James W Clark 50 dies after yearlong illness in Columbia Station
James W Clark age 50 of Columbia Station died at home after a yearlong respiratory illness. He owned Perfec tion Dry Wall of Columbia Station for 25 years and served with the 82nd Airborne Division. Survived by wife Patricia and daughters Christine House and Sherry Bodenhamer and son Wallace. Funeral and burial details follow in Elyria area notices.
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James W. Clark
Columbia Station
Cleveland
Perfection Dry Wall
Army
82Nd Airborne Division
National Rifle Association
Patricia
Christine House
North Ridgeville
Sherry Bodenhamer
Wallace
LaGrange
Death notices from Elyria and Avon Lake area
Death notices report Thomas Brown 81 of Elyria survived by wife Mane and daughter Shirley Berry with services at Dicken Funeral Home and burial at Ridge Hill Memorial Park Amherst Twp Funeral arrangements set for Tuesday. Maxine Furniss 90 of Avon Lake survived by daughter Martyn Bommer son Karl and a sister with calling hours today at Burmeister Busch Chapel and burial at Resthaven Memory Gardens Avon.
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George W. Melton
Elyria
Emh Regional Medical Center
Spring City
Tenn
Harriman
Hendersonville
Bendix Corp
Hendersonville Baptist Church
Wilma
Shirler Norris
Ruby Fisher
Sue Reeves
Charles “Bud
LaGrange
Matlie Teffer
Paris
May Gunter
Dayton
Bauer- Laubenthal-Wainwright
Chestnut Ridge
Route
Bogner-Busch Family
Center Ridge Road
North Ridgeville
Charles Ryba
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church
Columbia Station
Butternut Ridge Cemetery
North Eaton
Maxine M. Furniss
Avon Lake
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lake Road
Lynn Schlessman
Resthaven Memory Gardens
Avon
Burmeister-Busch
Avon-Belden Road
Brown Thomas
Mane E
Furniss Maxine M
Martyn Bommer
Karl
Burmeister-Busch Family
Avon-Belden Rd
Death of TV cowboy Doug McClure at 59
Doug McClure star of The Virginian died of cancer at his Sherman Oaks home. He was 59 and survived by wife Diane, two children, mother Clara Clapp and brother Reed. Funeral services were pending.
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Los Angeles
Doug McClure
Shiloh
McClure
Sherman Oaks
Dennis Morga
Hollywood Boulevard
James Drury
Toronto
West Waikiki
Hawaii
Morga
Doug
Diane
Tane
Valerie McClure
Clara Clapp
Reed
North Olmsted Community Events Prompt Local Registrations
A series of local notices include a free 7 p.m. seminar on 1990s investment strategies at the Cuyahoga County Public Library in North Olmsted with Merrill Lynch advisors Debbie Hitchcock and Beverly McClelland. Other items announce a Feb 15 student meeting, a bubble show on Feb 21, kindergarten registration for March, and a Feb 21-24 office call-in for appointments. A citizens committee forms to back a 0.25 percent sales tax hike to expand the county jail, with a 7 p.m. meeting in the county commissioners chambers to discuss adding 214 jail cells to the existing 166.
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North Olmsted
Cuyahoga County Public Library
Butternut Ridge Road
Debbie Hitchcock
Beverly McClelland
Merrill Lynch Financial Consultants
Keith Evans
Elyria
Herb Jacoby
County Commissioners’ Chambers
Mountain Jack's to reopen today after fire
A heater started a fire in the attic of Mountain Jack's restaurant Sunday afternoon forcing closure for the day. Firefighters were alerted at 3:15 p.m. No injuries reported. Estimated damage was 500 to the building and 2000 to contents with water damage in the dining room.
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Butria
Lorain school plan would shutter several buildings
Board member Kenneth Kramer weighs options as administration proposes closing Lorain High and three junior schools, moving students to Southview Admiral King and Lorain High campuses, with SOS backing keeping all three high schools open and pruning several elementary schools.
