Lorain Chamber funding questioned by city law director
Lorain Law Director Michael Scherach says public funds should not finance economic development by the Lorain County Chamber of Commerce unless the chamber reorganizes as a community improvement organization. Chamber leaders disagree, noting substantial public support and a shift toward economic growth efforts, while some officials question accountability and use of funds.
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Lorain
Michael Scherach
Lorain County
Chamber of Commerce
Scherach
Chamber
No funds to spare county engineer speaks up
This letter responds to newspaper articles about Lorain seeking license plate funds for the county engineer's office. It explains funding sources license plate fees gasoline tax and traffic fines totaling about 5.5 million in 1997. It contrasts Lorain's broader income with county needs for road bridge culvert and service area maintenance and engineering work for townships and contracts.
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Lorain
Lorain County Engineer defends road funding and bridge upkeep
The county engineer outlines budgets for maintaining about 80 state route bridges inside municipalities, notes replacement costs per bridge and culvert ranges, and argues funds are needed to repair roads and bridges under county responsibility. He cites cooperation with Lorain, Amherst, and city projects, including widening Route 611 and resurfacing efforts.
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Lorain
Owaunane Aan
West Ridge Road
Elyria
Amherst
Cooper Foster Park
South Broadway
1997 resolutions for 1996 newsmakers
A whimsical year end list proposes 1997 resolutions for major figures. It covers Clinton to Newt Gingrich, Starr to Zedillo, and media moguls to Madonna, aiming at accountability, reform, restraint, and heightened public behavior across politics, business, and entertainment.
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Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Whitewater
Newt Gingrich
People’s House
Dick Morris
Kenneth Starr
Lawrence Walsh
Ernesto Zedillo
United States
U.S
John Tu
David Sun
Kingston Technology
John
Carolyn Besette Kennedy
Chuck
Auld acquaintances reunite after 52 years in Nancy
Claude Schrepfer, ten, befriended Lt Edward Rifle, 26, during World War II near Nancy. Fifty-two years later, Schrepfer in France and Rifle in California reconnected by phone, exchanging photos and letters with help from translators. They recall winter hardships, liberation, and lasting gratitude to America.
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Pasadena
Calif
Patton
Third Army
France
Nancy
Alsace-Lorraine
Chateau de Charmois
Chateau
East Prussia
Claude Schrepfer
Edward Rifle
128Th
Metz
Germany
Riffle
Hugh Howard
Gun 1
Howard
Schrepfer
Redwood City
Ed Riffle Sr
Biffle
Claude
America
Linz
Austria
Alsace
Lorraine
French
Condos
129Th
Council of European Architects
European Union
California
Auld Lang Sync
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A. C. Hudnutt
Arthur D. Hudnutt
A. Cooper
Andrew FR. Young
Arnold Miller
Andrew V. Ruckman
Kevin Flanigan
North Ridgeville
Frank DeTillio
DeTillio
Ing
Bes
FBI
Louis Freeh
Olympic
Richard Jewell
Fbis
Michigan
John Engler
Wisconsin
Tommy Thompson
New York
George Pataki
New Jersey
Christine Todd Whitman
Texas
George Bush Jr
Andy
Fergie
INS
Doris Meissner
U.s-Mexico
Rupert Murdoch
Michael Eisner
Michael Jordan
Robert Wright
Madonna
Joseph Perkins
The
San Diego Union-Tribune
Joanne Jacobs
San Jose (Calif
Mercury News
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