Lorain Library Faces Deep Budgets Shortfall
Lorain Public Library System plans budget cuts of more than 1.1 million tied to a state fund drop. The board OK’d a 2010 plan closing at least one day per week at several branches and urged SEIU Local 1199 contract changes. Layoffs likely countywide, even with potential wage freezes and staffing adjustments.
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Lorain
Public Library Fund
Service Employees International Union Local 1199
Joanne Eldridge
Seiu 1199
Eldridge
Tests No New TB At Elyria High
Health officials tested over 1 800 students at Elyria High School after a student was diagnosed with tuberculosis last month. Teachers were tested last week and none showed positive results. Nurses will read the skin tests within 48 to 72 hours and look for a skin bump indicating exposure, though a positive test does not confirm tuberculosis.
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Elyria
Elyria High School
Darren Conley
Mary Ann Manning
Lorain County
Manning
Chronicle-Telegram toy drive accepts new gifts in Elyria
The Chronicle-Telegram collects unwrapped toys for children from birth to 17 and nonperishable items weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through December 18 at 225 East Ave Elyria Donations may be cash with checks made out to Not- Forgotten Box-Chronicle All toys go to the Salvation Army of Elyria.
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Chronicle-Telegram
East Ave
Elyria
Chronicle
Salvation Army of
Meteorologist brings weather to life for fifth graders
About 60 Darling Middle School students watched a local meteorologist demonstrate weather concepts in a classroom as part of Atmosphere Adventures. Jon Laufman of WOIO Channel 19 used hands on experiments to explain air pressure weight condensation and more engaging students for the Ohio Achievement Test prep. Pearl Novak praised his passion and teaching style. See SKY A2
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Bruce Bishop
Chronicle
Jon Laufman
Channel 19
WOIO
Darling Middle School
Lorain
Lake Erie
Pearl Novak
DeAnn Todd
North Ridgeville Plans Expansion of Shady Drive Complex
North Ridgeville aims to expand the Shady Drive Baseball Complex by 22 acres from Forest City Enterprises to add fields and parking. The city currently hosts nine baseball and four tee ball fields with about 1,000 kids in summer leagues, and plans are to accommodate growing demand and avoid turning players away. A football field at the site is heavily used by the North Ridgeville Mini Rangers.
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North Ridgeville
Shady Drive
Sugar Ridge Road
Forest City Enterprises
David Gillock
Gillock
Mini-Rangers
Ohio carries out first single drug execution
Kenneth Biros, 51, was declared dead after a single dose of sodium thiopental at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. The historic execution marks the first time the United States used only one drug to complete an inmate's death sentence.
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Lucasville
Ohio
United States
Kenneth Biros
Southern Ohio
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Census May Cost Ohio a House Seat
Immigrant-driven growth in major cities shifts expected apportionment. The 2010 census will determine House seats and federal aid distribution. Texas and Arizona faces gains. Missouri and Minnesota avoid losses while Ohio could lose one seat instead of two.
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Washington
Chicago
Miami
New York
Los Angeles
U.S
Texas
Arizona
Missouri
Minnesota
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