Columbia's Billy Mayer Nears 100 Amid Long Life
Columbia's Billy Mayer, nearly 100, will celebrate his centennial Tuesday. An open house tomorrow from 2 to 4 p.m. at Fellowship Hall, Columbia Baptist Church, honors him. Mayer, born on a Beebetown farm, survived changing eras from farming to suburbia, drove a bus for 25 years, and recalls a 1917 Ford. He enjoys Cleveland Indians games and television, has flown to Florida twice since age 90, and cherishes family, health, and memories of a life in Columbia.
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Billy” Mayer
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Grafton Eastern Road
Russell Fitch
West River Road
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Leona Fitch
Margaret Reisinger
Pearl Churchward
Eustis
Fla
Carl
Parma
Mrs. Fitch
Lorain man defends parole report amid shock release controversy
Lavon McCall a Lorain County Detention Home supervisor turned APA parole officer faces questions after his report on Carlos Aleman Jr. aided a shock parole approval for a 50 to 100 year heroin sentence. McCall denies falsifying the report and says investigation will determine fault.
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Lorain County
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Lorain
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APA
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Ohio Parole Board
Carlos Aleman Jr
Parole Board
Aleman
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The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Brotherton negotiates for major Lorain County landfill site
Oberlin area landfill plans emerge as Brotherton of Browning-Ferris Interprises negotiates a 125 acre site in Russia Township near Oberlin Municipal landfill. He envisions a county usable dump with low rates and a 90 day timeline, while Lorain and Elyria weigh cost and zoning hurdles.
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Lorain County
Russia Township
George Brotherton
Brotherton
Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc
B.C. Land Co
Lorain and
Elyria
Welfare delays slow food stamp and unemployment aid in Lorain County
Lorain County welfare and Ohio Bureau of Employment Services process a surge of applicants, delaying food stamp interviews until late February and unemployment benefits to five to eight weeks. Officials add staff and run overtime, but warn no quick relief. The strain drives residents to rely on savings and relatives as bills pile up.
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Gerard Prinz
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Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Ted Wickens
Elyria
Department For Food Stamps
Thomas Mazur
United Auto Workers Local 425
Robert Zelina
Lorain County
Wickens
Prinz Nor
Zelina
Ford energy tax may raise gas bills 24 percent says official
Lloyd McIntire of Columbia Gas of Ohio says a federal excise tax of 37 cents per thousand cubic feet on natural gas would lift the average yearly gas bill in Elyria about 70 dollars, from 24.20 to over 30 dollars monthly. He opposes the tax as unfair and counterproductive to conservation. Deregulating wellhead prices could raise bills about 19 dollars yearly, he adds, if profits rise.
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Columbia Gas of
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Columbia Gas Tax Collection Office
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