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Kenneth Kramer
Lorain High
Southview
Admiral King High
Admiral King Lorain High School
Admiral King
Irving, Masson
Longfellow
Lorain Middle School
Emerson and Fairhome
Garfield
Hawthorne
Masson
Lakeview
Irving
Save Our Schools
SOS
Admiral King and Lorain
Charleston Center
Palm Avenue
Fairhome
Emerson
Son Reunited With Mother Thought Dead in Milan
Sam Volanti of Olympia travels to Milan to celebrate his mother Mary Kilner Volanti who had been believed dead after a 1947 commitment to a state hospital. Carolyn Walton, Edison Healthcare Center activity director, uncovered her alive at Edison and arranged the reunion for March 9.
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Milan
Carolyn Walton
Edison
Sam Volanti
Olympia
Wash
Mary Kilner Volanti
Walton
Volanti
Sandusky
Ohio Supreme Court to rule on teen driver sentence
The Ohio Supreme Court will decide if a 16 year old, Caldwell, who caused a crash injuring two, should receive consecutive juvenile sentences. The 10th District Court of Appeals ruled seven months into resentencing that the original consecutive terms violated state law. Caldwell faces at least 18 months in detention, with release by age 21 governed by the Department of Youth Services.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Franklin County
Tony Clymer
William Caldwell
Clymer
Caldwell
Franklin County Juvenile Court
Yvette McGee Brown
State Department of Youth Services
Ohio District Court of Appeals
McGee Brown
Kevin Durkin
Durkin
Wwe
Court of Appeals
Sunken treasure dispute heads to appeals court in Virginia
The $400 million S S Central America treasure ownership dispute returns to the 4th U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond on March 6. Columbus America Discovery Group seeks two tons of gold coins and bars recovered from the wreck, contested by insurers. The salvage case traces to 1988 discovery off South Carolina and a 1993 ruling granting Columbus 90 percent of value.
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Columbus
S.S. Central America
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Robert Trafford
Columbus-America Discovery Group
Trafford
Central America
Ohio
South Carolina
Richard Kellam
U.S. District Court
Norfolk
Columbus-America
Insurance
New York State
Elderly man accused in Elyria shooting outside duplex
67-year-old Alva McDavid is charged with felonious assault after a 23-year-old man, Tom Ward, was shot in the chest during a dispute at a duplex on 115 W. River Road North. Ward remained in serious condition at EMH Regional Medical Center as McDavid awaited court today.
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Elyria
Tom Ward
Wellington
Emh Regional Medical Center
Alva McDavid
W. River Road North
Lorain County
Ward
Angelia Bigley
Bigley
McDavid
District Court appoints Cleveland native as chief judge
George W. White, 63, will become chief judge of the U S District Court of Northern Ohio on Thursday, guiding 40 counties and the new courthouse project under the 1994 federal crime law. He is known for conservatively applying reform and suspending sentences for students to earn diplomas.
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Cleveland
George W. White
U.S. District Court of Northern
Ohio
White
District Court
Common Pleas
Ohio Supreme Court
Thomas D. Lambres
Lambres
Explosion Targets Tiffin Group Home Killing Resident
An explosion and fire at a northwest Ohio group home in Tiffin killed 58 year old Thomas Coffman. Fire officials said the blast occurred Sunday night with neighbors hearing a popping sound before the explosion. Coffman, who had lived in the home about three weeks, was found in an upstairs bedroom. Cause is undetermined with no immediate ruling on natural gas or arson. The home owner operates several group homes for mentally ill clients in Tiffin.
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Tiffin
Ohio
Thomas Coffman
Brad Willoughby
Willoughby
Rich Gray
Coffman
Akron
Sharon Gase
Gase
Toledo
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Fisher-Titus Hospital
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Norton Funeral Home
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Terry
Richard
California
Nora Sims
Edna Zielinski
Pat Cipra
Mary Clark
Rita Henderson
Braun Services
Gluona Funeral
Sophia Ann Braun
Lorain
John J. Glayna
Broadway
Jimmy Madsen
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Love Emergency Aid Fund
Furniss Services
Christ Evangelical Lutheran
Tammy Wyatt
Curtis-Scheuffler-Busch Family
Nd St
Robert Keith Woodards
Joyce, Dee
Tina
Mom & Dad
Wade F. Homey
Doris
Mountain Jack’s
Washington
Cuyahoga County
John Donnelly
Donnelly
Dutie Wallace
Chronicle-Telegram
Teamsters
Jackie Presser
Reuben Sturman
Phar-Mor
Michael Manus
Jone
Sturman
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