Heart transplant survivor marks 25 years with family
Dalphene Shaver of Wellington was transplanted with a 1985 heart from a 13-year-old boy after a Christmas Eve failure. Now 56, she celebrates 25 years of survival with husband Michael and children Della and Chad at Pleasant View Baptist Church in Litchfield. Doctors credit her strict medical regimen and optimistic outlook for the long-term success.
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Dalphene Shaver
Dalphene
Michael
Della
Chad
Pleasant View Baptist Church
Litchfield
Colorado
Gustavo Rincon
Ricon
Cleveland Clinic
Brian Kolonick
Couple charged with arson in barn fire
Lorain County deputies arrested Michael Minnich 20 and Perlina Shaffer 21 on arson breaking and entering and cruelty to animals charges for a July 24 fire at 13540 Cowley Road Eaton Township. The blaze killed two horses and damaged a tractor and 100 bales of hay.
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Lorain
Eaton Township
Lorain County
Donald Barker
Michael Minnich
Perlina Shaffer
Cowley Road
Barker
Minnich
James Alexander
Andrew Alexander
Vermilion scholarship gains 100000 from Kropf estate
Vermilion Schools receive an additional 100000 from the estate of Eugene Kropf, boosting the district scholarship fund to 750000. The earlier 650000 had already yielded a 1500 scholarship. Kropf, Vermilion Fire Chief for years, died October 30, 2007 at 83.
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Vermilion
Eugene Kropf
Vermilion Schools
Kropf
Tim Rini
Ann
Ritter Public Library
Vermilion Evangelical & Reformed Church
Rini
Scaparotti Construction Group
Cleveland
Lorain fugitive captured hiding during shower raid
Randall Taylor, 23, arrested Thursday night in the 1900 block of Washington Avenue after U.S. Marshals traced him to an ex-girlfriend’s home. He had been sought for shooting Desmond Johnson in the foot on Massachusetts Avenue and was listed as a Fugitive of the Week and in the Marshals’ Dangerous Dozen.
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Lorain
U.S
Randall Taylor
Washington Avenue
Taylor
Desmond Johnson
Massachusetts Avenue
South Lorain
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Cindy Leise
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