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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 2001
Page
1
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New County Commissioner David Moore urged disbanding the county airport board and voted against reappointing the county administrator. He pressed fellow commissioners to drop a lawsuit over use of the former Green Acres Children's Home in Oberlin. Moore, first Republican since 1958, noted accountability but refused a county credit card. Blair and Vasi opposed the airport board plan.
About 2,500 customers lost power in Elyria when two main circuits failed near 6 a.m. Restored by 10 a.m. The outage prompted Elyria High, Franklin and Roosevelt elementary, and St. Mary’s to close, with Financial Aid Night canceled and later rescheduled. Traffic lights failed and WEOL radio was off air for 45 minutes. Authorities investigate cause.
Lorain man Carl Mercer received a one year prison term after pleading no contest to aggravated vehicular homicide and drunken driving in the 1999 death of 18 year old Christina Johnson. Johnson fell from Mercer's moving car in Amherst. The judge questioned why Johnson and another woman rode on the back of the vehicle at 1 a.m. Mercer was released on a 5000 dollar appeal bond pending an appellate ruling on police probable cause.
Lorain County administrator Bill Krueger says subfreezing cycles have deepened potholes along city and county roads. Crews fill with asphalt and tar, but the fix is temporary as temperatures rise. More holes are expected this weekend with a near 40 degree forecast and overtime snow plow shifts planned.
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