Cuyahoga County Arts and Holiday Events Guide
Cuyahoga County hosts multiple holiday events from Olmsted Falls to Lakewood including Christmas open houses at Grand Pacific Junction and North Olmsted Library dance party. The schedule features Santa appearances, carols, wagon rides, Noel celebrations, Light Up Lakewood parade and King County coat drive details with contact numbers and venues.
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Grand Pacific Junction
Columbia Road
Olmsted Falls
North Olmsted
Cuyahoga County Public Library
Lorain Road
North Olmsted Arts Commission
Lakewood
Detroit Avenue
Lakewood Alive
Santa
Dewey’s Pizza
Masonic Hall
Lorain man charged after resisting during noise check
Police say Halvin Rivera-Rodriguez 35 of East 29th Street resisted officers during a noise complaint on East 31st Street. He ignored commands, walked away, struggled as officers attempted to cuff him and was taken to jail on obstructing official business and resisting arrest charges.
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Rivera-Rodriguez
Rivera- Rodriguez
Lorain Exhibit Honors Major Kirby and Adm King
A World War II display at the Lorain County Historical Center honors Major Courtney E. Kirby the Elyria born officer credited as the most decorated WWII serviceman for reconnaissance behind Japanese lines earning seven medals including Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Nearby items highlight Adm Ernest J. King Lorain native and fleet commander after Pearl Harbor with the large volume U S Navy at War 1941 45 containing his wartime reports.
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Lorain County Historical Center
Courtney E. Kirby
Elyria
Kirby
Solomon Islands
Adm
Ernest J. King
Lorain
U.S. Navy
King
Admiral King High School
Bruce Bishop
Chronicle
Maj
Courtney Kirby
Lorain County
World War I Exhibit Opens at Elyria History Center
A new exhibit at the Elyria History Center features a 2 cent 1918 front page, a display of WWI artifacts, uniforms and photos. Touch screens and PowerPoint enhancements add interactive content including postcards linked to Cpl. Edward C. Day. Volunteers Bob Ebert Kokai and Margaret Brooks Terry, all retired educators, contributed research and materials. Contact Steve Fogarty at 329-7146 for details.
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Cleveland Press
Washington
Darrell Bishop
Chronicle-Telegram
Bruce Bishop
Old County
Middle Avenue
Elyria
Bird
Cpl
Edward C. Day
Lorain
Bob Ebert
Kokai
Margaret Brooks Terry
Japanese-Americans welcomed locally after release from internment
Margaret Brooks Terry, a Baldwin Wallace University sociology professor, notes Oberlin College admitted about 40 internees after World War II relocation. FBI vetting accompanied their reception, with several remaining through 1947 and 1948 to finish studies.
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West Coast
Japan
Margaret Brooks Terry
Baldwin Wallace University
Lorain County Historical Society
Oberlin College
FBI
Terry
Oberlin
Backlog Grows in Cleveland Consent Decree Oversight
Matthew Barge, monitor to Judge Solomon Oliver Jr., says the standards office lacked a proper policy manual and the review board had no manual since the 1980s. After hiring last year, his team found many citizen complaints uninvestigated and a backlog of 440 cases. White says Mayor Frank Jackson remains committed to the decree.
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Matthew Barge
Independent
Monitor
U.S
Solomon Oliver Jr
Standards Office
Review Board
Barge
White
Frank Jackson
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Santa Claus
Democratic Party
West Shore
Democrats
Cuyahoga
Fop Hall
Center Ridge Road
Westlake
City Center Park
Cleveland
Westlake Porter Public Library
Halle Brothers
May Co
Higbee’s
Sterling-Linder
Western Reserve Historical Society
FBI Citizens Academy Foundation of
North Olmsted City Hall
Dover Center Road
Debbie Klinec
Ctnews
Chroniclet
The
East Ave
Jon Wysochanski
Jwysochanski
Ty ET Meriba
Not Forgotten
East Avenue
Ohio
Steve Fogarty
Sfogarty
Attention
Lucy Velez
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