County adopts tighter public comment rules at meetings
County commissioners approve three minute limit and other controls on public comment citing justification for orderly meetings. Avon Lake attorney Gerald Phillips vows a lawsuit challenging rules as unconstitutional censorship and supporters defend the measure as needed order.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Rosa Gee
Lori Kokoski
Gee
Kokoski
Avon Lake
Gerald Phillips
Phillips
Lorain County Fair debate over Confederate flags continues
About 40 people met at First United Methodist Church to protest the Lorain County Fair Board decision allowing Confederate flag sales. They called the flag a symbol of racism and hatred, citing Dylann Roof and White supremacy symbols documented by a jail deputy in Lorain County.
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Wellington
Lorain County
Steve Manheim
Chronicle
Paul Wilson
Wellington Dairy Converts Fair Milk To Cheese
Wellington's county fair collects milk from about 200 dairy cattle for cheese making. Minerva Dairy processes the milk under USDA rules, with grade B allowing longer pickup distances as the milk is cultured and aged into cheese. A biweekly pickup schedule is in place, with two distinct milk collections during the fair week.
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Wellington
Minerva Dairy
Ing
Twining
Fair Schedule For Community Day Highlights
Morning gates for seniors and veterans with free access. Junior Fair rabbit showmanship in Barn 15, open class dairy goats judging in Pavilion 2, beef showmanship in Show Barn 4, pony pull in the Grandstand, and 4 H mini horse fun show in Ring A from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. County Fair kids snow fun, senior citizen king and queen contest, world draft horse and pony hitch, junior fair auction and night parade with program. Cornhole qualifier in Pavilion 1 and horse pull at the Grandstand conclude the day.
Foundations pledge 100000 to Lorain Schools planning efforts
Four Lorain County foundations pledge a combined 100000 to Lorain Schools to craft a state required turn around plan under CEO David Hardy Jr. The gift funds a Lorain Schools Road to Excellence Fund and supports a district strategic plan with TNTP help.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Lorain
David Hardy Jr
Community Foundation
Lorain Schools
Nord Family Foundation
Stocker Foundation
Nordson Corp. Foundation
Erin Gadd
Oberlin sign dispute probes city approval path for church board
In Oberlin a request for an electronic message board at First Church United Church of Christ has bounced through Historic Preservation Commission, chief building official, Design Review Subcommittee and Planning Commission. Law Director Jon Clark’s ruling blocking the latest step prompts calls for transparency from Planning Commission chair Matt Adelman.
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Oberlin
First Church United Church of Christ
First Church
Jon Clark
Planning Commission
Commission
Matt Adelman
Clark
Adelman
Historic Preservation Commission
David Hill
Hill
Design Review Subcommittee
Carrie Handy
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Fair Board
Patrick Twining
USDA
Twin
Bruce Bishop
Logan Duelley
LaGrange
Erin Hostal
Desperados 4-H
Lisa Roberson
Chronicle-Telegram
Hardy
TNTP
Academic District Commission
Gadd
Lorain Academic Distress Commission
Tony Richardson
LCSD
Oberlin Church
Jodi Weinberger
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