Ice floe carries 175 fishermen off Catawba Island
At Catawba Island State Park near Cleveland a mile-long ice stretch broke from shore at about 11 a.m. carrying 175 fishermen including Richard Cragin. Coast Guard officials said the floe drifted about a mile and held together while rescuers worked. no one fell into 33 degree Lake Erie.
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Catawba Island
Richard Cragin
Lake Erie
Cragin
Floria
Larry Provencha
Marblehead Coast Guard Station
Catawba Island State Park
Cleveland
Kurt Looser
Cleveland Coast Guard Office
Fading Puerto Rican hub in Lorain mapped by urban renewal
Councilman Wilfredo Lozano recalls South Lorain of two eras before and after urban renewal. The Pearl and Vine district housed Puerto Rican shops, restaurants, churches and clubs serving traditional fare like rice beans and plantains.
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Vine Street
Seneca Avenue
Pearl and Vine
Lozano
South Lorain
Puerto Rico
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
Willie Gabriel
Language a barrier in Lorain schools
Lorain’s bilingual programs address the language gap for many Hispanic students who read and speak Spanish better than English. Officials note many speak only Spanish or limited English learned from media, aiming to boost graduates’ competitiveness in the job market.
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Johnnie
Lorain City
The business of religion and church funding
A Page C-1 analysis notes that church functioning hinges on financial support. It examines how money shapes governance, programs, and community reach in congregations across denominations. The piece explores fundraising, tithing, and budget priorities affecting church life.
Coalition Aims to Aid Lorain Hispanics Health
A new group, the Coalition for Hispanic Issues and Progress CHIP formed 18 months ago by Lorain Hispanic leaders, partners with El Centro de Servicios Sociales on a statewide diabetes and anemia pilot. Clinics in Lorain Elyria and Oberlin test educate and track disease incidence among poor residents revealing gaps in affordable care and investigating links to high infant illness.
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Lorain
Coalition For Hispanic Issues and Progress
CHIP
Saris Segarra
el Centro de Servicios Sociales
Elyria
Oberlin
Segarra
Weather forecast: overcast with light snow possible
A cloudy day with a chance of flurries in the morning and a high near 30 to 35. Snow chance 40 percent. Tonight remains largely cloudy with a slight snow chance and a low in the mid-20s, 30 percent snow probability. Details on Page A-3.
Cavaliers top 76ers as Daugherty pours 24 in win
Brad Daugherty scored 24 points to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 118-100 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night. The win boosts Cleveland in the standings.
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Brad Daugherty
Cleveland Cavaliers
Philadelphia 76Ers
Page
Bomb injures three GIs aboard bus in Honduras
In Comayagua a bomb hurled at the rear of a rented bus carrying 28 U S soldiers wounded three service members and two Honduran bystanders. Two soldiers left hospital. one remains for observation. The incident follows two prior attacks on U S troops in Honduras within a year and a half.
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Comayagua
U.S
Honduras
Sigmund
Enrique Soto Cano Air Base
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Lawrence Buddit
Gloria Milagros
Sacred Heart Chapel
Jose Flores
Feliciano Montanez
Lillian Montanez
Sarah
Jose Ballesteros
Abby
Otta Scheepfle
Rance
Lucy Roger
Wilfredo Lozano
Gabriel
Colmado
National Guard
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