Not-Forgotten Box Toy Drive Raises Elyria Totals
Not-Forgotten Box collection neared 9 500 with more than 4 000 toys donated Monday pushing total to 9 000 led by Lucy Velez of The Chronicle Telegram Codi Kinder and Lisa Krugman organized Basil's Lounge fundraiser with patrons delivering 50 plus toys food bags and 2 300 in cash over a long day from 11 a.m. to midnight to support the Elyria Salvation Army.
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Elyria
Lucy Velez
Chronicle-Telegram
Basil’s
West Bridge Street
Chronicle
Kinder
Elyria Foundry
Cronies collect food and toys for Not-Forgotten Box
Six women known as The Cronies donate hundreds of dollars in food and toys to The Chronicle-Telegram Not-Forgotten Box. The retired teachers Marsha Coultrip Mary Lou Burnside Peggy Resar Linda Collins Peggy Kobelka and Toni Grissinger formed the group to gift annual Christmas generosity instead of exchanging presents. Resar works at Moon Inc while the others are retired teachers.
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Bruce Bishop
Chronicle the Cronies
Marsha Coultrip
Amherst
Wellington High School
Mary Lou Burnside
Elyria
Northwood Middle School
Peggy Resar
Grafton
Moon Inc
Linda Collins
Peggy Kobelka
Toni Grissinger
Northwood
Cleveland Indians
Aruba
Chronicle-Telegram
Toni
Global company gifts shock locals from VEXOS drive
Elyria resident John Wilkinson recalls the challenge of tallying gifts from about 65 VEXOS LaGrange employees who donated toys and other items to the Not Forgotten Box as the company held its inaugural collection. He spoke by phone after dropping off donations at The Chronicle Telegram.
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Elyria
John Wilkinson
VEXOS
LaGrange
Global Electronic Manufacturing Company
Former Vermilion officer jailed four months for misconduct
Aaron Bolton, a former Vermilion police officer, received a 120 day jail sentence from Erie County Common Pleas Court Judge Tygh Tone after being convicted of misdemeanor assault tied to a 2015 arrest outside Rudy's Bar on Liberty Avenue. He lost his peace officer license and faced related conditions. Serena Johnson spoke for Jacob Johnson during the hearing.
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Sandusky
Aaron Bolton
Erie County Common Pleas Court
Tygh Tone
Bolton
Erie County
Tone
Ohio
Jacob Johnson
Rudy’s Bar & Grill
Liberty Avenue
Johnson
Serena Johnson
Vermilion’s Tim Aten Wins Jeopardy! In Close Final
Tim Aten, 34, from Vermilion, eked out his seventh Jeopardy! win after a cautious Final Jeopardy play. Bridget McNulty of Phoenixville and Amy Young of Corvallis trailed as Aten held a slim lead from the first round and risked a small wager to secure the victory.
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Tim Aten
Aten
Bridget McNulty
Phoenixville
Amy Young
Corvallis
Ore
Young
McNulty
Alex Trebek
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