W.va
Pullman Cemetery
Pullman
Murray Ridge
Fourteen dead in Lorain area crash and obituaries
Christopher Maldonado 18 of Sheffield Village died from crash injuries after an automobile accident at Joseph Hospital. He was Brookside High School class of 1992 graduate and a drummer in multiple bands. Other local obituaries include Jeffery Graber 35 of Lorain, Virgil Moran 56 of Elyria, Gerald Gaines 85 of Elyria, Tom Castro 88 of Elyria, Alfred Karpinski 687 of LaGrange, and Stephen Borso Jr. 53 of Lorain with funeral details and survivors listed.
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Christopher Michael Maldonado
Sheffield Village
Brookside
At & Joseph Hospital and Health Center
Jeffery D. Graber
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Royal Business Equipment Co
Elyria
Electronic Technical Institute of
Cleveland
Dewaine
Jeanne
Gerald Gaines
St. Joseph Hospital and Health Center
Stephen Borso Jr
Maldonado
Sacred Heart Chapel
Funeral services held for Avon Lake and Elyria resident
Foster of Elyria dies leaving wife Florence Lucille Brouse. Visitation today 2-4 and 7-6 at Cartio Seheuffier Busch Fauld Chapel Elyria. Services 10 am at funeral home with burial at Brookdale Cemetery Elyria. Survivors include Michael B Jenn W Th Robert T and others.
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Foster
Elyria
Florence Lucille
Jakubisin longtime musician and Mason dies at 3
Thomas J Jake Jakubisin 3 of Broadview Heights died Sunday of cancer at his former wife Judy Townsend s home in North Royalton He worked 14 years as a mechanic at Williams Ford in Berea A musician with the Midnight Connection he played saxophone from age 16 He belonged to multiple Masonic bodies and served as an usher for the Shriners circus Survived by his mother sister brother and father services and calling hours are listed with the Baker Funeral Home in Berea Lake Erie Roosevelt Masonic Lodge a service Tuesday evening and a funeral service Tuesday afternoon will be held officiated by Rev John Garrity Funeral notices summarize the family and lodge affiliations and memorial details.
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Thomas J
Jake” Jakubisin
Broadview
Hts
Judy
Lake Erie Roosevelt Lodge
Felice Masonic Fellowship Club
Cleveland
al Koran Shrine Temple
Shriners’ Circus
Andrew Jakubisin
Baker Funeral Home
Front St
Berea
Lake Erie Roosevelt
Bill would end enterprise zone geographic limits
The current bill would lift remaining restrictions on enterprise zones by removing poverty and unemployment thresholds. Since 1981 the zones expanded from 15 cities to rural areas, offering 100 percent property tax abatement for 10 years in cities and 75 percent in rural areas, a disparity rural lawmakers seek to change toward full abatement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rhodes
Sidney D. Stemple Rites Held in Wellington
Sidney D. Stemple 79 of Wellington died at home after a long illness. He was a World War I Navy veteran and member of the First United Presbyterian Church Wellington Eagles Masonic Lodge 127 American Legion Post 6 and VFW. Survived by sons Thomas of Grafton Michael of Norwalk and David of Rockville Md a sister Mary Lillian Stark of Hebron Ohio two grandchildren and his wife Jane. Private family services were held at Norton Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery Wellington.
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Sidney D. Stemple
Wellington
Thomas
Grafton
Michael
Norwalk
David
Rockville
Mary Lillian Stark
Hebron
Ohio
Norton Bundial
South Main Street
Dennis Peterson
Greenwood Cemetery
Youths nabbed in stereo theft at gas station
Four teens, two aged 18 and two aged 17, were arrested after six cars at Jeff's Gulf on Royalton Road were broken into around 5 am. Deputies found three AM/FM radios a pager a CB radio and a loaded Raven .25 caliber pistol in a car at a nearby station.
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Eaton Twp
Jeff's Gulf
Royalton Road
Abatement Debate Tests City Tax Credit Competition
Critics say abatements let firms shop for the best deal while cities bid against each other. Officials face pressure to preserve jobs for constituents. The package looks likely to pass in a Republican Senate but may meet Democratic House opposition. Rep. Patrick Sweeney says budget issues will rule out new legislation.
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Senate
House
Patrick Sweeney
Cleveland
House Finance and Appropriations Committee
Man who posed as teacher pleads guilty to felony theft
A Lorain County man, David J. Eiben, 27, of Sprague Road, admitted to third-degree felony theft for posing as an eighth grade history teacher at Columbia Middle School and being paid 25461 by the district. He faced possible prison terms of 6 to 18 months and a 2500 fine. Eiben taught at Columbia High School since 1984 and acted as a long term substitute at the start of 1990 91. He did not have teaching credentials, and his lack of qualification was found after a permanent history teaching position opened. A pre sentence report was ordered before sentencing.
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Elyria
Columbia Township
Columbia Middle School
Lorain County Common Pleas
Floyd D. Harris
Eiben
Eileen
Columbia High School
Avon City Council calls special meeting tonight
Avon City Council has called a special meeting tonight to approve the police and fire levies voted on last week. The county Board of Elections rejected the resolutions as written per Council President Tom Tomlin. The meeting will start at 7 30 p.m. Ward meeting Avon Ward 1 Councilman Niels Jensen to gather residents opinions in council chambers at 7 30 p.m. Winners are Stephanie Sikera Marcy Hal Anne Clan cy-Thomas Gwen Anderson Mike Scavnicky Jean Shelby Linda McKinley Betty Weimer Pegram Emmy Greenwell Joan Brown Leo Montague Amy Montague Diane Bayley and Pat Post recent Avon Lake Public Library weekly drawings. Quilters recognized Heritage Quilt hangs in Avon Lake Library. acknowledgments include Avon Lake Historical Society Junior Women Kiwanis Rotary Welcome Wagon Women's Chorus Church Women United Erie Shores Career Women Photography Club Friends AP den Tnee Orientation Sheffield Middle School 6th grade orientation 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the cafeteria for new students and 6th graders. principals and guidance counselors will answer questions.
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Avon City Council
County Board of Elections
Tom Tomlin
Avon
Niels Jensen
Stephanie Sikera
Marcy Hal
Anne Clancy-Thomas
Gwen Anderson
Mike Scavnicky
Jean Shelby
Linda McKinley
Betty Weimer
Pegram
Emmy Greenwell
Joan Brown
Leo Montague
Amy Montague
Diane Bayley
Pat Post
Avon Lake Public Library
Avon Lake Library
The
Avon Lake Historical Society
Kiwanis
Rotary
Welcome Wagon
Church Women United
Erie Shores Career Women and Photography Club
Friends AP den Tnee
Sheffield Middle School
Lorainite charged after fatal two car crash
Lorainite Beverly Sweeney 20 faces aggravated vehicular homicide charges after a Saturday night crash near Henderson Drive killed 18 year old Christopher Maldonado. Darla Phillips 16 and James Sweeney 21 were hospitalized, blood tests pending.
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Beverly A. Sweeney
W. 18Th Street
Sweeney
James T. Sweeney
Maldonado
Darla D. Phillips
Lake Breeze Road
Sheffield Lake
St. Joseph
Cleveland Metro Health Medical Center
Henderson Drive
Phillips
Woman with disability seeks work and housing support
Perine, who uses a wheelchair, says she wants to be a provider for her two daughters and hopes for a part time job to fund college. She notes the tough job market and economy, and worries employers see her disability as a barrier. Those with accessible housing in Oberlin or Elyria may write to her at Oberlin address.
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Perine
Oberlin
Elyria
Firelands Retirement Center
S. Pleasant St
Body recovered from Lake Erie in Avon Lake
Avon Lake police recovered the body of Don Miller a 24 year old man who disappeared after diving from a cliff into Lake Erie near Lake Road Thursday night Witnesses saw him dive and struggle in rough water around 1 a.m The search halted by rough conditions and resumed today with Miller found at about 9 a.m.
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Avon Lake
Lake Erie
Don Miller
Lake Road
Miller
Joe DiCesar
Columbia Two Sets Special Meet Tonight
Columbia Township trustees will hold a special meeting tonight at 7 30 proceeding their regular board meeting.
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Columbia Two
Columbia Twp
Wild animal doctor aids injured owl at Cleveland museum
Lindstrom, a North Ridgeville veterinarian, treats an injured barred owl with a compound wing fracture from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. After an initial pin, refracture occurred. a steel plate and sternum bone graft were later used. The owl may be released after months of therapy, though recovery remains uncertain. Endangered and protected birds top his case list as demand for his services grows.
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Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Lindstrom
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Charlotte Grimm
Glenville College
Glenville, W.va
Fields United Methodist Church
North Ridgeville
California
Beatrice Crump
Blackburn Funeral Home
Main St. Grafton
James Daniels
Church of Find
GRIMM
Christopher Maldonado
William Barr
Sheffield Middle
Lorain County Community College
Catholic
Schwartz, Spence & Boyer Home For
Fifth St
Virgil Moran
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Bauer - Laubenthal - Wainwright Funeral Home
Curtis-Scheuffler-Busch Family
Second St
Luis A
Maria
Nee Perez) Maldonado
Louis Steven
Joseph Edgar
Marcos Antonio
Carlos Roberto
Luis and
Maria M. Maldonado
Fabio
Maria M. Perez
John R. Devin
Elyria Ave
Calvary Cemetery
Tom Castro
Elyria United
Alfred Karpinski
LaGrange
Cleveland Clinic
Baver - Laubenthal - Wainwright Funeral Home
Chestnut Ridge Road
Route 57
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
Seventh Street
St. Mary Catholic Church
Mr. Borso
Lorain City
Sandy
Akosi
Olga
Steve
Edward
John J. Gluvna
Eee Delaney
Jordan
Dr Lesh
Clare Cainane
Lash
Michael B
Jenn W .Th
Robert T
Priewisee
Fenty Avenfelden
Avon Lote
Thomas J. Jakubisin
Jakubisin
Forest Knights Templer
Valley of Cleveland
Royal Arch Masons of Ohio
Thatcher Chapter
Catherine (Nee Buynak
Olmsted Township
Betty Hagen
Olmsted Falls
Andrew Viktor
North Olmsted
John Garrity
Jane
Cindy Leisect
David J. Eiben
Sprague
Avon Ciy Council
Jack Fleming
French Creek Road
Fleming
Beverly Sweeney
James Sweeney
Bird
Abe Tnt
Owl’s
Ohio State University
Lindstroms
Wild
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